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About
The Artists
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Padma Talwalkar was
initiated into singing as a child of ten by Pandit Gangadhar
Pimpalkhare and was groomed and inspired by him to take to
music professionally. She had the good fortune to study
under Shrimati Moghubai Kurdikar, the senior Jaipur
vocalist. She has added to her knowledge and repertoire
under other veteran masters like Pt. Nivrutti Bua Sarnaik
and Pt. Gajanan Rao Joshi.
Padmaji's talent attracted recognition while she was still a
student in the form of the Bhulabhai Desai Memorial
Scholarship and the prestigious Kasarbai Karkar Fellowship
of the National Centre of Performing Arts.
Padmaji
has emerged as a compelling presence on the concert scene in
the country and abroad, besides being a popular broadcaster
over the radio and television.
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Padma Talwalkar belongs to that avant garde in the Khayal
scene today who believe in evolving a personalized musical
idiom by assimilating the best of diverse styles. While
displaying a judicious mix of the Kirana,
Gwalior
and Jaipur gayakis (singing styles characteristic of a
certain school), Padma's vibrant voice is lent wings by both
imagination and virtuosity.
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Suyog Kundalkar is a promising young
harmonium player who has achieved a distinct identity of his
own. He started training in harmonium at the age of six from
Smt.Ranjana Godse. Since 1997, he has been a devoted
student of the renowned harmonium soloist and accompanist,
Dr. Arawind Thatte under whom he is receiving specialised
training for solo performances. Also a keen student of
classical vocal music, Suyog has undertaken lessons in
singing from Smt. Lalitabai Khadilkar and
Shri.Suhas Datar. He has also attended "tappa"
workshops conducted by Pt.Balasaheb Poochwale and
Pt. Vasantrao Rajurkar.
Suyog is a graded artist of the All
India
Radio as well as Doordarshan. He holds a Bachelor’s degree
in music from "Lalit Kala Kendra" of the
University
of Pune.
Being one of the most sought after accompanists in
India, he accompanies great stalwarts
at several prestigious music conferences in India
and abroad. He has toured in countries like
Switzerland,UK, Australia,NewZealand,
UAE and,
Russia. He is a regular
accompanist at the Sawai Gandharva Music Festival in Pune.
In the year 2000, he was awarded the "Rasikagrani Dattopant
Deshpande Puraskar", which is an award given to devoted
upcoming artists.
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Suyog considers himself to be extremely fortunate to have
been associated with Ganasaraswati Smt. Kishori Amonkar,
whom he has been accompanying regularly since the year 2002.
He has given solo performances in Pune, Mumbai,
Kolhapur, Bangalore
and
Banaras
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Utpal Dutta was born
in a family of musicians and was initiated in the art of
tabla playing by his mother Smt. Ratna Dutta, a vocalist of
repute. His initial formal training started under the
guidance of Ustad Sarwat Hussain and later he was
fortunate to have been trained under the internationally
acclaimed Tabla maestro, ‘Tal Yogi’ Pt. Suresh Talwalkar.
He broadcasts regularly from All India Radio as an artist of
B-High grade and has accompanied vocalists of repute like
Smt. Padma Talwalkar, Smt. Ashvini Bhide, Smt. Devaki Pandit,
Smt.Arti Ankalikar, Pt. Ratan Mohan Sharma and Smt. Manjiri
Asnare, to name a few. Utpal has traveled widely in India
and has performed in many prestigious music festivals like
the Sawai Gandharva Festival
in Pune, the Doverlane Music Conference in Kolkata
and the IMG Music Festival in Mumbai. He has traveled to
Australia and New Zealand and performed at
prestigious venues like the Sydney Opera House.
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