Akshay Dinakar
Akshay Dinakar | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Hip-hop, Classical, Jazz, RnB |
| Occupation(s) | Violinist, Designer, Entrepreneur |
| Instruments | Violin |
| Years active | 2013-present |
| Website | akshaydinakar |
Akshay Dinakar is an American violinist and YouTube personality. He is a three-time member of Carnegie Hall's National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America and the creator of NYO-U.[1][2][3] His YouTube Channel, Akshay Dinakar Music, has earned over 600,000 views, and in August 2015, Dinakar signed a contract with The QYOU, an international television network which broadcasts music videos to over 35 different countries.[4] Dinakar currently serves as the Founder and Artistic Director of The Stanford Flashmob Orchestra (SFmO), a brand new ensemble (founded November 2015) that performs spontaneous arrangements of pop songs and movie themes, flash-mob style, with the goal of spreading unexpected joy across campus through music.[5] Dinakar is a graduate of Shawnee Mission East High School and currently attends Stanford University, where he studies design.[6][7] A serial inventor, Dinakar has combined his passions in music and engineering to invent his own line of 3D-printed electric violins and prosthetic arms for string instrument players. [8][9][10]
Discography[edit]
- Balloons (2017)
References[edit]
- ↑ http://www.carnegiehall.org/uploadedFiles/Resources_and_Components/PDF/Press/2015-2016_Press_Kit/NYO-USA%202016%20Roster%20Announcement%20FINAL%203-22-2016.pdf
- ↑ http://www.playbill.com/article/passing-the-baton-with-national-youth-orchestra-of-the-united-states
- ↑ https://slippedisc.com/2016/03/america-announces-names-of-its-national-youth-orchestra/
- ↑ https://www.stanforddaily.com/2017/06/05/qa-three-stanford-youtubers-chat-about-their-channels/
- ↑ https://www.stanforddaily.com/2015/11/15/flashmob-orchestra/
- ↑ https://shawneemissionpost.com/2015/05/07/sm-easts-clara-ma-named-1-of-just-141-u-s-presidential-scholars-39025
- ↑ https://fox4kc.com/2016/08/24/751704/
- ↑ https://shawneemissionpost.com/2018/03/12/shawnee-mission-graduate-creates-prosthetic-lets-people-play-violin-flexing-toes-70249
- ↑ https://www.thestrad.com/news/-new-music-stand-designed-to-improve-posture/8567.article
- ↑ https://theviolinchannel.com/stikato-fundraiser-launched-portable-music-stand-kickstarter-akshay-dinakar/
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