Anupama Bhagwat

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Anupama Bhagwat
Origin Bhilai, India
Genres Indian classical music
Occupation(s)Musician and sitarist
Instrument(s) Sitar
Website www.anupamabhagwat.com

Anupama Bhagwat is an Indian sitar maestro.

Early life

Born in Bhilai, India, [1] Bhagwat was introduced to playing sitar at age 9 by Shri. R. N. Verma. At 13, she started training under Bimalendu Mukherjee, doyen of the Imdadkhani gharana. [2] She stood first in the All India Radio competition in 1994 and was awarded a national scholarship by the Indian Ministry of Human Resource Development of India.

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Bhagwat is currently based in Bangalore, [2] and she has performed several venues in America and Europe.

Her Guru

Doyen of the Imdadkhani Gharana, Acharya Bimalendu Mukherjee was primarily a Sitarist, though he was proficient in almost all traditional Indian instruments like RudraVeena, Saraswati Veena, Surbahar, Sursingar, Mandrabahar, Dilruba, Esraj, Tar Shehnai, Sarod and Pakhavaj. He was equally adept in vocal music.

Performances

Performances have taken her around the world Including, SouthBank Center (London, UK), Ali Akbar Khan School of Music (Basel, Switzerland), MIT Fall Concert Series (Boston, USA), U Penn, Berkeley, Ole Miss (USA), Asian Arts Museum (San Francisco), U of Victoria & Calgary, Musée Guimet, Paris, Musée Des Beaux Arts, Angers, France.

Anupama plays in the Gayaki style, a lyrical and subtly nuanced style modelled upon the human voice. Anupama's technical virtuosity has been lauded by the connoisseurs worldwide. Anupama has been awarded the title "Surmani".

Her creative compositions have won the hearts of many a connoisseur, combining technical mastery with evocative lyrical cadences[ citation needed ].

Awards and recognitions

Albums

Anupama has released various albums such as Confluence, Ether, Epiphany, Colours of Sunset, Sanjh. And many more.

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References

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