photo credits: transcend.photography, Chicago, IL
Ajit Chandran
Singer/Composer
World Music: Indian Classical/Light/Fusion Music Stream
Born in India, in Mannarghat (Mannarkkad), a beautiful small town in the valley of Sahya Ghats in its southern state of
Kerala, Ajit is an artist at heart and an engineer by profession. Ajit pursues his passion in music by expressing himself as a singer, and through his compositions, in his time away from the day-job
as a Technology Advisor to Financial Services Industry for IBM. Formally trained in Indian Classical Music, Ajit believes in the universal nature of music and explores the possibilities of every
sound and every musical system that is out there.
This is the web space where Ajit shares his works and renditions for the review of music enthusiasts like you. Please take a few minutes to his explorations.
Formal Training:
Ajit started learning to sing from his mother Nirmala Ramachandran and received formal education from desciples of Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, starting from Guru Shri Krishnahunni, Smt Kalyani
Amma, Smt Thulasi Warassiar and Shri S. Mahadevan. Got his advanced training under Chembai C.K. Venkataraman, a prominent violin artist from Palghat and started performing in the Carnatic Concert
Circle in Palghat at the age of 14. Currently in Chicago, USA, Ajit continued his research and education under Shri. Govinda Sreenivasa Rajan, a desciple of Mysore Vasudevacharya and
Varadacharya.