My Compelling Story

Sugnan Dani is a professional jaltarang artist based out of the IT capital of India, Bangalore. Starting his musical journey at an early age of four, Sugnan was under the shadow of his mother, Vid Shashikala Dani, a renowned jaltarang artist of India. She groomed him to accomplish basic knowledge about music and trained him. His first stage performance was at the tender age of nine, which clearly distinguished his passion towards pursuing music. His further training under Smt Kamal Purandare, Shri Shrikant Kulkarni and Pt Chandrashekhar Puranikmath widened his horizon to many different genres of music viz., Hindustani classical, light-classical, folk, devotional and emotional poetry, the base for which was properly designed by his mother. He is presently pursuing his advanced musical training under the doyen of Gwalior-Kirana Gharana Pt Vinayak Torvi. Being an electronics and communication engineer, he also holds the prestigious Sangeet Visharad qualification from Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal, Mumbai, and is presently an officially recognized classical musician from the same.