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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1957}} <!--{{birth date and age|df=yes|1957|DD|MM}}--><br />
| birth_place = [[Chennai|Madras]], India<br />
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| genre = [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical music]]<br />
| occupation = Musician, composer, educator<br />
| instrument = Sitar<br />
| years_active = 1967–present<br />
| label = Traditional Crossroads, Soundings<br />
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'''Kartik Seshadri''' (born 1957) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[sitar]] player and teacher of [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical music]]. He is the director of the Indian Classical Music Ensemble at the [[University of California, San Diego]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://musicweb.ucsd.edu/ugrad/ensembles.php |title=Performance Ensembles |website=Department of Music, UC San Diego}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://musicweb.ucsd.edu/people/people.php?query_Active_Status=Faculty%202%20Lecturers&title=Adjunct%20Faculty |title=Adjunct Faculty |website=Department of Music, UC San Diego}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Seshadri was born in [[Chennai|Madras]], India in 1957. At age 6 he began playing the sitar. When he was 18 he began studying with sitarist Pandit [[Ravi Shankar]], and later toured and performed with his [[guru]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Kragan |first=Pam |date=23 April 2014 |title=Sitarist mourning loss of prized instrument |url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/apr/23/sitarist-mourning-loss-of-prized-instrument/ |newspaper=U-T San Diego |accessdate=9 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Shen |first=Ted |date=19 September 1996 |title=Kartik Seshadri |url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/kartik-seshadri/Content?oid=891571 |newspaper=Chicago Reader |accessdate=9 April 2015}}</ref> In 2005 and 2010, Seshadri collaborated with prominent composer [[Philip Glass]] on the critically acclaimed Orion project.{{cit|date=December 2014}} Seshadri performs extensively ranging from international venues such as [[Carnegie Hall]], [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|the Kennedy Center]], [[Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts|Lincoln Center]], the [[Melbourne Festival|Melbourne International Arts Festival]] in Australia, to venues in India such as the [[Dover Lane Music Conference]], ITC/SRA, [[Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival|Sawai Gandharva]] and Saptak Sammelans in India.{{cit|date=December 2014}} Seshadri has received many awards and accolades for his music including his June 2012 nomination as the "artist of the month" by the prestigious [[Sangeeth Research Academy]] (SRA) in Kolkata and his most recent award (2014) from the Federation of Indian Associations (FIA) for his vision and contribution to the field of Music and Art.{{cit|date=December 2014}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://kartikseshadri.com/ Kartik Seshadri Official Website]<br />
* [http://www.ragarasa.org/ Kartik Seshadri Academy for Indian Classical Music]<br />
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[[Category:Sitar players]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male classical musicians]]<br />
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