Varsha Stuti + AGM -- 29th of August 2009

presents

Varshastuti

a music concert by

Prof. Shruti Sadolikar Katkar

accompanied by

Shri Mangesh Mulye – tabla

Shri Anant Joshi – harmonium.

Saturday, August 29, 2009, 5:30 p.m. 

P.C. Saxena Auditorium (Lecture Theatre), I.I.T. Bombay 

[The AGM of IITB-AA will precede the programme, followed by Tea & Refreshments]

 About:

Prof. Shruti Sadolikar Katkar

Born and brought up in the musical tradition of the Jaipur Atrauli Gharana, Shrutiji has been groomed by her father & Guru late Pt. Wamanrao Sadolikar (A disciple of the late Ustad Alladiya Khan Sabeb, pioneer of the Jaipur Atrauli Gharana and his son late Ustad Bhurji Khan Saheb). Shrutiji has also the good fortune to have access to the rare Bandishes of the Jaipur Gharana, preserved by Ustad Gulubhai Jasdanwala (a disciple of Ustad Alladiya Khan Saheb and his son Ustad Manjhi Khan Sahab, Collector of a number of compositions in rare & complex ragas of the Gharana) for 12 years. Presently she is under the tutelage of Ustad Azizuddin Khan Saheb (son of the late Bhurji Khan Saheb.)

Among the many awards conferred on her are the Shanmukha Sangeet Shiromani by the Shanmukhanada Sageet Sabha, the Dagar Gharana Samman by the Meharana Mewar Foundation, the Gopinath Savkar Prize by the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Natya Parishad, and the Sangeet Shiromani by the Kashi Sangeet Samaj. 

Shrutiji  is Sangeet Visharad of Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya. She did her M.A. (Music) from S.N.D.T. University Mumbai (Winner of the Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale Prize). Currently, she is the Vice Chancellor of the Bhatkhande Music Institute University, Lucknow.