North Indian Classical

"With a steady 'sa' in its fullness of swara, Shweta Jhaveri started her Yaman and simply startled her audience."
      — The Times of India, Ahmedabad,1980

"The next artist [Shweta Jhaveri], a second year student of English literature, proved to be a lovely surprise. Her Khayal in Todi was marked by command over the purity of raga structure."
      — Indian Express, Baroda 1984

"Shweta Jhaveri, by her melodious and matured singing brought credit to both Gurus, Pt.Vilasrao Khandekar and Pt.Jasraj, present on the sixth day of the Saptak music festival."
      — The Times of India, Ahmedabad, 1988.

"Kept the audience spellbound for more than two hours .She made intelligent use of voice culture and noteworthy use of Taans."
      — The Tribune, Ambala, India 1999

"Her music has a unique quality.. people looking for classical excellence and an average listener who does not understand the fine nuances both enjoy her performances equally" - The Times of India 2000

"A playful and young genius at work "
      — Avinash Maniram. Canada 2003

"She was not born with the prettiest voice on the planet but more than makes for it with tremendous technique”
    — D.C. Donovan, January 2005.

" Hypnotic Khayals....her mesmerizing vocals astonish with intense emotion and hypnotic virtuosity " - T J Nelson, WMC Sept. 2005

"Multi talented singer launches MITHAS series" — Cambridge, March 2006 Review

"Shweta Jhaveri is to the raga for voice, what Ravi Shankar is to the raga for Sitar"— World Discoveries, March 2006

"There is more to Shweta Jhaveri's singing than her deep, rich contralto voice"— 'Queen of Alankar' by Teed Rockwell, July 2007

"Nightclub picks: Rachel Garlin, Shweta Jhaveri. Sunday @ the Jazzschool :
The Hindustani singer presents khayals set to afternoon and evening ragas" - Andrew Gilbert. SF Chronicle, June 2008

 


           World Music Reviews

"One of the most imaginative & brilliant performers of Khayal, Shweta Jhaveri brings her vocal stylings to Vancouver...with the V.I.E.W ensemble featuring Peggy Lee(Cello) Lauri Lyster(Percussion) & Karen Graves (Saxophone & flute)"
- Western Front,Canada, February 1998

"Certainly if an East-West fusion project of any note based on Khayal predates hers, nobody seems to recall it."
      — Classic CD on Anahita,UK 1998

"Here is the sort of music that feels as natural as breathing in and out, heady like a hit of extra oxygen in the blood stream."
      — Folkroots 1999

"Very very occasionally, a voice of such outstanding quality comes along , it demands immediate attention. When that voice also delivers a richness of ideas, the temptation to go into hyperbolic overdrive is maddening."
      — Folkroots, UK 1999.

“Jhaveri concert a tapestry of global sound World music" Shweta Jhaveri's concert at Skirball on Friday was an impressive transformation of the concept of world music fusion...floating with extraordinary ease, Jhaveri's brilliant vocalising was a mesmerizing musical presence. Scheinman's sweeping counter melodies...Bernard, Douglass, Kassis provided buoyant support."
- by Don Hackman, LosAngeles Times 2001

" One of the best voices that came to the forefront " — FRoots, UK 2002

" control & elegance of her voice is transfixing, absolutely captivating..her ease and mastery profound." — CD Baby editorial, 2005

Shweta Jhaveri (vocal) and George Brooks (Saxophone) in an afternoon of raga inspired jazz and jazz flavoured Indian classical music...with Debopriyo Sarkar (tabla) and Jack Perla (piano) - SF, November 2005

" In the Cd 'HUGE' the songs embrace creation, hope, renewal & love. It is a real pleasure to listen to Jhaveri's vocal phrases & timbre, whole music experience" — P.Herlevi, Septem.2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

________________________________________________________________________________ Blessed by her Gurus, from a young age Shweta is also fortunate to receive blessings and music souvenirs, from Music legends : late Pandit Maniramji, Ust.Bismilla Khan who gave her a title of 'Surili' (Tuneful) at Benaras-India, Ust.AliAkbar Khan, Ust.Sharafat khan, Anup Jalota, Smt.Gangubai Hangal, M S Subhalakshmi, Pandit Ravi Shankar & Actor legends : late Nutan Samarth and Raj Kapoor.