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{{short description|Indian sarod player}}
{{about|the ''sarod'' player|the Urdu poet|Brij Narayan Chakbast}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Brij Narayan
| image =
| birth_name =
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|04|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Udaipur]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]
| death_date =
| origin = [[Udaipur]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]
| instrument = ''[[sarod]]''
| genre = [[Hindustani classical music]]
| years_active = 1967–present
| label =
| associated_acts = [[Chatur Lal]], [[Ram Narayan]]
| website = [http://brijnarayansarod.com/ Brij Narayan]
}}
'''Brij Narayan''' ({{langx|hi|बृज नारायण}}; [[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: {{IAST|Bṛj Nārāyaṇ}}) (born 25 April 1952) is an Indian classical musician who plays the string instrument ''[[sarod]]''. Narayan was born in the Indian state [[Rajasthan]] and began to study ''sarod'' from a young age under his father [[Ram Narayan]] and other teachers. He won the [[All India Radio]] instrumentalist competition in 1967 and accompanied his father on a tour to Afghanistan in 1969. Narayan graduated from the [[University of Mumbai]] in 1972 and has since worked on movies and toured Africa, Europe, and America.

== Early life ==
[[File:Sarod 001.jpg|thumb|100px|alt=A many-stringed musical instrument, with eight red pegs at one end holding strings, and a long fingerboard that as it widens has further pegs along one edge, holding more strings. The fingerboard ends at a round, covered gourd, with the strings attached at the edge.|A ''sarod'']]
Narayan was born on 25 April 1952 in [[Udaipur]], [[Rajasthan]] as the oldest son of ''[[sarangi]]'' player [[Ram Narayan]].<ref name="TIE031114">{{cite news |title=Magic in his fingers |publisher=Screen |date=14 November 2003 |url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=6637 |accessdate=25 May 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822065905/http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=6637 |archivedate=22 August 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was taught music from an early age and began playing the ''sarod'' at the age of seven.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|last=Harris|first=Craig|title=Brij Narayan – Biography|website=[[Allmusic]]|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p108860|pure_url=yes}}|accessdate=27 May 2010|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5q2eRBW83?url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p%3Damg%26sql%3D11:3ifyxqugldfe%7ET1|archivedate=27 May 2010}}</ref> Narayan knows how to play ''sarangi'', but chose to specialize in playing the ''sarod'', stating he believed his background would give him an advantage over other ''sarod'' players and that he liked its "combination of melody and percussion".<ref name="Suryanarayan">{{cite news|last=Suryanarayan|first=Renuka|title=Sarangi at its best|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=7 September 2002|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=28762|accessdate=9 May 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090819164649/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=28762|url-status=dead|archivedate=19 August 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Tandon">{{cite news|last=Tandon|first=Aditi|title=Preserving traditional melodies|newspaper=The Tribune|date=25 March 2006|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060326/cth2.htm#7|accessdate=9 May 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060909083020/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060326/cth2.htm#7|url-status=dead|archivedate=9 September 2006|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Narayan studied for a short time under his uncle, ''[[tabla]]'' player [[Chatur Lal]], and ''sarod'' player [[Ali Akbar Khan]] in [[Delhi]], but returned to study under his father following Lal's death in 1965.<ref name="AMG" /> In 1967, Narayan received the President's gold medal as top instrumentalist in the [[All India Radio]] competition.<ref name="TIE031114" /><ref>{{cite news |title=An evening to remember |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=3 March 2008 |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/an-evening-to-remember/279582/ |accessdate=27 May 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929065204/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/an-evening-to-remember/279582/ |archivedate=29 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the late 1960s, he was the subject of a movie, participated in a 1969 cultural delegation tour of Afghanistan with his father, and became a scholar of the Bharat Sangeet Sabha.<ref name="TIE031114" />

== Career ==
Narayan graduated from the [[University of Mumbai]] in 1972 and became a full-time musician; he performed at the [[1972 Summer Olympics|Munich Olympics]] the same year.<ref name="TIE031114" /><ref name="AMG" /> In the 1970s and 1980s, he toured Africa, Europe, and America, and he recorded several albums, including a collaboration with [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]].<ref name="TIE031114" /><ref name="AMG" /> Narayan played in the 1978 movie ''[[Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki]]'' and composed music for the 1988 movie ''[[The Bengali Night]]'' by [[Nicolas Klotz]], which starred [[Hugh Grant]].<ref name="TIE031114" /><ref name="Tandon" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmovie.com/work/119388 |title=''The Bengali Night'': plot synopsis |website=[[Allmovie]] |accessdate=27 May 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022075129/http://www.allmovie.com/work/119388 |archivedate=22 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He received the Dagar Gharana Award from the Mewar Foundation in 1996 and toured France again in 1999.<ref name="TIE031114" /> Narayan performed for the [[SPIC MACAY|Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth]], to interest young Indians in Indian classical music, and played on the 2002 album ''[[Music Detected (album)|Music Detected]]'' by [[Deep Forest]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Music.Detected_ – Credits|website=Allmusic|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r593175|pure_url=yes}}|accessdate=27 May 2010|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5q2elggvB?url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p%3Damg%26sql%3D10:jjfuxqw0ldhe%7ET2|archivedate=27 May 2010}}</ref><ref name="TH040301">{{cite news |title=Musical concerts in Mangalore from today |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=1 April 2005 |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/01/stories/2005040114530300.htm |accessdate=27 May 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105054252/http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/01/stories/2005040114530300.htm |archivedate=5 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Narayan was awarded a [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for Hindustani instrumental music – sarod for the year 2015.<ref>{{cite press release |author= |title=Declaration of Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships (Akademi Ratna) and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the Year 2015 |url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/uploads/2015-16/PressReleaseSNAAwards2015-English.pdf |location=New Delhi |publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] |date=23 April 2016 |access-date=10 November 2016}}</ref> Neil Sorrell has described Narayan as one of the best ''sarod'' players of the present time in ''[[Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart]]''.<ref name="Neuhoff">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Neuhoff |first=Hans |editor=Finscher, Ludwig |encyclopedia=[[Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart|Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik]] |title=Narayan, Ram |language=German |edition=2nd |year=2006 |publisher=[[Bärenreiter]] |volume=12 |isbn=3-7618-1122-5 |page=912}}</ref>

== Family and personal life ==
Narayan is married, lives in [[Mumbai]], and has children.<ref name="Qureshi">{{cite book |title=Master musicians of India: hereditary sarangi players speak |last=Qureshi |first=Regula Burckhardt |year=2007 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-0-415-97202-4 |page=110}}</ref> His son [[Harsh Narayan]] was born in the mid-1980s and plays ''[[sarangi]]'' since 1997; both Brij and his son have performed with Ram Narayan.<ref name="Suryanarayan" /> Narayan works for the Pt Ram Narayan Foundation in Mumbai, which offers scholarships to ''sarangi'' students.<ref name="Tandon" />

== Discography ==
*''Raga Lalit, Raga Bairagi Bhairav'' (1999)
*''Raga Bhatiyar and Raga Shankara'' (2002)

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{cite web|url=http://brijnarayansarod.com/|title=Brij Narayan|publisher=Official website}}
*{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000521935|label=Brij Narayan}}
*{{IMDb name|0621252|Brij Narayan}}

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[[Category:1952 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Musicians from Rajasthan]]
[[Category:People from Udaipur]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]
[[Category:Sarod players]]
[[Category:University of Mumbai alumni]]

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