Artist
Ankush N Nayak
Biography
Ankush N Nayak is an Indian classical sitar player from Mangalore. He began studying at nine with Ustad Rafique Khan of the Dharwad gharana, subsequently studying the Carnatic tala system with Trichy K. R. Kumar and receiving advanced training from Buddhadev Das Gupta at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy in Kolkata.
He won first prize in the All India Radio National Music Competition in 2009 and is an A-grade artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan. His concert work spans India and international appearances in the United States, Singapore, the Philippines and Japan, alongside collaborations in Indo-Western fusion. He also works in educational technology at the Expert Group of Institutions in Mangalore. On Raga, he accompanies Rafique Khan on tanpura.