Bio
Pallavi MD is a singer, composer, actor and filmmaker. She comes from a family of artists and has a degree in Hindustani classical music from Benares University. She has been performing Kannada poetry (bhavageethe) for the last twenty eight years. She has been composing music for theatre, dance and television.
She has won the META Best Actress award for her solo theatrical piece C Sharp C Blunt. Her play Shilpa, the Indian Singer App has won the Best Play Award at the Secondo Festival Switzerland, 2014 and ZKB Patronage Prize at the Zurcher Theater Spektakel, 2014. Playgrounds, a short film she wrote and directed, won the Best Film award at the Hong Kong International Film Festival and Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. She has won the State award Best Playback Singer in the year 2007, and the State Kempegowda award for her contribution in the field of music. She has been awarded the prestigious Ustad Bismillah Khan national Award for her contribution to the field of Music.
She has performed jugalbandis with classical musicians, and has been a part of many fusion and world music ensembles. She has been a part of many international and interdisciplinary collaborations. She is keen on collaborating with multidisciplinary artists and looks for projects that experiment with form and content.