Loving sarod, no strings attached

Indian-origin musician

Praashekh Borkar on the love of his life and evolving his craft hen raashekh was , his father egan to see if his son was interested in the instrument. “He didn’t want to push me too early,” said Praashekh. “(He just wanted) to see whether I was keen or had any interest in music.” It started with a mini sarod and then every irthday, the oy would get a new musical instrument: xylophones, tabla, harmonium, flutes.

Praashekh Borkar is a local sarod player and is gaining a growing Australian and international reputation.

Originally from Pune, the year old first visited erth in after performing at the wan estival of ights. iking what he saw, he decided to move here, marrying and settling down in . usic has een in his veins from an early age. His father and guru Pt Shekhar Borkar is a noted sarod player.

But it was the sarod the gelled most with young raashekh. hen I was seven, my father started teaching me seriously. ike any young boy, I didn’t really like being pushed and would have rather een doing other things, ut he had me practise every day,” he recalled.