Aparna Panshikar

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Aparna Panshikar is an Indian classical (Hindustani) vocalist living in Pune, Maharashtra, India. [1]

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Career

Panshikar's musical performances include pure Hindustani classical music to semi-classical music and experimentation in combining north Indian classical music with various other genres. The systematic online training method she developed won her a lot of disciples across the globe. [2] She performs with the band Trinaad consisting of Indian bassist Jayen Varma and French drummer Jean Davoisne. [3]

Early life and family

Panshikar had an early introduction to north Indian classical music. Her first guru is late Pandit Bhaskarbua Joshi and is currently training under her mother Meera Panshikar. She is married to Nikhil Joshi and has a son Sohum Bilawal Nikhil Joshi.

Albums

Panshikar has released ten musical albums which include: a Jugalbandi with Sudha Ragunathan released by Manorama Music in 1999; [4] three titles released as "HMV presents a Voice for the New Millennium" in 2000; Winds from Ayuta in 2002; Diamond Sutra and Punyapur ki Sarita in 2003; Shivoham in 2005; Reflections of a Purple Moon in 2012.; [5] and Le Sortilège du Poisson by Trinaad in 2017. [6]

Movies

Panshikar is also a film music composer. [7] Music for the English movie Orpheder the Legend [8] produced in France in 2016 was composed by her. She has also composed/sung songs for two Indian short films: Muskaan in the year 2017 [9] and Skin of marble in the year 2018 [10]

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References

  1. Aparna Panshikar Inaugurates The Times of India
  2. Iyer, Sandhya (20 May 2012). "The Web of Music". The New Indian Express . Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  3. Sempéré, Gabriel (16 April 2013). "L 'Inde en invitee" [The Invited Indian]. Sud-Ouest (in French). Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  4. "Aparna Panshikar: Carnatic Singer". Manorama Music . Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  5. Interview-Fusion Works The New Indian Express
  6. Trinaad releases
  7. Aparna Panshikar IMDb
  8. Orpheder the Legend IMDb
  9. Muskaan IMDb
  10. Skin of marble IMDb