Shabir

Shabir is an award winning singer-songwriter, record producer, music composer and performer whose works are predominantly in Tamil. He is the winner of the inaugural singing competition Vasantham Star 2005. The talent quest was hosted by MediaCorp Vasantham TV Channel. The artiste's finest work to date is known to be Singai Naadu, the National Day Parade 2012 Tamil song that received rave reviews and a liking from the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong.

Personal life

Shabir has his origin in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. He is of mixed heritage from an Urdu speaking father and a Tamil mother from Chidambaram district in Tamil Nadu. Shabir started songwriting at an early age and wrote & composed his first song at the age of 12

Career

Shabir started songwriting and song composition when he was 12 years old. Starting out as a self-taught keyboardist, he went on to learn Hindustani Classical Music under the tutelage of violinist Sri Veereshwar Madhri and guitar from Steeve Vatz. Shabir also pursued music production and audio engineering and is an alumnus of SAE Singapore.