If you’re a fan of Carnatic music and follow the local news in USA, you must surely have heard of Adarsh Iyengar somewhere, a YouTuber and a huge promoter of classical music in the west.
Born and brought up in India, Adarsh currently resides in Arkansas, United Stated of America. Apart from being a musician, Adarsh is also an IT program manager for a leading tech firm. As far as music goes, he has been practising ever since he was a young kid and an added benefit is the fact that his family also has roots in Carnatic music.
As a kid, Adarsh performed in various local competitions across Karnataka. He also did many live shows in Davengere, Bengaluru, Shimoga, Mysore etc.,. Adarsh was also part of reality shows like Idea star singer and ZEE Kannada’s Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.
When he moved to the United States, he continued doing live shows and has performed at estabalisbed stages like the AKKA convention in Atlantic city. He also served as the cultural director for the “Richmond Kannada Sangha from 2016 to 2018 and is now a member of the NWA Kannada Sangha in Bentonville.
Adarsh has so far produced covers of various popular Indian songs on his YouTube channel ‘AdarshIyergarMusical’ like ‘Moh Moh Ke Dhaage’ and ‘Nee Bandu Ninthaaga’. He also plans to do a Kannada cover of the popular song ‘Dil Ko Tumse Pyaar Hua’ and when asked about his future plans, he humbly signs off that ‘this is just the beginning’.
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