Shamita and Bhoiravi Achenbach

Shamita and Bhoiravi come from Vienna, the city of Mozart, and play Sri Chinmoy's melodies with virtuoso classical flair on cello and violin.

Shamita is an accomplished cellist who has appeared with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony and the Vienna Bach Soloists. She has toured with the female ensemble Mountain Silence in Europe, America and the Far East. In 2005, Shamita set a Guinness World Record at the Impossibility Challenger Games in Munich by playing the cello for 24 hours.

Bhoiravi Achenbach, born in Vienna, took up violin classes at the age of seven. Shortly afterwards she switched to the music-university in Vienna. At the age of 14 she had her debut at the Janáček-Philharmonics (CZ). Concerts in Europe, Ukraine, USA and Asia were following hereon. She also attended numerous master classes amongst others with Rainer Kussmaul, Igor Ozim and Christian Altenburger. There is also a live recording of the violin concert of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy in e-minor available. Currently she goes to university in Salzburg, Austria at the Mozarteum. In her spare time, which is also very affected by the philosophy of life of Sri Chinmoy, she plays arranged compositions of Sri Chinmoy in Agnikana’s music group.

Shamita and Bhoiravi are frequent performers in Songs of the Soul, and have played together in concerts in the USA and Europe. Bhoiravi also performed solo in the August 2009 New York concert, and the entire family (including father Dohai) performed in August 2010. Bhoiravi also play with Agnikana's Group, which feature frequently in Songs of the Soul concerts.