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At the age of 10, Gagandeep was awarded the prestigious National Scholarship by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, for "Sitarwadan".

At the age of 10, Gagandeep impressed the invited audience at a concert organized by A.I.R, Shimla. This concert was broadcasted later on.

Gagandeep stood first for three consecutive years in the competition organized by the prestigious "Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan" held in Jalandhar (India). At the age of 10 and 11 Gagandeep won the first prize in the junior section in this very competition.

At the age of 12, he created history by coming first in the Senior Section, which comprised of an age group between 16 to 35 years. The winner of the Senior Group is invited for the next year as an artist to perform along with other High Grade artists. Here too Gagandeep won the applaud and appreciation of the audience. Thereafter he displayed his skills at various other places and sought the blessings of eminent musicians and connoisseurs.

Reviewing his sitar recital in a Classical Music Concert held on the 31st October, 1999 by the "Sur Laya Manch" (Jalandhar City), the Jalandhar Newsline on November 5, 1999 writes:

"13-yr - Old Sitarist Impresses At Musical Show". . . . .Gagandeep, a budding sitarist from Shimla, impressed the audience with the mature movement of his small fingers over the strings of his sitar. He played Raag Yaman with vilambit gat and drut gat in teen taal. The beautiful use of gamaks, murkis and the full blooming of ni re ga phrase spoke of his rigorous riyaaz.

Gagandeep displayed his skills many times at the “H.P University of Shimla” in front of Music lecturers who came from all over India. He gave various successful performances at Shimla, Solan, Mandi, Dharamshala, Kullu, Nadoun, Bilaspur, Karsog, Sundernagar, Chandigarh, Haripur, Patiala, Batala, Ambala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Kurukshetra, Nabha, Jammu, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Kalyan, Mumbai, Goa, Bikaner & Pune etc.

The major musical events in which Gagandeep has performed are:

 1. Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan - Jalandhar
 2. Sangeet Pratibha (Sangeet Natak Academy) - Patiala
 3. Bharitya Samskriti Samsad - Kolkata
 4. Sur Laya Manch - Jalandhar
 5. Swar Sadhna Samiti - Mumbai
 6. Gurmat Sangeet Sammelan - Batala (Punjab)
 7. Sangeetanjali - Ambala
 8. Basant Utsav - Nadaun (H.P.)
 9. Shyam Sangeet Sammelan - Kullu (H.P.)
10. Saptak (Sangeet Sankalp Saptah 2004) - Ahmedabad
11. Shashtriya Sangeet Samaroh - Kurukshetra
12. Malhaar Utsav - Jalandhar
13. Sangeet Sankalp Mahaotsav 2007 - Pune
14. Sangeet Sankalp Mahaotsav 2008 - Kalyan (Mumbai)
15. Pt. Vasantrao Acharekar Sanskritik Pratishthan - Kankavli (Goa)
16. Jas Vitaan & Guru Pranaam Sangeet Sammelan (Sangeet Sankalp) 2009 – Bikaner (Rajisthan)
 

On September 10, 2009; Gagandeep was conferred with the “Kshitij Kala Samman” by “Smt. Prabha Rau”, “Honorable Governor of Himachal Pradesh.”  

Gagandeep has also performed, for three consecutive years in the highly esteemed "Summer Festival" of Shimla.  

For five consecutive years (i.e. 2003,04,05,06 & 07), Gagandeep has won the first prize in the H.P. University Youth Festival.

He is also amongst the winners of "All India Radio Competition, year 2003."

Presently Gagandeep is a student of “H.P. University”, Shimla and he is learning music from “Pt Budhaditya Mukherjee” & “Pt. Bimalendu Mukherjee”, the doyens of the “Imdadkhani Gharana” of Sitar.   

Address :

Gagandeep Hothi

Sur Sameer

Near Floriculture

Nav Bahar

Shimla 171002 (H.P)

Phone : +91 94181-85729(M) , 0177-2841775(R)

E-Mail : gaganhothi@gmail.com

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