Balakrishnabuwa Ichalkaranjikar (1849–1926) was an Indian

vocalist Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

of the

Khyal Khyal or Khayal (ख़याल / خیال) is a major form of Hindustani classical music in the Indian subcontinent. Its name comes from a Persian/Arabic word meaning "imagination". Khyal is associated with romantic poetry, and allows the perfor ...

genre of

Hindustani classical music Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, sita ...

. He learned the

Gwalior gharana The Gwalior Gharana (Gwalior school of classical music) is one of the oldest Khyal Gharana in Indian classical music. The rise of the Gwalior Gharana started with the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar (1542–1605). The favourite singers of t ...

(singing style) and brought it to Maharashtra.

Life

Balakrishnabuwa Ichalkaranjikar was born in

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...

. He travelled to

Gwalior Gwalior() is a major city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh; it lies in northern part of Madhya Pradesh and is one of the Counter-magnet cities. Located south of Delhi, the capital city of India, from Agra and from Bhopal, the s ...

, then the centre of the

Khayal Khyal or Khayal (ख़याल / خیال) is a major form of Hindustani classical music in the Indian subcontinent. Its name comes from a Persian/Arabic word meaning "imagination". Khyal is associated with romantic poetry, and allows the perfor ...

genre of Indian classical music, and studied under Vasudeorao Joshi. He then returned to Maharashtra, and settled near

Miraj Miraj (Pronunciation: iɾəd͡z ) is a city in Sangli District and also in Maharashtra, India, that was founded in the early 10th century. It was an important jagir of the Adil Shahi court of Bijapur. Shivaji Maharaj stayed in Miraj for ...

because its climate suited him. Soon Miraj and the nearby area became a hub of Hindustani classical music, which it has remained since. Buwa's chief disciples included Neelakanthbuwa Mirajkar,

Vishnu Digambar Paluskar Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar (18 August 1872 – 21 August 1931) was a Hindustani musician. He sang the original version of the bhajan Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram, and founded the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya on 5 May 1901. He is also credited with ...

, his son Annabuwa (who predeceased him),

Anant Manohar Joshi Pandit Anant Manohar Joshi (b 8-March-1881 - d 12-Sep-1967), also known as Antubuwa Joshi, was an Indian vocalist of Khayal-genre of Hindustani classical music. Pandit Antubuwa Joshi was born at Kinhai, near Aundh, in Satara district of Mahara ...

(Antu-buwa), Mirashi buwa and Vamanbuwa Chafekar.

References

1849 births 1926 deaths Hindustani singers Singers from Maharashtra Gwalior gharana 19th-century Indian male classical singers Indian music educators 20th-century Indian male classical singers 20th-century Khyal singers {{India-singer-stub