Kishori Amonkar

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Kishori Amonkar
Born April 10, 1932 (age 91–92)[1]
Genres Hindustani classical music
Instruments singing
Associated acts Mogubai Kurdikar

Kishori Amonkar (Hindi / Devanagari : किशोरी आमोणकर) [lower-alpha 1] is an Indian singer who performs in the classical genre khyal and the light classical genres thumri and bhajan. Amonkar trained under her mother, classical singer Mogubai Kurdikar of the Jaipur gharana (musical tradition of Jaipur), but experimented with a variety of vocal styles in her career. She is considered one of the pre-eminent representatives of Hindustani classical music.[3]

Life and career

In the early 1940s, young Kishori began to receive vocal lessons in Hindustani classical music from Anjanibai Malpekar (Bhendi Bazar Gharana) and her mother Mogubai Kurdikar and later received training from tutors of several gharanas.[4] Amonkar became interested in film music and sang playback for the 1964 movie Geet Gaya Patharon Ne, but returned to classical music because of bad experiences in the movie industry.[4] Amonkar lost her voice for two years in the late 1950s for unknown reasons.[5] She sang for the 1990 Hindi film Drishti.

Amonkar's work in light music has informed her classical singing and she modified her Jaipur gharana performance style by applying features from other gharanas.[6] She has created many compositions for a number of ragas.[7] Amonkar's students include Manik Bhide, Meena Joshi, Suhasini Mulgaonkar, Arun Dravid, Raghunandan Panshikar, Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar, Devaki Pandit, Mira Panshikar, Shivraj Shitole, and her granddaughter Tejashree Amonkar.[8][9]

Kishori Amonkar was married to Ravindra Amonkar, who died in the early 1980s. The couple had two sons.[10] She is sometimes also described as "temperamental".[9] Amonkar lives in Mumbai.[5]

Recognition

Amonkar received the national awards Padma Bhushan in 1987 and Padma Vibhushan in 2002.[11] She was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 1985 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for 2009.[12][13]Prestigious Dr.T.M.A.Pai Outstanding Konkani Award in 1991

References

Notes

  1. ↑ The given name is sometimes wrongly written as Kishore.[2] The male name 'Kishor' is sometimes spelt as 'Kishore' which is fine. But the feminine 'Kishori' should not be spelt 'Kishore'.

Citations

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  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Deshpande 1989, p. 138
  6. ↑ Deshpande 1989, pp. 127, 129
  7. ↑ Deshpande 1989, pp. 134–135
  8. ↑ Deshpande 1989, p. 140
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  10. ↑ Deshpande 1989, p. 141
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External links

External video
video icon Art Talk with Kishori Amonkar on NewsX on YouTube

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