Vinod Kumar Dwivedi
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Vinod Kumar Dwivedi performing at the Haridas Sangeet Sammelan
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| Born | May 10, 1961 |
| Origin | Kanpur, India |
| Genres | Hindustani classical music, Dhrupad |
| Occupation(s) | Classical Vocalist |
| Labels | Bihanmusic, Agi Music |
| Website | www |
Vinod Kumar Dwivedi (born 10 May 1961) is an Indian classical vocalist in the Dhrupad-Dhamar-genre of Hindustani classical music.
He has been awarded the U.P. Sangeet Natak Academy Award 2006 by the government and ‘Sangeet Gaurav Samman’ by Rang Bharthi.
He was born in a middle-class family in Banda district. During his childhood Dwivedi was trained by his maternal uncle Sadhu Prashad Shukla and by Swami Atmanand in Banda, Uttar Pradesh. Later he was trained by Kashinath Bodas, Abhay Narayan Malik and Prem Kumar Mallick. He got an MA in Political Science, the Sangeet Prabhakar (Vocal) from Prayag Sangeet Samiti, and the Sangeet Alankar (Vocal) from Gandharav Mandal, and passed the UGC NET lectureship examination (Music).
Dwivedi sings Dhrupad-Dhamar, khyal, bhajan, thumri, geet, and Charturan.
Dwivedi is an artist at All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan in Lucknow. He is also an ICCR panel artist, and an examiner at the Bhatkhande Vidyapeeth, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Bhatkhande Demmed University and Allahabad Prayag Sangeet Samiti. He is a lecturer of music at Jugal Devi Saraswati Vidya Mandir and Director of Ranjana Devi Sangeet Mahavidhyala, both in Kanpur. He also performed in many prestigious concerts like Dhrupad mela, Haridas sangeet sammelan, All India music festival, Many iccr programs in India as well as abroad. In 2011, he also performed in Colombo, Sri Lanka under a program jointly organised by Bhatkhande Vidyapeeth, Lucknow and ICCR COLOMBO (Sri Lanka). He has recorded cassettes and CDs by Agi Music, Bihaan Music, Vidhya Bharti and Sangeet natak academy records.
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