Ragini Shankar

She began her training at the age of 4 and gave her first public performance as an 11-year-old.{{Citation

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Shankar excelled in her education in mechanical engineering and also holds a master's degree in music.{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/music/meet-dr-sangeeta-shankar-and-her-daughters-ragini-and-nandini-shankar-who-weave-magic-with-their-violins/articleshow/63848448.cms|title = Meet Dr Sangeeta Shankar and her daughters Ragini and Nandini Shankar, who weave magic with their violins}}

She has performed in various prestigious festivals like the Europalia,{{Citation | title = Europalia | url = http://www.europalia.eu/archives/india/en/article/three-generations_141.html | access-date = 29 September 2014 | archive-date = 31 October 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181031005315/https://europalia.eu/archives/india/en/article/three-generations_141.html | url-status = dead }} MERU, Netherlands,{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpc_zNWS848 | title=MERU Concert - Ragini Shankar on violin - Raga Bihag | website=YouTube }} Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival,{{Citation | title = DNA Syndication| url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna_photogallery_editorial_images/pid=DNPUN9411 }}
- {{Citation | title = DNA India - Pune's Sawai Gandharva Mahotsav ends on a soulful note | date=12 December 2011 | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-punes-sawai-gandharva-mahotsav-ends-on-a-soulful-note-1624710 }}
- {{Citation | title = Mid-Day Archives: Performance by 3 generations of family steals show on final day | date=12 December 2011 | url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/performance-by-3-generations-of-family-steals-show-on-final-day/145660 }} Dover Lane Music Conference,{{Citation | title = Dover Lane Music Conference | url = http://www.timeoutdelhi.net/music/classical/ragini-shankar }}
- {{Citation | title = Dover Lane Music Conference | url = http://www.raginishankar.com/aboutMe.html | access-date = 29 September 2014 | archive-date = 15 February 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150215155901/http://raginishankar.com/aboutMe.html | url-status = dead }} Saptak Festival of Music,{{Citation | title = Saptak Annual Festival | date=30 December 2009 | url=http://imcradiodotnet.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/saptak-annual-festival-2010-viraasat-1st-till-13th-jan-2010/ }}
- {{Citation

| title = Saptak Annual Festival | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Celebrated-violinist-N-Rajam-does-her-Gujarat-master-proud-at-Saptak/articleshow/11382713.cms }}
- {{Citation | title = Saptak Annual Festival | url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna_photogallery_editorial_images/pid=DNAHM5722&filename=Ragini_Shankar }}
- {{Citation | title = Saptak Annual Festival | url=http://www.webindia123.com/festival/events/saptakschedule.htm }} Theatre de la Ville, Paris,{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatredelaville-paris.com/en/spectacles/saison-2021-2022/musiques/sangeeta-shankar-and-daughters|title = Theatre de la Ville, Paris; Paris}} Theatre de l'Alhambra, Geneva, Switzerland,{{Cite web|url=https://www.maisondesculturesdumonde.org/actualites/le-violon-hindoustani-son-apogee|title = Theatre de l'Alhambra, Geneva; Switzerland}} MilapFest,{{Cite web|url=https://www.milapfest.com/events/indika-evening-raga-ragini-nandini-shankar/|title=Indika: Evening Raga – Ragini & Nandini Shankar | Milapfest|access-date=30 October 2018|archive-date=20 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920114455/https://www.milapfest.com/events/indika-evening-raga-ragini-nandini-shankar/|url-status=dead}} Yaksha (festival),Yaksha (festival) Aarohi for Pancham Nishad,{{Citation | title = Pancham Nishad - Past Events | url = http://www.panchamnishad.com/past-events1.html | access-date = 29 September 2014 | archive-date = 23 June 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140623163004/http://www.panchamnishad.com/past-events1.html | url-status = dead }} Jaya Smriti organised by Hema Malini,{{Citation | title = Solaris Event Archives | url = http://www.solarisimages.com/archive_event_gallery.php?id=4291 | access-date = 29 September 2014 | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052538/http://www.solarisimages.com/archive_event_gallery.php?id=4291 | url-status = dead }} Temple of Fine Arts,{{Citation | title = Thyagaraja Tansen Music Festival, The Temple of Fine Arts, Malaysia | url=http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/thyagaraja-tansen-music-festival-kick-start-9-feb }} Bengal Music Foundation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/musical-marvel-continues-180106|title=Violins charm Bengal classical fest|date=30 November 2015}}

She has performed in several countries abroad; the USA,https://www.skidmore.edu/zankel/documents/Jan2017-ZankelSpringBrochure.pdf
- https://muse.union.edu/music/ragini-shankar-violin/ Canada,{{cite AV media| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/Pc3WBdwQV30| archive-date = 2021-12-08| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc3WBdwQV30| title = Viloin Concert by Dr.N Rajam,at Sringeri Vidya Bharathi Temple - Toronto | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} UK,{{cite web | url=https://www.milapfest.com/events/indika-evening-raga-ragini-nandini-shankar | title=Indika: Evening Raga – Ragini & Nandini Shankar | Milapfest | access-date=30 October 2018 | archive-date=20 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920114455/https://www.milapfest.com/events/indika-evening-raga-ragini-nandini-shankar/ | url-status=dead }} Netherlands,{{cite web | url=https://maharishigandharva.wordpress.com/tag/meru/ | title=MERU }} Switzerland, Germany, France,https://detoursdebabel.fr/Sangata-1057 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031005250/https://detoursdebabel.fr/Sangata-1057 |date=2018-10-31 }}
- https://www.indeenfrance.com/lille.php/lille-lire/ragini-shankar-en-concert Belgium,https://europalia.eu/archives/india/en/article/three-generations_141.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031005315/https://europalia.eu/archives/india/en/article/three-generations_141.html |date=31 October 2018 }}
- http://www.art-base.be/index.php?view=details&id=593%3Atemplate-concert&option=com_eventlist Hungary, Singapore,{{Cite web | title=Dr. N. Rajam - Singapore - 3rd Feb 2012 - rasikas.org | url=https://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18588 | access-date=2025-01-02 | website=www.rasikas.org}} Malaysia and Dubai.{{Cite web |url=http://gulftoday.ae/portal/eb181127-586f-40ea-bf9c-0d0e112db736.aspx |title=Gulftoday.ae | Sisters in perfect accord |access-date=2018-10-30 |archive-date=2018-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031005201/http://gulftoday.ae/portal/eb181127-586f-40ea-bf9c-0d0e112db736.aspx |url-status=dead }} Ragini gives lecture demonstrations and conducts workshops on a regular basis during her travels.

She is known for her collaborations with various artists in diverse genres. Ragini and her

sister Nandini Shankar have been signed by Decca Records US, a part of Universal Music

Group for a full-length music album for their musical ensemble ‘Taraana’.{{Cite web |url-status=live |archive-date=Apr 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428211135/https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai-guide/things-to-do/article/sister-act-23275139 |author=Shriram Iyengar |date=14 March 2023 |website=Mid-Day |language=en |access-date=11 August 2023 |title=Violinists Ragini and Nandini Shankar's debut album infuses global sounds |url=https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai-guide/things-to-do/article/sister-act-23275139}}{{Cite AV media |people=Taraana |language=en |access-date=12 August 2023 |title=The Land Of Spice |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLeFek-Fed0 |date=2023 |via=YouTube}}

She is a part of the renowned Bollywood lyricist Irshad Kamil’s The Ink Band, a series of poetry interwoven with music.{{cite news | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/rahman-launches-irshad-kamil-s-ink-band-music-series-118032100608_1.html | title=Rahman launches Irshad Kamil's INK Band music series | newspaper=Business Standard India | date=21 March 2018 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UEaguxxOas | title=Aise Na Dekho (Extended Version) | | the Ink Band by Irshad Kamil | Season 1 | website=YouTube }} She is also a part of an Indo-French musical project called Sangata, formed by the noted French composer Thierry Pecou{{cite web |url=http://www.ensemblevariances.com/en/projects/sangata.html |title=Ensemble Variances - Sangâta |website=www.ensemblevariances.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030205828/http://www.ensemblevariances.com/en/projects/sangata.html |archive-date=2018-10-30}} and was covered in an article in Le Monde.{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/musiques/article/2018/03/30/sangata-le-nouveau-raga-occidental-de-thierry-pecou_5278768_1654986.html|title=" Sangâta ", le nouveau râga occidental de Thierry Pécou|newspaper=Le Monde.fr|date=30 March 2018}} Her recent collaborations include inStrings, an innovative fusion band, giving a new sound to popular Indian tunes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.milapfest.com/events/indika-instrings/|title=Indika: InStrings | Milapfest|access-date=30 October 2018|archive-date=27 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927173659/https://www.milapfest.com/events/indika-instrings/|url-status=dead}}

Ragini is a

recipient of the distinguished Aditya Birla Kala Kiran Award{{Cite web|url=http://www.sangitkalakendra.org/winners/KalaKiranPuraskar|title = Aditya Birla Kala Kiran Award}} and the Jashn-e-Youngistan {{Cite web|url=https://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/news24online-epaper-newsonline/jashn+e+youngistan+2018+honoured+violinsts+ragini+shankar+and+nandini+shankar-newsid-102297839|title = Dailyhunt}}

{{Cite web|url=https://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/news24+english-epaper-newstwen/jashn+e+youngistan+2018+to+honour+ragini+shankar+and+nandini+shankar-newsid-102192204|title = Dailyhunt}} Award presented by the Vice President of India.

She was a faculty at Whistling Woods International School of Music in Mumbai for 6 years and currently teaches at the Rajam School of Violin.{{cite web | url=https://www.whistlingwoods.net/faculty | title=Faculty | Whistling Woods International }} She has appeared on the platform of Talks at Google{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntaV_Zg4Ths|title = Talks at Google | Google| website=YouTube }} and Tedx{{Cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/29734|title = TEDxGCEK | TED}} for her talks on Indian music.

She resides in Mumbai.

Aditya Birla Kala Kiran Award,presented by Rajashree Birla, 2019

Jashn-e-Youngistan presented by the Vice-President of India, Venkaiah Naidu, 2018

Jaya Smriti presented by film actress and dancer, Hema Malini, 2012

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