Sameer Rao

Solo Performances

2012 World Traditional Wind Instrument Festival, South Korea
Krishna Janmashtami, Frankfurt, Germany
2013 World Traditional Wind Instrument Festival, South Korea
Krishna Janmashtami, Zurich, Switzerland
Pt. Bhimsen Joshi National Festival of Music and Dance, Hyderabad, India
101st Birthday celebrations of Pt. Dr. Puttaraja Gawai, Devagiri, India
Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur Music festival, Dharwad, India
Pandit Gururao Deshpande music festival, Mangalore, India
BKF Dhwani, Pt. Mallikarjun Mansur Music festival, Bangalore, India
Swami Haridas Music Festival, Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai, India
Pandit Rajguru Smruti music festival, Bangalore, India
Dr Gangubai Hangal birth centenary celebrations, Hubli, India
Pandit Panchakshari Gawai Swar Shradhhanjali, Gadag, India
Pandit Puttaraj Gawai Swar Shradhhanjali, Mysore, Dharwad, India
Pandit Sidharam Jambaldinni Music festival, Raichur, India
Devi Dasara 2015 for Ganapathi Sachidananda Ashram, Mysore, India
Kal ke Kalakar, Mumbai, India
Indian Music Group Young Artist Festival, Mumbai, India
Nada Kishorotsav, Mysore, India
Ganayogi Smruti, Bangalore, India
Moonlight Music festival, Gokarna, India
Hindustani Sangeet Kalakar Mandali, Bangalore, India
Yugadi Music Festival, Bangalore, India
Versova Festival, Mumbai, India
Marikaamba Temple - Shravana Music Festival, Sirsi, India
Music of the Year, Mysore, India
Malhar Avishkar, Monsoon Festival, Pune, India
Isha Foundation, Coimbatore, India
Ninasam Ranga Shibira, Heggodu, Sagara, India
Shimoga Music Cirlce, Shimoga, India
Sangeeth Kripa Kuteer, Bangalore, India
Sri Ram Kala Vedike, Bangalore, India
Sangeet Bharati, Mangalore, India
Swarsandhya, Jamnagar, Gujrat, India
Yuva Sambhrama, Mysore, India
Mysore Association, Mumbai, India
Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh, Mumbai, India
Venu Yathra, Goa, India
Music Lovers club, Mumbai, India
Bramhotsav, ISKCON, Bangalore, India
Nadavidyalayam, Trivandrum, India
Bidaram Krishnappa Ram Mandir, Mysore, India
International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Mysore, India
Bhaasange Balaga. Mysore, India
Swarangan, Mumbai, India
Ganesha Festival, Mangalore, India
Raga Sambhrama, Mysore, India
Tabla Festival, Bangalore, India
Saanjh ke Sargam, Sirsi, India
Bharath Bhavan, Trivandrum, India
Moonlight Music Festival, Honnavara, India
Ganabharati, Mysore, India
Natya taranga Samskruthi Saptaha 2015, Sagara, India
Infosys Foundation Lakshmeshwara Festival, India
Panchamada Inchara, Mangalore, India
Shadja Kalakendra, Bangalore, India
Gangubai Hangal Sangeet Mahotsav, Hubli, India
Raaga Music Academy, Mysore, India
P Lankesh Memorial Concert, Mysore, India
Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India
Mysore Dasara 2018 at Mysore Palace
Sankranti Concert, Sur Sagar, Bangalore
Swar Sandhya, Sangeeth Bharati, Kundapura
Gayana Sabha, Ganabharati, Mysore

With Guruji Padma Vibhushan Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia Ji

Kesarbai Kerkar music festival, Goa, India
Prempia Music festival, Indore, India
Holi music festival, Mumbai, India
Maha Shivarathri, Coimbatore, India
Yaksha Music festival, Coimbatore, India
Orissa Tourism Department music festival, Bhubaneswar, India
Swami Vivekananda Music festival, Kolkata, India
Raga Vaibhava, Mysore, India
Spiritual Morning, Mumbai, India
Legends of India Music Festival, Mumbai, India
Hridayesh Music festival, Mumbai, India
Idea Jalsa, Raipur, India
Music Concert organized by Rotary club, with Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia Ji and Ustad Zakir Hussain, Mumbai, India
Andhri Music Festival, Hyderabad, India
Krishna Janmashtami, Mumbai, India
Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia Ji and Generation next flautists, Mumbai, India
Payyanur, Kerala, India
SPICMACAY concerts and lecture demonstrations at Various places, India

Jugalbandi and Collaborations

With Fremantle Symphony Orchestra, Perth, Australia
With Matthew Sharp, Cellist, Alchemy Festival, London
With George Brooks, Saxophonist, Trivandrum and Bangalore
With Sonia Loinsworth, Vocalist, Norway
With Yonrimog and Maduang, South Korea
With Composer Devissaro, India and Australia
With Dr. Mysore M. Manjunath, Carnatic Violinist, Mysore, India
With Vidwan Kudamaloor Janardanan, Carnatic Flautist, India
With Vidwan Myosre. A. Chandan Kumar, Carnatic Flautist, India
With Sri Amith Nadig, Carnatic Flautist, India
With Sri Vamshidhar, Carnatic Flautist, Mysore, India
With Vidwan C N Thyagarajan, Carnatic Flautist, India
With Sri Manish Pingle, Slide Guitarist, Spain, India
With Sri Amano Manish, Slide Guitarist, India
With Sri Prakash Sontakke, Slide Guitarist, India
With Ustad Rafique Khan, Sitarist, India
With Ustad Shafique Khan, Sitarist, India
With Sri Ankush Nayak, Sitar Player, India
With Sri Dhananjay Daithankar, Santoor Player, India
With Sri Ashwin Walawalkar, Santoor Player, India
With Sri Dattatreya Velankar, Hindustani Vocalist, India
With Sri Balachandra Prabhu, Hindustani Vocalist, Mangalore, India
With Sri Chintanapalli Srinivas, Carnatic Vocalist, Bangalore, India
With Vidwan H L Shivashankara Swamy's 'Layalahari', India
With Sri Ranjan Beura, Hindustani Violinst, Bangalore, India
With Pt Ravindra Katoti, Harmonium Player, Bangalore, India
With Vidushi Smt. R. A. Ramamani, Carnatic Vocalist, Bangalore, India
With Sri Manish Pingle and Sri Naresh Madgoankar, Samrat Sangeet Sammelan, Goa
With Ustad Rafique Khan, Nishagandhi Festival, Kerala
With Vidwan Prapancham R Balachander, The Legacy Series, RR Sabha, Chennai
With Vidwan Rajkamal Nagaraj, Krishhna Janmashtami, Udupi

Awards and Recognition

Scholarship during the year 1997-1998 by The Music & Dance Academy of Karnataka.
‘Yuva Pratibha’ award by The Directorate of Kannada and Culture, Govt. of Karnataka, in 2004.
‘Award of Excellence’ from Sri Guru Ganayogi Panchakshara Sangeet Yogashram Trust, Chennai in 2004.
‘Nada Kishore’ by the Nada Bramha Sangeet Sabha of Mysore, in 2006
‘Surmani’ by the Sur Singar Samsad of Mumbai, in 2008.

Presently, Sameer lives in Mysore, India. Apart from his busy schedule, he takes out time to teach a handful of dedicated students of Bansuri.