Sniti Mishra is an Indian singer. She is a trained vocalist in Hindustani classical music who appeared for the first time in Zee TV musical reality show, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar.[1] She had been associated with Indo-Swedish Fusion jazz band Mynta. She has also worked with the percussionist Sivamani and Grammy Award- nominated jazz musician-keyboardist Louis Banks. She has performed classical and fusion concerts in India and worldwide.[2] She was honored with 'Baji Rout Samman' for the year 2016 by Utkala Cultural Association, IIT Bombay. Sniti has her formal education in Economics and pursued her MBA in Finance and Control.
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 Sniti Mishra at "Music in the Park" Indira Gandhi Park, Bhubaneswar on 18 December 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Sniti Mishra |
| Born | Bolangir, Odisha |
| Genres | Hindustani music, playback |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Website | snitimishra |
During her musical tour to USA, she was invited to judge the Chicago Indian Icon and in September 2013, she was chosen as a Good Will Ambassador for a global charity Combat Blindness International.[3][4] Sniti has been invited to perform Hindustani Khayal in the most prestigious Tansen Samaroh, 2023 and Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival in 2022. She also represented India among nine different countries in an international event organized by Govt of India and the national broadcaster Doordarshan (DD) in 2022.
Mishra has lent her voice for a Tamil movie Maaveeran Kittu under the music composition of D. Imman. Mishra has also earned fame and became a household name for singing Marathi Classical and Kashmiri songs. Her latest kashmiri folk song "Harmukh Bartal" is taken by the popular webseries The Family Man (Indian TV series) starred Manoj Bajpayee.
Early life
editSniti Mishra was born and raised in Balangir, a district in the western part of Odisha, into an Odia Brahmin family. She is the younger of two children.
Mishra received her Hindustani Classical training from Guru Shri Raghunath Sahoo, a disciple of Dr. Damodar Hota of the Gwalior Gharana, and studied music (Visharad) in Hindustani Khayal. She also studied for a master's degree in Business Administration in Finance and Control (FC) from the Institute of Management and Information Science, Bhubaneswar, graduating in 2012. [5]
References
edit- ^ "About :: Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar". Archived from the original on 23 April 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ "Sniti Mishra sings for a good cause". IndiaPost. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ^ "Combat Blindness International | A Solution In Sight Since 1984". Combatblindness.org. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ^ "(CII)". Chicago Indian Icon. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ^ Sahu, Diana (26 March 2012). "Music is in her genes". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 3 September 2018.