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| Greatest Hindustani Classical Vocalist of 20 th Century has been..... |
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Kishori Amonkar |
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Jaipur |
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vocal |
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Born on the 10th of April, 1931, this exceptionally talented vocalist belongs to a family that is very oriented toward music. Her mother was the famous Mogubai Kurdikar, a very renowned vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. Kishori Amonkar has trained under her mother, fully imbibing the distinct traditions of what is one of the oldest gharanas in Hindustani Classical Music.
Blessed with a naturally melodious voice, this artist has had many an audience stunned with the sheer ease and grace with which she renders a raga. The outstanding feature of a Kishori Amonkar performance lay in the effortlessness with which she presents ragas; keeping intact the nuances of the Jaipur Gharana, without being tradition-bound, winning the acclaim of purists, as well as laymen.
Her vocal style retains vital features of her gharana such as boltaan which is the rhythmic play of tonal values on word content, as well as phirat taans, which is a succession of taans used while presenting a raga.
While her mother is essentially a purist, Kishori Amonkar has ventured into light classical music as well, without compromising on the principles of her gharana. Her devotional fare includes Hindi and Marathi bhakti geets, as well as bhajans in Kannada and Sanskrit. She has sung for films too and composed the musical score for Govind Nihalani"s film Drishti
Kishori Amonkar is a highly acclaimed artist of this generation and could be called the reigning queen of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana. As a result of her captivating voice she has often times been referred to as Gana Saraswati. Significant awards bestowed on this artist include, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1985), the Padmabhushan (1987) and the very coveted Sangeet Samradhini Award (considered as one of the most prestigious awards in Indian Classical Music) in 1997.
If her innumerable fans marvel at her sheer distinctive range when she sings in the third octave, they also get transported to the divine world of melody as her mellifluous voice reaches the sublime. She is also a perfectionist for whom nothing but the most accurate note would be deemed fit to be presented. She scales newer heights with her rendition of complicated ragas and the magical quality of her interpretations not only impress the connoisseurs of Classical music but evoke a deep rooted emotive faculty of the human mind too, as she touches that delicate chord deeply entrenched in the innermost core of the hearts of her listeners.
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