Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande

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Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande
Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande Performing at Rajarani Music Festival-2016, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India (09).JPG
Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande Performing at Rajarani Music Festival-2016, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Background information
Birth nameAshwini Govind Bhide
Born (1960-10-07) 7 October 1960 (age 64)
Origin Mumbai, India
Genres Khayal, Bhajans, Thumris
Occupation Hindustani classical vocalist
Instrument Vocals
Years active1980–present
Website http://www.ashwinibhide.in

Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande (born 7 October 1960) is a Hindustani classical music vocalist from Mumbai. She belongs to the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana tradition. She was awarded Padma Shri in 2025 for her contribution to the arts. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life and education

Born in Mumbai into a family with strong musical tradition, Ashwini started classical training under Narayanrao Datar, the elder brother of violinist D. K. Datar. She then completed her Sangeet Visharad from the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya. Since then, she has been learning music in the Jaipur-Atrauli style from her mother Manik Bhide, a disciple of Gaansaraswati Kishori Amonkar. Ashwini also received guidance from Ratnakar Pai until his death in 2009.

Bhide-Deshpande holds a Master's degree in Microbiology and earned a doctorate in Biochemistry from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, a Sangeet Visharad from the Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal, Mumbai. She has also been the recipient of an honorary D.Lit. from ITM University (Gwalior).

Performing career

Bhide-Deshpande has performed at venues including the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada in 2019 for the Raag-Mala Music Society of Toronto. [4]

Bhide-Deshpande has an understanding of Bandish and bandish-composition and has created many of her own bandishes, which she has published in her book, Raag Rachananjali (2004). A sequel titled "Ragarachananjali 2", containing 98 more bandishes (compositions) was published in 2010. She is also known for her setting of bhajans, especially those of Kabir. [5]

Ashwini Bhide is not only a music scholar but is also blessed with a beautiful voice. I have personally known Ashwini since her early teens and it makes me so happy to see her blossom into such a wonderful Khayal singer. She has earned the reputation of being one of the top young artists of India... Having learnt many old compositions, she has been able to retain the spirit of the tradition through the dialects she has used as well as pay attention to the subject matter!

—  Ravi Shankar [6]

Discography

Publications

References

  1. ↑ "Padma Award Winners 2025 Full List: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri". Bru Times News.
  2. ↑ "Padma Awards 2025 announced". pib.gov.in.
  3. ↑ "Full list of Padma Awards 2025". The Hindu. 25 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Ashwini Bhide Deshpande at the Aga Khan Museum (April 27, 2019)". Aga Khan Museum. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "An innovative evening raga". The Telegraph. 27 July 2007. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012.
  6. ↑ Bhide-Deshpande, Ashwini (2004), Raga Rachananjali, Raj Hans Prakashath, pp. Preamble, ISBN   81-7434-296-6
  7. ↑ "Dr. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande Published Music". Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  8. ↑ "Book on physicist Marie Curie now translated in Marathi". 30 April 2015.
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