Artist Profiles: Rajendra Vaishampayan

Rajendra Vaishampayan is a samvadini (harmonium) player from India. Rajendra is a disciple of Pt. Manohar Chimote.

Pt. Chimote, inspired by his guru Pt. Bhishmadev Vediji, made some modifications in standard harmonium to make it suitable to solo performances in Indian Classical instrumental style. Rajendra’s life mission is to continue popularizing Samvadini solo performances, mission that his guruji initiated.

Samvadini is a modified version of standard harmonium modified by adding a string board(swaramandal) and tuning the instrument to the natural scale suitable to Indian Classical music. Pt. Manohar Chimote gave a style and appropriate name to the instrument as “Samvadini”.

“My life mission is to continue popularizing Samvadini solo performances, mission that my guruji initiated.”

Discography:

Kavya Geeta
Reviving Tradition
Mazi Janmathep
Amrutanubhav
Navnath Bhaktisar Adhyay 40
Shree Gajanan Vijay
Sampurn Navnath Bhaktisar
Geetai
Shree Devi Sahasranaamavali
Maha Mrutyunjay Mantra Ghosh
Omkaar Naad
Enchanting Samwadini
Mann Samwad
Adway
Meditating Samvadini
Tones + Jugalbandhi Violin And Samvadini

Author: Angel Romero

Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.