Pandit Uday Bhawalkar is an

Indian classical Indian classical music is the classical music of the Indian subcontinent. It has two major traditions: the North Indian classical music known as '' Hindustani'' and the South Indian expression known as '' Carnatic''. These traditions were no ...

vocalist. He is an exponent of the

dhrupad Dhrupad is a genre in Hindustani classical music from the Indian subcontinent. It is the oldest known style of major vocal styles associated with Hindustani classical music, Haveli Sangeet of Pushtimarg Sampraday and also related to the South In ...

genre.

Early years

Uday Bhawalkar was born in Ujjain,

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, the youngest of three siblings. He began training in classical music from his elder sister. At the age of 15, he received scholarship at the Dhrupad Kendra, Bhopal. Here and subsequently in Mumbai, Uday was trained in dhrupad in the Guru Shishya Parampara, under the tutelage of Zia Fariduddin Dagar, and later under his guru's elder brother,

Zia Mohiuddin Dagar Zia Mohiuddin Dagar (14 March 1929 – 28 September 1990), popularly known as Z. M. Dagar, was a North Indian ( Hindustani) classical musician, one of the 19th generation of Dagar family dhrupad musicians. He was largely responsible for the ...

Career

In 1987, Nasir Aminuddin Dagar (one of the senior Dagar Brothers) awarded Uday a gold medal. Since then he has performed widely in India and abroad, in concerts, workshops and lecture-demonstration sessions. Based in Pune, he regularly performs on National TV and radio in India. Additionally, he has contributed to the soundtracks of films such as Mani Kaul's ''Cloud Door'', Aparna Sen's ''Mr & Mrs Iyer'', Amol Palekar's ''Anahat'', Arun Khopkar's ''Lokpriya'' and ''Rasikpriya'', Renuka Shane's ''Rita'' and Gajendra Ahire's ''Ma Baap''.

Teaching

Uday began teaching at the age of 20. He now lives and teaches students at his house in Pune. He was also a Visiting Artist in Residence at the University of Washington in Seattle in the Department of Ethnomusicology, a position held many years ago by his Guru, Zia Mohiuddin Dagar. He gives workshops in London every year at the Asian Music Circuit. He is also one of the gurus at the

ITC Sangeet Research Academy ITC Sangeet Research Academy is a Hindustani classical music academy run by the corporate house, ITC Ltd. It is located in Kolkata, India. Noted musicians associated with the academy include Ulhas Kashalkar, Falguni Mitra, Ajoy Chakrabarty, U ...

, Kolkata. In 2014 he joined another music school, Bengal Parampara Sangeetalayon in

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, as a guru.

The Veena Foundation

In 1992, he was instrumental in the creation of the

Veena The ''veena'', also spelled ''vina'' ( sa, वीणा IAST: vīṇā), comprises various chordophone instruments from the Indian subcontinent. Ancient musical instruments evolved into many variations, such as lutes, zithers and arched harps ...

Foundation, a trust founded in memory of the late Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar. This organization was conceived to promote Dhrupad music by organizing concerts, giving scholarships to students who may be economically challenged, and various other activities.

Performances

Pandit Uday Bhawalkar has performed all over the world at prestigious venues. Most recently, he performed at the

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in Toronto, Canada in 2018 for the Raag-Mala Music Society of Toronto.

Awards

* Ustad Allauddin Khan Academy, Bhopal Scholarship (1981–1985) * National Scholarship (1986–1989) * Gold medal from Ustad Nasir Aminuddin Dagar (1987) * Junior Fellowship (1993–1995) * Rashtreeya Kumar Gandharva Samman (2001) * Vishva Sangeet Ratna From Della Heritage Foundation (2005) * Raza Foundation Award 2006–2007, New Delhi (2008)

References

External links

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Dhrupad gets new life (The Telegraph)
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