Anupama Bhagwat
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Anupama Bhagwat
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Bhilai, India |
| Genres | Indian Classical Music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician , Sitarist |
| Instruments | Sitar |
| Website | www |
Anupama Bhagwat is an Indian Sitar Maestro
Born in Bhilai, India, Anupama Bhagwat was introduced to playing sitar at the age of 9 by Shri. R. N. Verma.At the age of 13 she had the privilege to train under Bimalendu Mukherjee of the Imdadkhani gharana. She stood first in the All India Radio competition in 1994 and was awarded a national scholarship by the Indian Ministry of HumanResource Development of India. She has performed in the United States and Europe. She is based in Bangalore, India, and married.
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 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. Bhagwat's technical virtuosity has been lauded by the connoisseurs world wide. 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.
Anupama has released various albums such as Confluence,Ether,Epiphany,Colours of Sunset, Sanjh. And many more.
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