Samarth Nagarkar is a Hindustani classical musician, composer, teacher and author. He acknowledged as one of today’s foremost torchbearers of Indian classical vocal traditions. Known for his traditionally rich music, Samarth regularly features in music festivals and venues around the world. He possesses a rare balance between performing skill and a deep knowledge of the theory, history and pedagogy of Indian music. Samarth trained under distinguished gurus, Ulhas Kashalkar and Dinkar Kaikini and is a former scholar of the ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata. Samarth is among the first to scale digital platforms like Patreon in the Indian Classical Music world, pioneering new avenues of audience engagement, music education and monetization. He has several solo and collaborative albums to his credit.