Aparna Panshikar is an Indian classical ( Hindustani) vocalist living in

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Career

Panshikar's musical performances include pure

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to semi-classical music and experimentation in combining north

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with various other genres. The systematic online training method she developed won her a lot of disciples across the globe. She performs with the band Trinaad consisting of

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Jayen Varma and

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Jean Davoisne.

Early life and family

Panshikar had an early introduction to north

. Her first guru is late Pandit Bhaskarbua Joshi and is currently training under her mother Meera Panshikar. She is married to Nikhil Joshi and has a son Sohum Bilawal Nikhil Joshi.

Albums

Panshikar has released ten musical albums which include: a

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with Sudha Ragunathan released by Manorama Music in 1999; three titles released as "

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presents a Voice for the New Millennium" in 2000; Winds from Ayuta in 2002; Diamond Sutra and Punyapur ki Sarita in 2003; Shivoham in 2005; Reflections of a Purple Moon in 2012.; and Le Sortilège du Poisson by Trinaad in 2017.

Movies

Panshikar is also a film music composer. Music for the English movie Orpheder the Legend produced in France in 2016 was composed by her. She has also composed/sung songs for two Indian short films: Muskaan in the year 2017 and Skin of marble in the year 2018 Skin of marble

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References

External links

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