Guitar virtuoso Kapil Srivastava shines heads and shoulders above contemporaries

NEW DELHI - Jan. 16, 2015 - PRLog -- Guitar virtuoso Kapil Srivastava shines heads and shoulders above contemporaries

Best guitarist of India by virtue of the epic scale of his achievements

New Delhi, 16^th January, 2015: In an era where blowing one’s own trumpet has become the hall mark of success, Kapil Srivastava is content to let his talent speak for itself. Says the normally reticent Kapil, “I have more hours of guitar playing experience than many of the so called accomplished guitar players put together. There is no genre that I don’t excel in be it western classical, Indian classical, western folk, Indian folk, Holly wood instrumental music, Indian instrumental music, jazz and fusion. I have released a large number of my won albums across these genres.”

Not only that, Kapil, who is arguably India’s best guitarist, has collaborated with many Indian and international artists on a number of projects. That apart he has a mind bogglingly large number of firsts to his credit. These include contributing a solo guitar instrumental composition for a Bollywood movie, being chosen out of thirty competitors for their Solo Indian Guitarists category by Sa Re Ga Ma HMV to contribute to their underground series, being chosen as the session guitarist by Sa Re Ga Ma HMV for their animation concept, Lady Chaterjee,  as well as the song Pyar Aur Dosti, cutting an album with Padma Bhushan Sarod player Sultan Khan and receiving the Delhi State award as the Best Guitarist of Delhi in 2007.

Apart from these accolades he is the founder of the highly renowned and much admired Guitar Monk institution, that  provides a 360 degree global perspective on learning to play the guitar, reaching out to more than 5000 guitar aficionados in eleven countries,

Kapil Srivastava is also the founder of Ragas on Guitar, an instruction module that globally popularizes the concept of playing Indian ragas on the guitar. There are so many achievements to this incredibly talented artist, including probably being the fastest guitarist in India that one will need a book to describe them all. Some of his other salient achievements are as follows:

Music Ambassador to brand DiGhent – Launched Belgian Cafe in collaboration with Australian High Commission.

Music Ambassador to brand TYACON – National conference on Teen and Young Adult Cancer.

Has been Exclusive Music Ambassador and Jury Member for Inter-college, inter-school level competitions at Delhi University, Amity University, Battle of Bands based music competitions.

Author of 6 popular Guitar Books with leading Publication House – 'Step by Step' book is a global success with an international fan base. The books have inspired many guitar teachers in both India and abroad.

Guitar with Ghatam & Morsing - 1st ever guitarist who experimented in using the guitar with Traditional South Indian Instrument - Morsing & Ghatam and  released a unique album of this kind.

Released a unique fusion concept album  series – Indian Guitaroo, amalgamated Rock and Raga fusion along with Tabla and Drums.


Released Music Album - Tribute to 100 years of Bollywood – Unforgettable Bollywood

Founded Guitarmonk Records (now one of India’s best known record labels (http://guitarmonkrecords.com/)) for the preservation of  artistic talent across India, US, Italy, Serbia, Tunisia, Ukraine etc

Kapil Srivastava is without the shadow of a doubt the guitar man of India. Considering how young he is, being in his thirties, his prodigious talent and his already considerable achievements, we may have our very own Dylan or Clapton in our midst. This is one space that definitely needs watching.

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