Vandana Vishwas

Vandana Vishwas (born 17 July 1970) is a Canadian singer, musician, and composer and architect of Indian descent. She performs North Indian classical music based expressive song forms such as Ghazals, Bhajans, Geet and Thumri. She is a resident of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.[1][2][3]

Vandana Vishwas
Vandana Vishwas Performing
Vandana Vishwas Performing at Small World Music Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background information
Born (1970-07-17) 17 July 1970
Lucknow, India
OriginMississauga, Ontario, Canada
GenresGhazal, Bhajan, Geet, Thumri
Occupation(s)Singer, composer, Arranger, Producer
Years active2009–present
Websitewww.vandanavishwas.com

Career

Vandana released her debut music album 'Meera – The Lover...' in 2009. It is a musical story of the sixteenth century Indian poet Meera Bai. In January 2013, she released her second music album 'Monologues', which is a collection of contemporary Ghazals, Nazms and light Thumris. Her 2014 single, 'Samarsiddha' is the theme track for identically titled Hindi novel authored by a UK based novelist Sandeep Nayyar, which was released in July 2014. Vandana released her third music album 'Parallels' in 2016 which topped RMR charts for 4 weeks consecutively.[4] It is a collaboration of south Asian music with several western and ethnic music genres such as Flamenco, African, Rock, Country, Ballad, New Age.[2][5][6] In 2021, Vandana released her second single 'Nav Varsh Mangalkamna Geet' - a Hindi song celebrating new year in India. and another single 'Mann Lago', which was part of her fourth album 'Kabeera - The Thinker...', released later in 2023. The album is based on works of 15th century Indian poet Kabir Das.

Discography
Title Release Record label
Meera – The Lover... (Album) 2009 Self Produced
Monologues (Album) 2013 Self Produced
Samarsiddha (Single) 2014 Self Produced
Parallels (Album) 2016 Self Produced
Mann Lago (Single) 2021 Self-Produced
Nav Varsh Mangalkamna Geet (Single) 2021 Self-Produced
Kabeera - The Thinker... (Album) 2023 Self-Produced

Awards

Honourable mentions
  • 17th International Billboard Song Contest 2010
  • Esongwriter.com song Contest][11]
  • 2010 Marty Award for Established Performing Arts by Mississauga Arts council, Ontario, Canada

Nominations
  • TIMA Toronto Independent Music Awards 2010, 2014 & 2015 – Best World Music
  • World Artist of the Year at The Indies, the Independent Music Awards 2010
  • K.M. Hunter artist Award for Music 2010 by Ontario Arts Council, Canada
  • 2010 & 2011 Marty Award for Established Performing Arts by Mississauga Arts council, Ontario, Canada
  • 7th TIMA Toronto Independent Music Awards 2014 – Best World Music

References
  1. "Vandana Vishwas". Harbourfront Centre. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  2. "सुरों की उस्ताद वंदना, जिसने दर्द को हुनर में बदला- Amarujala". Amar Ujala. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  3. "Musician cum Singer Vandana Vishwas does not let her physical disability affect her career". dailybhaskar. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  4. cmn (3 January 2017). "Vandana Vishwas -Vocalist, Composer and Producer | CMNNews". cmnnews.ca. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  5. "Singer Vandana Vishwas derives Monologues from dialogue – The American Bazaar". The American Bazaar. 23 December 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  6. Muthanna, Anjali (5 January 2014). "The soul of my music is Indian: Vandana Vishwas". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  7. Ferreira, Verus. "Musicunplugged.in : interviews". musicunplugged.in. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  8. "Vandana Vishwas Earns An IMA Nomination – Independent Music Awards". Independent Music Awards. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  9. "SudeepAudio.com – Vandana Vishwas, Vocalist, Toronto, Indian music". sudeepaudio.com. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  10. "Vandana Vishwas to perform at FTDM Sherbrooke Festival". Mississauga.com. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  11. "Current Winners". Archived from the original on 22 January 2013.
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