Manipal’s Arun Shenoy nominated for Grammy Award

Mangalore Today News Network

Bangalore,Manipal, Dec 12,2012: Undivided Dakshina Kannada district has something to cheer about. Arun Shenoy, a young engineer hailing from Manipal, but presently based in Singapore, has been nominated for the prestigious Grammy award in the category of best pop instrumental.

Nominated along with him in the same category were musicians Chris Botti, Larry Carlton, Dave Koz and Gerald Albright and Norman Brown. Arun will walk the red carpet  on the 55th Annual Grammy Awards function to be held on February 10.

 Arun’s debut world  fusion record named ‘’Rumbadoodle’has been nominated for the award and  is based on  Gypsy Rumba Flamenco. The 2012 album was recorded in countries across the world from India to Spain, Canada, the UK, Pakistan and the United States of America.His wife Roshni Mohapatra is the Art Director for this instrumental effort.

Arun who was born in Manipal,  had his early education in Bangalore. But returned to his hometown for his engineering studies.But, the college rock scene showed this guitar player what he really wanted to do in life. Though he joined the Tata Consultancy Service after graduating and later moved to IBM, music production  continued to be his first love. 

His passion for music  took him to Singapore where he did a Master’s degree in Computation Audio. He is presently working as a music producer and composer in Singapore and his productions include the genres of rock n roll, world-beat and new age music. Arun writes and produces music for his own solo productions but also for other bands and solo artistes.

 Presently, Arun is  working on a follow up album to Rumbadoodle expected to be released next year.