Malini Rajurkar

Malini Rajurkar
Malini Rajurkar
Background information
Born	28 January 1941 Rajasthan, India
Genres	Classical, Devotional, Folk
Occupation(s)	Singer, Musician
Instruments	Vocals, Harmonium, Tanpura
Years active	1966–present
Labels	HMV, Saregama

Malini Rajurkar (born 28 January 1941) is a noted Hindustani classical singer of Gwalior Gharana.

She grew up in the state of Rajasthan in India. For three years she taught mathematics at the Savitri Girls’ High School & College, Ajmer, where she had graduated in the same subject. Taking advantage of a three-year scholarship that came her way, she finished her Sangeet Nipun from the Ajmer Music College, studying music under the guidance of Govindrao Rajurkar and his nephew, who was to become her future husband, Vasantrao Rajurkar.

Malini has performed in major music festivals in India, including Gunidas Sammelan (Mumbai), Tansen Samaroh (Gwalior),Sawai Gandharva Festival (Pune), and Shankar Lal Festival (Delhi).

Malini is noted especially for her command over the Tappa genre. She has also sung lighter music. Her renditions of two Marathi natyageete, pandu-nrupati janak jaya and naravar krishnasamaan, have been particularly popular.

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