Vandana Vishwas | |
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Vandana Vishwas Performing at Small World Music Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada | |
| Born | (1970-07-17) 17 July 1970 (age 54) Lucknow, India |
| Origin | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Ghazal, Bhajan, Geet, Thumri |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, composer, Arranger, Producer |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Website | www.vandanavishwas.com |
Musical artist
Vandana Vishwas (born 17 July 1970) is a Canadian singer, musician, and composer and architect. 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 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.
| Title | Release | Record label |
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| 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 |