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Roopak hails from a family where music was always appreciated. His father being a Tabla Exponent, he grew up with the tunes of music around him. At the age of 9,he was introduced to the sound of sarod by his father, Dr. Anand Naigaonkar. He was drawn to the exquisite tone of sarod almost instantly.

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Roopak started his initial taleem under a senior maihar gharana exponent, Pt. Prabhu Tendolkar. He was then fortunate to get the guidance of Vidushi Seema Shirodkar for a couple of years. For the past 13 years he is being trained by sitar maestro Pandit Ravindra Chary. 


He is a recipient of Junior Scholarship (2007) & Senior scholarship (2016) awarded by C.C.R.T. (Centre For Cultural Resources and Training), Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India.

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Roopak started giving public performances at the age of 12. Since then he has presented his art at various music conferences. A few of them to name:

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  • Ustad Allarakha Sahab’s Barsi Baithak 2021 organized by Ustad Allarakha Institute of Music as homage to Abbaji.

  • SaptaSangeeti Festival 2023, Rajkot

  • Indian Music Conference, 2019 also featuring stalwarts like Ustad Shujaat Khan, Shri. Rahul Deshpande, Smt. Devaki Pandit organized by Banyan Tree Events at Cidco Exhibition Centre, Vashi

  • Mumbai Green Raaga Festival, 2019 & 2020 organized by Banyan Tree Events

  • Uttarayan, organized by Shadj Pancham Pratishthan,Titwala

  • Kalyan Gayan Samaj 93rd Anniversary Concert, organized by Kalyan Gayan Samaj and Riyaz Group

  • Samarpan, organized by Manthan Trust in the memory of Pt. C. R. Vyas and Pt. M. V. Chimmalgi

  • Swarotsav, organized by Abhiruchi Trust, Devrukh

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  • Samarpan, organized by Swar Sudha Trust in the memory of Pt. Dinkar Kaikeni, Pt.Narayanrao Bodas and Pt. T.L. Raju

  • Pt. Prabhakar Chary Samaroh, Goa organized in the memory of Pt.Prabhakar Chary

  • Taj Mahal Tea House, Bandra with young violin maestro Shri. Manas Kumar

  • ​Shakuntala Sangeet Samaroh, organized by Akhil Bhartiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Vashi

  • Mahakavi Kalidas Rangmandir 40th anniversary concert, Nasik

Roopak also regularly accompanies his Guruji Pandit Ravindra Chary at various music conferences​. He is one of the seniormost desciples of Panditji at Swar Sanskruti Music Academy.

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Along with being true to the classical format, Roopak has also been involved in dubbing sarod for several bollywood movies (e.g. Brahmastra, Ludo, Kalank, RAW), short films, solo albums, commercials, etc. He has worked for various music directors such as Pritam, Atul Raninga, Bappi Lahiri to name a few.

Along with being a Sarod Player Roopak also has a strong academic background. He has completed B.E. in Instrumentation Engineering. Currently he is working at L&T Technology Services as a Project Lead.

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