Raghav sachar saxophone new albums series#
He was termed as a Born Genius and featured in National Geographic’s Worldwide Television Series titled “My Brilliant Brain”. His crowning glory was being awarded the Golden Key Award and Earnest Award for academic excellence in 20 at Monash. He gave solo concerts while visiting India and worked with Viva and Shubha Mudgal on albums apart from recording for jingles for advertisements such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Sony Walkman etc. Raghav has also done affiliated courses from the Berklee College of Music, Boston and Trinity College of London. It was during this time that Raghav toured as a "One-Man Band" to countries in South East Asia including Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. He studied Music & Composition and Performance with the main instrument, the Saxophone and minor instrument being flute, and did his majors in Jazz at Monash. before proceeding to Monash Conservatory of Music, Melbourne in 2000 to study music. He also formed a band, Canzona, with some friends where they toured all over India and played at key places like the IIT institutions, BITS Pilani etc. At the age of 15, he was chosen by the government of India as their representative in Russia for a cultural exchange program. More than an impressive record for a 21 year old.He won the Best Drummer Award at the Pepsi Cornucopia contest in Delhi in 1994 besides being adjudged the best keyboard player at the BITS Pilani Festival. His crowing glory was being awarded the ‘Golden Key Award’ and ‘Earnest Award’ for excellence in academics in 20 at Monash. He also gave solo concerts while visiting India and worked with Viva and Shubha Mudgal on albums apart from recording for jingles and film soundtracks. He also formed a band, Canzona, with some friends before proceeding to Australia in 2001 to graduate in music.It was during this time that Raghav traveled to countries in South East Asia including Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. He won the best drummer award at the Pepsi Cornucopia contest in Delhi in 1994 besides being adjudged the best keyboard player at the BITS Pilani Festival. This performer, newly signed as recording artiste with Saregama charmed the audience with hit tracks like The Heat Is On, Tequila, Havana, O Haseena, Aao Na, An Englishman In New York, Funky Town and many more.īorn into a family of music lovers, Raghav was interested in music since very early. He is definitely one of the most talented musicians to enter the Indian music scene in recent times. Raghav is only 21 years old and plays a variety of instruments including the saxophone, flute, harmonica, keyboards, clarinet, guitar among others and sings too (whew!) He studied music at the Monash University in Australia. What is noteworthy of mention is this is the first time that a special press showcase has been held by music prior to the recording of an album by an artist. He played some popular English and Hindi numbers at Not Just Jazz by the Bay in Mumbai. Raghav Sachar was recently showcased by Saregama India. Now at the age of 26 he can play more than 30 instruments. His crowning glory was being awarded the Golden Key Award and Earnest Award for excellence in academics in 20 at Monash. It was during this time that Raghav traveled to countries in South East Asia including Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.