Harpreet Bansal (b. 1980, Oslo) was trained in Indian classical music from early childhood by her father, Harbhajan S. Bansal. She also trained in Western classical music, and entered the Norwegian Academy of Music (NAM) in 1999. After graduating in 2003, Harpreet became a student of the prominent sitar player Ustad Ashraf Sharif Khan Poonchwalas and also took numerous lessons with Dr. L. Subramaniam, today ś premier Indian violinist. In 2011 she finished her Master’s Degree in Performance and Research…
Harpreet Bansal (b. 1980, Oslo) was trained in Indian classical music from early childhood by her father, Harbhajan S. Bansal. She also trained in Western classical music, and entered the Norwegian Academy of Music (NAM) in 1999. After graduating in 2003, Harpreet became a student of the prominent sitar player Ustad Ashraf Sharif Khan Poonchwalas and also took numerous lessons with Dr. L. Subramaniam, today ś premier Indian violinist. In 2011 she finished her Master’s Degree in Performance and Research at NAM. In 2008, Harpreet formed the Bansal Trio, who has since toured extensively for Concerts Norway under the name Raga Bansal. In 2013, the five-piece Bansal band was formed based on the trio. The Bansal Trio released their first CD, Chandra, on Jazzland Records in 2015.
2017