akshayrao

Bio

Akshay Rao, an ardent lover of music has been learning music for the past 10 years.  He started learning Western music for 7 years with a Vocal coach Thomas Appel, who has composed songs and have it sung by Akshay Rao.   After which Akshay took online classical lessons from Balakrishna Sir for nearly an year and  Akshay's love for songs in Indian movie songs took him back to India where he continued to learn more music under the Guidance of Dr. Suchetan  for a year after he graduated out of University of Sandiego in Cognitive Science. While in India, he performed with the best artists like Sandeep Vasista, Praksh Anthony and  VenuGopal  Venky 

In the last 2 years, he has performed  for a few Kannada Sangas in the USA with an opportunity to perform in Dr Suchetan's concerts.    Even though Haadu Karnataka event hasn't continued due to Covid, Akshay continues sing online to various organizations including Indowestmusic.   Here area few highlights

• He has performed with Dr Hamsalekha who has composed a song for him based on the city
• Los Angeles called “Lovely Lovely Los Angeles”
• He has performed with Anuradha Bhat, and has been part of the chorus three times for Vijay Prakash.
• He has performed for Navika and in India during the virtual Navika 2020 and also in Ohio
• in 2019 along with Keyboard Player Deepak Jayasheelan and Krishna Anand.
• He has Performed Mastu Mastu Hudugi Bandlu song along with Upendra Kumar and Priyanka Upendra in AKKA on the prime time night.

He has participated in the Reality TV show Haadu Karnataka whose judges are Sadu Kokila, Raghu Dixit, Indu Nagraj, Varijashree, and V. Harikrishna.

He is currently learning Hindustani voice culture from Gayathri Kaundinya along with
Western

Besides music, Akshay loves Basketball and was the champion for his Varsity team.

Currently continuing his musical journey while exploring spreading his knowledge he has been gaining on vocal techniques. 

 

instagram: https://instagram.com/akshayraomusic?igshid=chu3me6lr2u4

 

Key Strengths

A versatile singer whose range goes from Carnatic, Classical, Bollywood, Sandalwood, and Western.