Vidyadhar Vyas
| Vidyadhar Vyas | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 September 1944 |
| Origin | Nagpur, India |
| Genres |
Hindustani classical music, Gwalior Gharana |
| Occupation(s) | Classical Vocalist |
| Years active | 1965 - present |
Pandit Vidyadhar Vyas (born 8 September 1944) is an Indian Hindustani vocalist, and a contemporary exponent of the Paluskar style of North Indian classical singing. He belongs to the Gwalior gharana and the lineage of Sangeet Maharshi Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar contributed to his background. He is considered a maestro with this creative thinking, artistic approach and aesthetic research in the gharana gayaki with his arduous riyaz.
Vidyadhar Vyas was born in Maharashtra to Gayanacharya Pandit Narayanrao Vyas, a disciple of Pandit Paluskar. He was training in the Hindustani music arts of khayal, tarana and bhajan gayaki by his renowned father.
He holds a Master's degree in Sociology from the University of Mumbai and a Doctorate in Hindustani Classical Vocal Music from the Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal, Mumbai.
Gifted with a voice that is mellow and musical, Pandit Vyas presents a unique and pleasing blend of beauty of form and content of khayal. He takes every care to sustain and develop the Raga rasa and tries to harmonize it with the bhava of the compositions.
Awarded Top Grade status by All India Radio, Pandit Vyas is an equally popular artiste in the television media and has several cassettes and CDs to his credit. A top-notch concert performer with creditable performances in almost all the major festivals in India, he has also performed in the USA, Europe, Mauritius and other parts of the world.
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