About

Born and raised in Hindu Family in Kathmandu, Nepal, composer and multiinstrumentalist Manish first got carressed by musical sound in his childhood. It was then when he first discovered that he had a voice to sing as a gift given by the nature and and was attracted by the sound of guitar( which he still plays)at the age of twelve.Taking private lessons in music theory, he soon began playing and singing with friends in School and home town. As a keen explorer of music and of various cultures, to develop his musical horizon, he joined and graduated in Ethnomusicology which included the study of world music and music of ethnic groups around the globe. In this course period, he got introduced to Nepali and Hindustani Classical music and specialized in Sarod (principal instrument of Nepali and Hindustani classical music) and vocal under the guidance of his teacher Suresh Raj Bajracharya and Prabhu Raj Dhakal(Famous musicians and teachers of Nepal).