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Vandana Vishwas
Vandana Vishwas
	Vandana Vishwas Performing at Small World Music Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background information
Born	17 July 1970 (age 53); Lucknow, India
Origin	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Ghazal, Bhajan, Geet, Thumri
Occupation(s)	Singer, composer, Arranger, Producer
Years active	2009–present
Website	www.vandanavishwas.com

Vandana Vishwas (born 17 July 1970) is a Canadian singer, musician, and composer and architect of Indian descent. She performs North Indian classical music based expressive song forms such as Ghazals, Bhajans, Geet and Thumri. She is a resident of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Career edit

Vandana released her debut music album 'Meera – The Lover...' in 2009. It is a musical story of the sixteenth century Indian poet Meera Bai. In January 2013, she released her second music album 'Monologues', which is a collection of contemporary Ghazals, Nazms and light Thumris. Her 2014 single, 'Samarsiddha' is the theme track for identically titled Hindi novel authored by a UK based novelist Sandeep Nayyar, which was released in July 2014. Vandana released her third music album 'Parallels' in 2016 which topped RMR charts for 4 weeks consecutively.^[4] It is a collaboration of south Asian music with several western and ethnic music genres such as Flamenco, African, Rock, Country, Ballad, New Age.^[2]^[5]^[6] In 2021, Vandana released her second single 'Nav Varsh Mangalkamna Geet' - a Hindi song celebrating new year in India. and another single 'Mann Lago', which was part of her fourth album 'Kabeera - The Thinker...', released later in 2023. The album is based on works of 15th century Indian poet Kabir Das.

Discography edit

Title	Release	Record label
Meera – The Lover... (Album)	2009	Self Produced
Monologues (Album)	2013	Self Produced
Samarsiddha (Single)	2014	Self Produced
Parallels (Album)	2016	Self Produced
Mann Lago (Single)	2021	Self-Produced
Nav Varsh Mangalkamna Geet (Single)	2021	Self-Produced
Kabeera - The Thinker... (Album)	2023	Self-Produced

Awards edit

Silver medal at Global Music Awards 2016 in World Music and Female vocalist categories^[7]
Toronto Independent Music Awards 2016 in World Music category^[7]
Woman Hero Award 2015 by Indo Canadian Arts & Culture Initiative^[7]
Vox-Pop Winner for World Traditional Song at 10th IMA Independent Music Awards^[8]^[9]
Best Toronto World CD Album Winner at Toronto Exclusive Magazine awards 2010
Established Performing Arts at Mississauga Arts Council's Marty Awards 2012^[10]

Honourable mentions edit

17th International Billboard Song Contest 2010^{[citation needed]}
Esongwriter.com song Contest]^[11]
2010 Marty Award for Established Performing Arts by Mississauga Arts council, Ontario, Canada^{[citation needed]}

Nominations edit

TIMA Toronto Independent Music Awards 2010, 2014 & 2015 – Best World Music^{[citation needed]}
World Artist of the Year at The Indies, the Independent Music Awards 2010^{[citation needed]}
K.M. Hunter artist Award for Music 2010 by Ontario Arts Council, Canada^{[citation needed]}
2010 & 2011 Marty Award for Established Performing Arts by Mississauga Arts council, Ontario, Canada^{[citation needed]}
7th TIMA Toronto Independent Music Awards 2014 – Best World Music^{[citation needed]}

References edit

^ "Vandana Vishwas". Harbourfront Centre. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b "सुरों की उस्ताद वंदना, जिसने दर्द को हुनर में बदला- Amarujala". Amar Ujala. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ "Musician cum Singer Vandana Vishwas does not let her physical disability affect her career". dailybhaskar. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ cmn (3 January 2017). "Vandana Vishwas -Vocalist, Composer and Producer | CMNNews". cmnnews.ca. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ "Singer Vandana Vishwas derives Monologues from dialogue – The American Bazaar". The American Bazaar. 23 December 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ Muthanna, Anjali (5 January 2014). "The soul of my music is Indian: Vandana Vishwas". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ferreira, Verus. "Musicunplugged.in : interviews". musicunplugged.in. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ "Vandana Vishwas Earns An IMA Nomination – Independent Music Awards". Independent Music Awards. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ "SudeepAudio.com – Vandana Vishwas, Vocalist, Toronto, Indian music". sudeepaudio.com. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ "Vandana Vishwas to perform at FTDM Sherbrooke Festival". Mississauga.com. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ "Current Winners". Archived from the original on 22 January 2013.