In India, Kamal participated in several prestigious festivals over the years like the Harballabh Music Festival in Jallandhar, the Tansen Samaroh in Gwalior, the Saptak Festival Ahmedabad, the Swami Haridas Music Festival at Mumbai, the World Peace Concert in Delhi and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Swarn Utsav, Hyderabad.
Kamal has also made his mark on the international musical forum and has participated in several International festivals including the Art of the Bow Festival in Geneva in November 2001, World Music Festival, Lahore and the BBC Millennium Concert in Birmingham. While honing his skills in the traditional style of music, he has also adapted to the changing musical scenario by constantly trying to set new trends and standards within his tradition.
A graded artiste of All-India Radio, Kamal is a regular performer on national television. He has won several awards including, for Best Instrumentalist, the Surmani, the Young Maestro Award conferred by the Indo-Sri Lankan Cultural Council and the Young Ustad Khitab at the Prestigious Harballabh Music Festival.
Kamal is the youngest Indian musician to participate in Les 24 heures du raga (The 24-hour Millennium concert) in Paris, France. Kamal has been invited several times by the BBC, Radio France, Radio Pakistan, Radio Switzerland, Radio Italy, Radio Barbados and the Finnish Broadcasting Company.
He has also worked with veterans like Ustad Zakir Hussain, Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, Hossam Ramzy, Ricky Niles from Barbados and Jukka Tolonen and performed with Jan Garbarek for the King of Norway. Kamal has recorded his genre of music for famous bands like Massive Attack, One Giant Leap, and for Hollywood and Indian films.
This multifaceted musician is also a composer for documentary films, theatre and dance. Kamal continues to explore the vast realm of the music world while retaining the purity of Indian classical music through his sarangi.
