Arnav Srivastava
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Arnav Srivastava is an independent musician and composer
. He is based in the city of Dubai
, United Arab Emirates
. Srivastava began learning Indian classical music since the age of 3 and remained interested in music since. He took up DJing
at the age of 16 and was exposed to underground dance music during that period. Arnav instantly took up Music Production and has been writing electronic music ever since.
In 2007, Arnav collaborated with acclaimed Tibetan
opera Singer Namgyal Lhamo
, on the electronic lounge album, The Enchanted Land. It was released worldwide in August 2007 and received positive reviews from music magazines worldwide. Namgyal Lhamo won the "Best Female vocalist award" for the song "Changkha", at the International Music Awards 2007 held by Musicaid in the U.K.
In 2008, He scored the documentary film "Yeti" by filmmaker Akhil Bali, which was released online during the Beijing Olympics on August 8, 2008.
Arnav Srivastava made his debut in cinema as a music composer in Independent filmmaker Arvind Iyer
's Tibetan thriller "Drapchi" which stars Namgyal Lhamo in the lead. The film, has been produced by Iceberg Nine Films,written by Pooja Ladha Surti and is scheduled for a late 2010 release.
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
. He is based in the city of Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
. Srivastava began learning Indian classical music since the age of 3 and remained interested in music since. He took up DJing
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
at the age of 16 and was exposed to underground dance music during that period. Arnav instantly took up Music Production and has been writing electronic music ever since.
In 2007, Arnav collaborated with acclaimed Tibetan
Tibetan people
The Tibetan people are an ethnic group that is native to Tibet, which is mostly in the People's Republic of China. They number 5.4 million and are the 10th largest ethnic group in the country. Significant Tibetan minorities also live in India, Nepal, and Bhutan...
opera Singer Namgyal Lhamo
Namgyal Lhamo
Namgyal Lhamo is an acclaimed exponent of Tibetan traditional singing and Tibetan Opera, Lhamo; She is based in Utrecht, The Netherlands.Starting at a the age of 8, Namgyal Lhamo, recognized by many as a child prodigy; trained for fourteen years under great masters of Tibetan Opera and Classical...
, on the electronic lounge album, The Enchanted Land. It was released worldwide in August 2007 and received positive reviews from music magazines worldwide. Namgyal Lhamo won the "Best Female vocalist award" for the song "Changkha", at the International Music Awards 2007 held by Musicaid in the U.K.
In 2008, He scored the documentary film "Yeti" by filmmaker Akhil Bali, which was released online during the Beijing Olympics on August 8, 2008.
Arnav Srivastava made his debut in cinema as a music composer in Independent filmmaker Arvind Iyer
Arvind Iyer
Arvind Iyer is an Independent filmmaker and writer of Indian origin.His family comes from the Tamil Brahmin Palghat Iyer community in Southern India and he is the grand nephew of Justice V.R...
's Tibetan thriller "Drapchi" which stars Namgyal Lhamo in the lead. The film, has been produced by Iceberg Nine Films,written by Pooja Ladha Surti and is scheduled for a late 2010 release.