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Rasikananda Das (Jorge J. del Soler), since childhood showed a great interest towards everything related to India His daring enthusiasm led him to go to India alone, a country he journeyed extensively, blending with its people and learning their language and culture. He studied tabla and vocal music under the tutelage of Profesor Shyam Srivastava, at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning in Prashanti Nilayam, India. After the demise of professor Srivastava, he returned home and came back to India to study and receive instruction in tabla and pakhavaj from Pandit Mohan Shyam Sharma, a scholar in musical science and sanskrit, who traveled all around the world delivering concerts and classes, usually at major universities. He later took spiritual initiation in the ancient holy city of Vrindavan, India, from His Grace Srila B.A. Paramadvaiti Swami, receiving the name of Rasikananda Das. He played numerous times in Argentina, India, Brazil and Chile, a country where he lived for some time. He received the support of the Embassy of India in Santiago de Chile, the Chilean-Hindu Institute, the Chilean-Tibetan Institute of Culture and of both Argentinean and Chilean branches of the Institute of Higher Vedic Studies. He is currently sponsored by the Embassy of India in Buenos Aires.
He collaborated with Ariel Chab-Tarab
in the soundtrack to the motion picture “Unicornio”, the
first Indian-Argentinian co-production of the Argentinian filmmaker
Pablo Cesar. He participated in the production and music of “Chitra", a musical play written by Rabindranath Tagore, proposed as project of the year conmemorating the 50 years of India's independence. Rasikananda Das also teaches music, coordinates workshops and delivers music classes to his always-growing student groups located in the cities of Córdoba, Rosario and Buenos Aires.
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