Kedar Pandit

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Kedar Pandit
Born (1967-01-06) January 6, 1967 (age 58)
Origin Pune, India [1]
Genres Indian classical music, Hindustani classical music
Occupationmusician
InstrumentTabla
Website kedarpandit.in

Kedar Pandit (born 6 January 1967) is an Indian tabla player, music composer in Hindustani classical music genre and music arranger. [2] [1]

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Early life and background

Pandit was born in a Marathi family to Prabhakar Pandit and Anuradha Pandit, both acclaimed violinists.[ citation needed ]

Career

Pandit accompanied Pandit Jasraj on tabla for all of Jasraj's concerts, [3] [4] and accompanies vocalists Kaushiki Chakrabarty and Sanjeev Abhyankar. [5] [6] Over the years, he moved to music composing and arranging, working with leading artists. [3] In 2015 he worked with the actress Ketaki Mategaonkar, composing the music for her album. [7]

He has directed over 650 albums, composed over 2,500 songs, and performed in over 2,000 live concerts. [8] [ better source needed ]

Discography

Awards and recognition

References

  1. 1 2 "Mega show on classical music on cards". The Times of India. December 5, 2009. Well-known Pune-based music composer Kedar Pandit will handle everything related to music arrangement and singers.
  2. "'Pandit Motiram Pandit Maniram Sangeet Samaroha' to begin on Nov. 24". The Hindu. November 23, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "The tabla rendered raagas at this Magical evening..." The Times of India. December 2, 2016.
  4. "Pandit Jasraj leaves audience emotional". DNA Newspaper. April 17, 2019.
  5. Jain, Reshma (20 November 2005). "Music: Tum Bin Artiste: Sanjeev Abhyankar". mid-day.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012.
  6. Sinha, Manjari (13 April 2007). "A meeting of melodies". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 7 July 2007.
  7. "Ketaki following PC's strategy? - The Times of India". The Times of India. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  8. "Kedar Pandit - Music Director | Making of the Music Maestro" . Retrieved 2024-06-19.