Suvir is a disciple of the Dhrupad maestro Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar and Nirmalaya Dey. He is one of the few distinguished left hand artists of the Veena family of Indian lute.
He is a multifaceted musician with mastery over all the three traditional veenas of Hindustani and Karnatic music- the rudra veena, the saraswati veena and the surbahar. Suvir performs on the three veenas in the ‘Gayaki Ang’ (Vocal Style) in which all the fluidity and subtle nuances of the human voice are integrated with the traditional Beenkari.
Suvir has also experimented with the modern Hindi kavita and imbibed contemporary themes with in modern Dhrupad compositions.
He has made several veenas with his own hands and has also developed a hybrid Karnatic veena for adoption to Hindustani style called the misr veena.
Suvir Misra an officer from the 1993 Batch of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS).
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.
