April-May 2008

Smt. Devaki Pandit (Vocal)

Music from Inner Soul

 

Devaki Pandit

Shrimati Devaki Pandit is one of the top performers of classical, semi-classical, light and devotional music of India. She is really an exceptional artist, her uniqueness being a success in classical music as well as popular light music. She is well known for her classical music, including devotional light classical forms such as bhajans and abhangs. In addition, she has been very successful in commercial film music as well. It is very rare to find an artist who has achieved that.

She received her initial training from her mother Smt. Usha Pandit. She then trained under Pt. Vasantrao Kulkarni, Padmabhushan Smt. Kishori Amonkar, Padmashree late Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki.

She received her initial training from her mother Smt. Usha Pandit. She then trained under Pt. Vasantrao Kulkarni, Padmabhushan Smt. Kishori Amonkar, Padmashree late Pt.Jitendra Abhisheki. A highly talented singer, she has not only given performances in India, but has undertaken concert tours all over the world at the invitation of prestigious institutions. She has sung for many commercial films and TV shows with renowned music directors. Even after being successful in the lucrative light music, her focus remains on the Hindustani classical music. She is very well known to the public as a judge on the famous TV show: Idea SaReGaMaPa televised by Zee Marathi.

Visit http://www.devakipandit.com & http://www.raagbhakti.com for details

   
karandikar

Kumar Karandkikar is a  versatile Harmonium Accompanist , Singer, and a Music Arranger. Kumar learnt Indian Classical Vocal for almost 5 years from Pandit Mohan Karve and Light music from Gajanan Watve and learnt Harmonium for more than 13 years, from the world-known great Veteran Pandit Appasaheb Jalgaonkar.

Following the tradition set by his Harmonium Guru Pandit Appasaheb, Kumar has successfully adopted the style of accompaniment, which gets so merged into the singers’ voice that it becomes difficult to distinguish these two separately.

Kumar is well known as one of the talented young Harmonium Accompanists. He has performed in many prestigious Musical concerts across India & abroad. He has accompanied many talented artists like Pt. Sanjeev Abhyankar, Devaki Pandit, Vijay Koparkar, Shownak Abhisheki, Jayatirth Mevandi, Raghunandan Panshikar, Sawani & Bela Shende, Kalpana Zokarkar, Ganapati Bhat, Kalapini Komkali Pandita Alka Dev-Marulkar,  Aparna Panshikar, Usha Mangeshkar, Ravindra Sathe, etc.

Apart from accompaniment, Kumar is known for singing. He has won many light vocal competitions. Kumar has participated in the international fusion festivals in Korea.
   

Kedar Pandit, the son of Late Shri Prabhakar Pandit and Smt. Anuradha Pandit, the acclaimed violinists, Kedar grew up in an environment abundant with musical heritage and talent. He found his musical calling in tabla, which he learnt from late Pt. Yeshwantrao Kerkarji of Ajrada Gharana and then from his elder Gurubandhu, Pt. Shreedhar Padhye. Starting at a very young age Kedar Pandit has shared stage with classical greats like Pt Jasaraj as well as accomplished classical singers of the newer generation. Kedar Pandit has also been part of the light music, film music and live-shows. He has performed with renowned music directors like Naushad, Laxmikant Pyarelal, Uttam Singh, Jatin-Lalit, Shankar-Eehesaan Loy, Sudhir Phadke and many others.

Kedar has traveled extensively across the globe performing at many prestigious concerts. As a prolific music director, Kedar Pandit has carved out his own niche in the spiritual genre and produced more than 150 albums for companies like Times Music, Sony Music, Music Today, Wings Music, Tips Music, Venus, Universal Music. He has also lent his baton to several Marathi films and television serials. Great artists like Asha Bhonsale, Suresh Wadkar, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sadhana Sargam, Shankar Mahadevan, Sanjeev Abhyankar and many more have worked with him on several well-received and acclaimed music projects.