About performing artists.

           

Vocalist.Apoorva Gokhale.

Born in the family that is adorned with the rich heritage of Sur, Laya, Taal over five generations, Apoorva Gokhale inherits melody, harmony and rhythm from her grandfather Late Pandit Gajananbuwa Joshi and the great-grandfather Late Pandit Antubuwa Joshi, who himself was an eminent Darbar Gayak.

Her formal education started at an early age of 5 years under the tutelage of her grandfather Late Pandit Gajananrao Joshi, who was a vocalist and violinist, reputed for his versatility and making a superb blend of three gharanas viz. Gwalior, Jaipur and Agra in his gayaki.

Later, she continued her further training under the supervision of her uncle Pandit Madhukar Joshi, who too is a well-known vocalist and violinist and also from Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar. At the same time, she also received training from her father Shri Manohar Joshi and her aunt Dr. Sucheta Bidkar. While taking lessons from these gurus, she perfected her basics in Sur, Laya, Taal.

She is also seeking guidance from Pandit Shankar Abhyankar, the eminent sitarist and rachnakar and also from Smt. Manik Bhide, Smt. Ashwini Bhide and Shri Yeshwant Mahale.

She has been awarded with the Acharya S. N. Ratanjankar Foundation Trust‘s scholarship and Pandit K. G. Ginde Puraskar for two years.

Apoorva has also been honoured with “ Surmani” title by “ Sur Singar Sansad”.
and the “Vidyasagar Award” from Music Forum.

She is an approved artist of AIR and has a cassette and CD released by Legendary Legacy. Apoorva is a Commerce graduate and has also completed her Post graduation in Music.

A recipient of prestigious Jr. Fellowship in the field of Hindustani ( Vocal ) classical music by Ministry of culture, Apoorva undoubtedly has a bright future.

She has delivered performances in many prestigious concerts in Mumbai, Pune, Thane, Bangalore, Aundh, Karad, Ichalkaranji etc.

Violin Maestro.Kala Ramnath

Violin Maestro.Kala Ramnath the contemporary torch bearer of Mewati Gharana stands today amongst the most outstanding instrumental musicians in the North Indian classical genre.Born into a family of prodigious musical talent,which has given Indian music such Violin legends as proof.Prof.T.N.Krishnan and Dr.N.Rajam,Kala's genius with the violin manifested itself  from childhood.Kala began playing the violin at the tender age of 3,under the strict tutelage of her grandfather Vidwan.Narayan Iyer,simultaneously she received training from her aunt,Dr.Smt.N.Rajam for fifteen years she put herself.under the training of Mewati vocal maestro Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj.This has brought a rare vocal emotionalism to her art.her violin playing is characterized by an immaculate bowing and playing technique brought about by the dexterous use of her fingers,command over all aspects of rhythm,richness and clarity in pitch and tone.she has completely revolutionized the technique of playing the violing by taking this instrument so close to vocal music that today her violin is called as"The singing violin".
           Kala has performed at all major music festivals in India,prominent among them being Shankarlal Festival Delhi,Tansen Samaroh-Gwalior,Saptak-Ahmedabad,Pt.Motiram and Pt.Maniram conference -Hyderabad,Spirit of unity concerts-Delhi,Swami Haridas sangeet Sammelan-Mathura and so on.In 1984, she won the President's award in the prestigious AIR music competitions.In 1988,she became the first ever Hindustani musician and violinist to record for CBS Indian Ltd.Besides being a charismatic musician,Kala has also an outstanding academic record.She is also a top grade artist in Radio and Television.she has also won many awards Rashtriya Kumar Gandharva sanman,Pandit.Jasraj Gaurav Puraskar,Sur Ratna,Surmani to name a few.Kala has won the acclaim of discussing audiences and critics world-wide.
        Not only Kala is a great performer but she is also a great teacher.Kala has also been experimenting with several types of genere of music-both within the tradition of Indian classical music and crossovers other types of music.Besides all these,she has many CDs to her credit.The prestigious songlines magazine reveiwing world music voted the sense world album called "Kala and Samvad"top of the world in its charts for the years 2004,Yashila for 2006 and Samaya for 2008.
      Songlines also selected her as one of the fifty best instrumentalists of the world.Kala became the first Indian Violinist in 2006 to be the subject of a major feature in "The strad"the periodical viewed as as "Violin Bible".Th encyclopedia Rough guide to World Music in its third edition,which was released on 21st December 2009,has a solo essay on her for her in the contributions in the field of Indian music.