Mahesh Raghvan is a Carnatic (South Indian Classical) music fusion artist.[1] He is known for playing Carnatic music on the iPad[2] on an app named GeoShred.[3]
Mahesh Raghvan has completed his MSc in Digital Composition and Performance from the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.[4] He also completed his Bachelors of Audio Production from SAE Institute, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[5]
Mahesh gained popularity through his YouTube channel[6] that he created in July 2014,[7] where he releases Carnatic fusion music and Indian style covers of pop music. With over 300,000[8] subscribers today, his videos have garnered millions of hits.[9][10] He became known for his ability to play Carnatic Music on the iPad[11] application GeoShred.[12] He is the creative director of IndianRaga,[1] an organization that promotes Indian Fine Arts. Mahesh has over 500,000 streams on Spotify as on December 2019.[13]
He has collaborated with the likes of Ranjani-Gayatri,[14] Aruna Sairam,[15] P. Unnikrishnan[16] and Jordan Rudess.[17] Mahesh is part of two bands: Carnatic 2.0 with violinist Shravan Sridhar[18][19] and The Thayir Sadam Project with vocalist Bindu Subramaniam, violinist Ambi Subramaniam and percussionist Akshay Anantapadmanabhan.[20][13]
"He’s a youth icon in the music field, a YouTube sensation and boasts of over 6,00,000 fan following online. Chennai-based music fusion artiste Mahesh Raghvan is known for his unique brand of peppy and urbane Carnatic music."[21]
"A Carnatic fusion artiste, Mahesh has been gaining enormous popularity, especially among the millennials, for his hip, foot-tapping Carnatic versions of popular songs — some of which are arguably better than the original compositions."[22]
"From Adele’s Hello to the epic soundtrack of Game of Thrones, 26-year-old Mahesh Raghvan continues to infuse Carnatic wonder into popular mainstream hits. Most of his tracks have garnered over a million views each on social media platforms"[23]