AZEEM AHMED ALVI WAS BORN ON 20TH AUGUST, 1986. HE BELONGS TO THE FAMOUS DELHI GHARANA. HE IS THE SON OF USTAD SAYYED AHMED ALVI, WHO IS AN "A" GRADE ARTIST OF ALL INDIA RADIO AND A SITAR PLAYER. AT FIRST, AZEEM TOOK HIS TRAINING FROM HIS FATHER AND LATER FROM MOHSIN ALI KHAN AND YET HE IS THE DISCIPLE OF THE FAMOUS SITAR MAESTRO USTAD SHAHID PARVEZ KHAN.
AZEEM STARTED LEARNING SITAR WHEN HE WAS JUST 6 YEARS OLD. HIS FIRST STAGE PERFORMANCE WAS IN THE TENDER AGE OF 12. HE GOT 1ST POSITION IN SANGEET NATAK ACADEMY MUSIC COMPETITION HELD IN GHAZIABAD IN 2003. HE HAS BEEN AWARDED BY ROTARY CLUB OF INDIA IN 2000. HE HAS ALSO BEEN AWARDED THE NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. HE HAS PERFORMED IN MANY PRESTIGIOUS FESTIVALS LIKE HARBALLABH MUSIC FESTIVAL,INDIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL IN JAPAN , INDIAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL IN SPAIN AND FRANCE , KARIA FESTIVAL IN KARIA(JAPAN), NAMASTEY INDIA FESTIVAL (TOKYO), DEEPAWALI FESTIVAL YOKOHAMA(JAPAN) ETC. AZEEM WORKED WITH A FAMOUS GUITARIST HARRI STOJKA IN HIS UPCOMING MOVIE GYPSY SPIRIT
HE HAS SUCCESSFULLY TRAVELLED IN MANY CONTRIES LIKE JAPAN, VIETNAM, MALAYSIA, THAILAND, SINGAPORE,SPAIN, FRANCE ,ITALY,GERMANY , AUSTRIA AND MANY MORE…
HE HAS PERFECT SENSE OF 'SUR AND LAYA'. AZEEM IS A VERY PROMISING AND TALENTED YOUNG SITAR PLAYER OF THE PRESENT GENERATION.
