My Compelling Story

Manish Pingle is a professional Indian slide guitar player based out of Mumbai, Maharashtra. This talented artist received his initial training in classical vocal music from Late Shri Vishnu Waliwadekar. Ustad Shahid Parvez, the famous sitar maestro of the Itawa Gharana, is currently training him. He was awarded the title, Surmani by Sur Sringar Samsad, Mumbai. Manish also works for All India Radio and television. He has already been applauded for his solos, duets and fusion concerts. Manish has also worked with international musicians like Blues legend, Michael Messer and Saxophone maestro George Brooks.  This talented artist has recorded music albums with international maestros like Hector Zazou (France), and a trio album with Michael Messer (UK) and Gurdain Singh Rayatt. Some of his other achievements are the collaboration with The Frementle orchestra, Perth, and the performance at the City of Canning Festival 2014. His performance in Blues To Bop Festival Lugano, Switzerland is noteworthy. Besides performing in many prestigious music festivals in India, he has earned world-wide renown by performing in countries like Spain, UK, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Belgium, Switzerland, Australia, Sweden, France, and China.