Shanjeet Teeluck

BACKGROUND

Shanjeet  was born and raised in the beautiful island of Mauritius, where he also did most of his studies in Indian Classical music under the tutorship of his first guru, Pramodh Padaruth, and later at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute.

He furthered his studies in sitar when he spent a few months in Mumbai, India, under the reknowned Ustad Shamim Ahmed Khan.

His first instrument was actually the guitar, and he also plays the tabla. Shanjeet is also a versatile singer whose favourite styles of singing are bhajans and ghazals. He gains his inspiration from Talat Aziz, Anup Jalota, Jagjit Singh, Mehdi Hassen, Hari Haran and Suresh Wadkar.

He is the head of Nawras Music Productions, and also an educator at Westville Hindu School.  He teaches the tabla. Guitar, sitar and harmonium & vocal on Durban, Port Shepstone and Pietermaritzburg.

He has produced three albums:

• Bhakti

(collection of original Ram bhajans)

• Live Performance

(a collection of ghazals and golden

oldies from his live concerts)

• Shruti

(a collection of Shanjeet’s original

 compostions on sitar)

HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS MUSIC CAREER 

• Represented Mauritius in Reunion Island in

an international music festival

• Conducted a music workshop and recital at

University of Chennai Department of Music

• Performed for King Goodwill Zwelitini &

Prime Minister of Mauritius, Mr Navin Ramgoolam

• Performed with artists from throughout South

Africa at the opening ceremonies of Sibaya

• Performed in Swaziland, Maupto, Cape Town,

King Williams Town, Louis Trichard, Benoni,

Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, Lenasia…

• Participated in Splashy Fen
• Sitar recital at University of Kwa-Zulu Natal
• Weddings of Anand Singh and Mr Rajbansi
• Was invited by Prime Minister of Mauritius to
lauch “Bhakti” in Mauritius
• Directed and produced several concerts at
various venues including Playhouse, UKZN(ex UDW), Howard College, Port Shepstone, Pietermaritzburg, Tongaat