- Shruti Sadolikar
Shruti Sādolikar (Shruti Sādolikar-Kātkar) (b.
1951 ) is a classical music singer of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharānā ofHindustani classical music inIndia [ [http://www.ragamala.org/events/20070714.htm Shruti Sadolikar] ] .Shruti hails from Mahārāshtra. At her early age, she started learning classical music from her father, Pandit Wāmanrāo Sādolikar, who was a disciple of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana founder,
Ustad Alladiya Khan , and his son Ustad Bhurji Khan [ [http://www.itcsra.org/sra_sammelan/artist_12th_kol.html Shruti Sadolikar Katkar] ITC Sangeet Research Academy.] . Shruti then trained for twelve more years under Ustad Gullubhāi Jasdanwāllā, who was renowned for his repository of rare compositions and complexRagas of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharānā. Shruti continues to learn from Ustad Bhurji Khan's son Ustad Azizuddin Khan.Shruti is a graduate of
Mumbai University , and received herMaster's degree inMusic fromSNDT Women's University , winning the Bhāskarbuwā Bakhle prize [ [http://www.itcsra.org/aom/artist_ofthe_month.asp?aomid=33 Artist of the Month] ITC Sangeet Research Academy.July 2004..] She earned the "Sangeet Vishārad" title "with distinction" and is classified as a "top grade" artiste in both Akāshvāni (All India Radio) andDoordarshan TV.Shruti has been a visiting professor at the Rotterdam Conservatory of Music in
Netherlands , and has delivered lectures on and demonstrations of classical Indian music in many universities in India and abroad.Shruti's achievements include a scholarship (1975) from Bhulābhāi Memorial Institute; the Kesarbāi Kerkar scholarship (1976 – '78) and the Homi Bhābhā Fellowship (1994 – '96), both from of The
National Centre for the Performing Arts (India) ; and Dāgar Gharānā Sanmān from the Mahārānā Mewār Foundation ofUdaipur . She has received a large number of prizes and awards, including the Shanmukha Sangeet Shiromoni Award in Year 2000.Shruti's noteworthy contributions to Indian classical music include the "Gayaki Raga" and "Tala". In it, she has sung twenty "ragas", two each from the "Ten Thaats" set in "Twenty Talas". She has also recorded two volumes of nineteen traditional
Thumri s in over "Ten Talas".Shruti is currently a visiting professor at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy, and also a professor of music at SNDT College, Mumbai.
External links
* [http://www.musicalnirvana.com/hindustani/shruti_sadolikar.html MusicalNirvana.com - Smt. Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar]
* http://www.musicalnirvana.com/artist_discs.asp?artist=Shruti%20Sadolikar
* [http://www.itcsra.org/aom/artist_ofthe_month.asp?aomid=33 Artist of the Month - July 2004]References
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