Vineet Alurkar
Vineet Alurkar | |
|---|---|
| Occupations | Musician, Teacher , Author, Singer-Songwriter |
| Parent(s) | Suresh Alurkar (father) and Anuradha Alurkar (mother) |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Folk, rock, fusion |
| Instruments | Guitar, bass, piano, drums, vocals |
| Website | yogalogik |
Vineet Alurkar is an Indian musician , singer-songwriter and author from Pune, India.[1] He is most noteworthy as the frontman of bands The Black Birds and Yoga Logik.[2]
Biography
Alurkar was born to music entrepreneur Suresh Alurkar and wife Anuradha Alurkar.[3] Alurkar's father was known in music circles across India for his vast collection of rare classics and was the owner of Alurkar Music House.[3] Alurkar's father was found murdered in his Pune home in 2008.[3] Alurkar has one brother[3] and is married as of 2016.
Alurkar conceived of the Austrian-Indian folk rock 6 member band,[2] Yoga Logik in 2005 when he jammed with Austrian guitarist Wolfgang Sambs during Sambs' visit to India.[2] The band's music is inspired by lyrical poetry. Critics have appreciated its blend of contemporary jazz and funk clubbed with Indian classical styles of music.[2] The band have extensively toured Europe and India from 2012 to 2016.[2][1] The band released an album titled Live at Vidya Valley in 2014.[2][4]They released their 3rd album in 2016 which was recorded in Frogmountain Records , Austria
Alurkar was also one of the founding members of the band The Black Birds in 2003.[5] The band began as a school reunion between Alurkar and fellow musician Dhruv Bhate.[6] The band released an EP that same year.[6]
As of 2016, Alurkar has been performing over 13 years in India and around the globe.[1] Alurkar plays the guitar as his favored instrument[7] and runs his music teaching practice from Aundh in Pune.[8] He is a permanent musical faculty with the Pune based Vidya Valley School[6] and is visiting faculty in Rungsted Gymnasium, a high school in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1]
Alurkar has conducted music workshops in Skoloa Slunovat in Brno, Czech Republic , Stifter Music Schule, Linz,Austria and other schools in Austria and Belgium.
Alurkar along with Dhruv Bhate co-authored and released a book called "Rock n Roll Dreams Indian Reality" in December 2025.This is India's 1st Rock n Roll Memoir.[9][10]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "PUNE GIG: Tribute to Bob Dylan by Vineet Alurkar – Wednesday,". blueFROG. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
Singer-Songwriter Vineet Alurkar
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Swamy, Rohan (17 August 2012). "Tales from Vienna". The Indian Express. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
Pune musician Vineet Alurkar is all set to perform with his band Yoga Logik in Austria.
- 1 2 3 4 "Noted music entrepreneur Alurkar found stabbed, dead". News18. 15 December 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ↑ "Live at Vidya Valley by Yoga Logik on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ↑ "Music & Lyrics". Pune Mirror. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Jamming the Indian way – Pune Mirror". punemirror.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ↑ "VINEET ALURKAR, BHUPAL LIMAYE". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ↑ "Puneites love the guitar | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 20 February 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ↑ "Chords, classrooms, and a 35-year-old dream: The Pune boys who never stopped playing". The Indian Express. 21 December 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
- ↑ "From classical roots to rock 'n roll dreams: Alurkar Music House legacy lives on". The Times of India. 21 December 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
External links
https://www.youtube.com/@AlurkarMusicHouse