Fayiz Muhammed

Fayiz Muhammed
Fayiz Muhammed
	Fayiz Muhammed performing at Janmabhumi Awards 2018
Background information
Birth name	Faiz Muhammed K.S
Born	Aluva, Kerala, India
Genres	Classical, Indian, world music
Occupation(s)	Violinist, Composer
Instrument(s)	Violin
Years active	2016–present

Fayiz Muhammed is an Indian violinist trained in Carnatic music and Western Classical Music.^[1]

Early life[edit]

Fayiz was born in Aluva to Saidu Muhammed T M and Shyla Saidu Muhammed. He was introduced to Violin as a child and started taking lessons in Carnatic and Western Classical Music from Kalabhavan at the age of 14. He did his graduation in Commerce from Union Christian College, Aluva.^[1]^[2]

In 2016, he started a fusion band, Red Viola with eight other musicians while studying in college. The band does fusion covers of popular Indian songs.^[1] He has performed musical shows in India and abroad and has collaborated with Vijay Sethupathi, Dhanush and artists Vaishnav Girish and Niranj Suresh at Asiavision Awards in 2019.^[2] He was part of a concert staged at Global Village (Dubai) featuring 44 musicians from different countries.^[3]^[1]

He composed the theme music for the 19th edition of beauty pageant, Miss Kerala. In 2019, he made a cameo appearance as a violinist in the Malayalam film Pathinettam Padi.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d sreekumar, priya (28 June 2019). "Music sans boundaries". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b "വിരൽതുമ്പത്ത് വിസ്മയത്തുമ്പത്ത്". metrovaartha.com. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
^ "Peace with a musical journey". Gulf-Times (in Arabic). 10 April 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.