Prabha atre

Nationality • • Almamater Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Music School (PhD) Yearsactive (1950 – present) Awards Honours Website .prabhaatre .com Prabha Atre (born 13 September 1932) is an Early life and education [ ] Atre was born to Abasaheb and Indirabai Atre in Her music training was in the While studying music, Atre earned a Bachelor of Science from Sargam, and pertained to the use of Career [ ] Atre had a short stint as a singing stage-actress in the early days of her career. Atre is currently one of the senior vocalists in the country representing the As a composer [ ] • Book of compositions Swarangini and Swaranjanee • She has also invented new Raags such as Apurva Kalyan, Darbari Kauns, Patdeep-Malhar, Shiv Kali, Tilang-bhairav, Ravi Bhairav, and Madhur-kauns • Music compositions adapted to full-length dance programme 'Nritya Prabha' – choreographed by the Bharatanatyam danseuse • Music composition adapted for [ which?]. • Music composed for musical-dramas and Sangeetikas. Related activities [ ] Atre has taught music, performing lecture-demonstrations, and writing on the topic of Indian classical music. • A former Assistant Producer with the All India Radio. • A' Grade— All India Radio Drama Artist (Marathi and Hindi). • Main female role in Professional Musical Dramas.(Sangeet Natak and Sangeetika) • She has been a visiting professor at a few institutions in the West, including the • Appointment as 'Special Executive Magistrate' by the Government of • Professor and Head o...

• • • • Dr Prabha Atre’s Padma Vibhushan award this year- the second highest civilian award in India – was long due. Although Atre, without ever having worried about awards, always believed that dedication towards art must always be a priority. Atre has helped popularise Indian classical music on a global scale in the past few decades. Her career, which spans six decades, is marked by accomplishments attained through several years of dedication. Prabha Atre, who turns 90 today, is currently one of the country’s senior vocalists, representing the Kirana Gharana. She began her career as a musician in Pune, and soon earned the nickname Gaan Prabha (The Sunrise of Music) among classical music followers. Atre was destined to embrace the world of music. We say destined because her entry into the world of classical music was accidental. How Prabha Atre made classical music relatable to all Born in 1932 to parents Abasaheb and Indirabai Atre, she started taking piano lessons when she was eight. In a lot of Raag Madhuwanti and Ka Karu Sajani (Bhairavi thumri). Atre, who holds two bachelor’s degrees – one in science and one in legal studies – went on to earn her PhD in music while she was still a student, focusing on Sargam and the significance of the seven notes used in Indian classical music. Apart from music, Atre also pursued a career in theatre, working in Marathi Sangeet Nataks and mythical dramas like Saubhadra, Sangeet Sanshay Kallol, Maan-Apmaan, and Vidyaharan. Suggested r...

‘Art will change with time, so the shastra can’t stay behind’: Prabha Atre Over the last 15 years, Hindustani classical vocalist Prabha Atre has headlined the Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav — a significant event in the country’s cultural calendar. Initiated by Pt Bhimsen Joshi in memory of his guru, the annual Pune festival draws large crowds, who travel from far and wide, some even sleeping outside the ticket counter for festival passes in the morning. Until he retired in 2006, Joshi would close the festival. He then chose Atre, who has carried it forward even after his passing in 2011. After Chauthi Koot (2015), based on two short stories by Punjabi writer Waryam Singh Sandhu, I thought of working with another story from Punjabi literature. I considered some other literary works before going back to Gurdial Singh, whose novel I’d adapted for my first feature Anhey Ghorhey Da Daan (2011). Adh Chanani Raat is different from both Anhey… and Chauthi Koot. Unlike them, where the story unfolds in a sociopolitical backdrop, this film is more about one person Modan (Jatinder Mauhar) and his family. It’s about how the landowning class has not changed. READ MORE In an outstanding biography, Zohra: A Biography in Four Acts, Ritu Menon captures the indomitable spirit and perseverance of Zohra Segal Actor Zohra Segal at her residence in New Autobiographies or memoirs, particularly of artistes, I have always found more fascinating than biographies. For one, they record a kind of ora...

A self-deprecating laugh often punctuates her arguments and the voice is gentle at all times. But don’t mistake that for diffidence. In a career spanning nearly 70 years, Prabha Atre has defied every inviolable norm in Hindustani classical music – its insularity, teaching system, khayal practices, sanctity of raga time-cycles and gharana loyalties. Last week, Atre turned 90, the oldest practitioner of the Kirana gharana started by the legendary Abdul Karim Khan at the turn of the 20th century and burnished by the likes of Bhimsen Joshi. It is a legacy that Atre upholds even as she defends her right to question and reshape it. “In our classical arts, we are still sticking to the grammar prescribed by old texts like Sangeet Ratnakar and Natya Shastra,” she said. “This worked at the time when the shastras were written but we have to forge new paths for our age, change our thinking.” Musicologists switch between synonyms of the word defiant to describe Atre’s life in music – rebel, revolutionary, reformer, re-interpreter. It is to her credit that the polemics have not affected her standing as one of the greatest thinker-musicians of our times. A lot of this has to do with her level-headed, analytical approach to a music system weighed down by its own ponderance. It is not that the field is short of trailblazers who have raised many of the questions she has. But what marks Atre apart is that she had the skills to theorise and articulate her ideas, researching, writing and speak...

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Mumbai: Connoisseurs say flowers bloom in clouds when she sings. Prabha Atre, India’s seniormost performing vocalist, has over the decades contributed immensely to its classical music both as singer and researcher, striking a fine balance between thesis and practice, art and academia. The much-toasted artist, who was honoured with Padma Vibhushan early this year, will turn 90 on September 13. Atre stepped into the rarefied world of music at a time when maestros such as Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Ustad Amir Khan, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Kumar Gandharva, Pandit Mallikarjun Mansoor and Kesarbai Kerkar reigned supreme, and Mumbai boasted a rich tradition of private soirees (‘baithak’) and public concerts (‘sammelans’), which were held with aplomb and regular frequency. Although not from a family of musicians, Atre was mesmerised by the soft strains of the ‘taanpura’, the immaculate craftsmanship of human voice—and the ubiquitous radio. Rigourous training under Sureshbabu Mane catapulted her to the centre stage. Today, Atre is seen as the illustrious torch-bearer of the fabled Kirana gharana, which was once helmed by greats such as Hirabai Barodekar, Gangubai Hangal, Pandit Feroze Dastur, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Manik Varma and Sajjad Hussain, the fabulously talented and maverick film music composer. Atre supplemented Mane’s training (he taught her ‘Raag Yaman’ for full one year) with her own efforts to decode the magic and mystique of classical music. Old-timers say she ne...

Renowned classical vocalist Dr Prabha Atre of the Kirana Gharana was on Tuesday awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the nation’s second-highest civilian honour, which she dedicated to her parents, mentors and audience for their guidance and support. Meanwhile, actor Victor Banerjee was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the nation’s third-highest civilian award. The veteran actor is known for several remarkable films like director David Lean’s production of A Passage To India, Satyajit Ray’s Ghare Baire for which he won a National Award, Shatranj Ke Khilari, James Ivory’s Hullaballoo Over Georgie And Bonnie’s Pictures, and Roman Polanski’s Bitter Moon. The original Bollywood villains, Danny Denzongpa, Ranjeet Goli, and Akbar Khan had a fun reunion in Mumbai recently. A video shared on Instagram by Ranjeet shows the three actors, renowned for their portrayal of villains in Bollywood movies, reuniting in Juhu. As the ‘Bigg Boss 15’ finale is just around the corner, the contestants were given one last task ‘BB Hotel’, where Tejasswi Prakash and Shamita Shetty got into a heated fight. In the upcoming task, Tejaswwi and Shamita were the hotel staff. Other contestants were hotel guests. A live audience was also seen entering the ‘Bigg Boss 15’ and are supposed to vote out one member from the show in the new episode. Govt Appeals to Citizens to Identify Talented Achievers for Padma Awards If you got it, flaunt it- at least according to Pushpa star Rashmika Mandanna, who has taken over the onlin...

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Renowned classical vocalist Dr Prabha Atre of the Kirana Gharana was on Tuesday awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the nation’s second-highest civilian honour, which she dedicated to her parents, mentors and audience for their guidance and support. Meanwhile, actor Victor Banerjee was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the nation’s third-highest civilian award. The veteran actor is known for several remarkable films like director David Lean’s production of A Passage To India, Satyajit Ray’s Ghare Baire for which he won a National Award, Shatranj Ke Khilari, James Ivory’s Hullaballoo Over Georgie And Bonnie’s Pictures, and Roman Polanski’s Bitter Moon. The original Bollywood villains, Danny Denzongpa, Ranjeet Goli, and Akbar Khan had a fun reunion in Mumbai recently. A video shared on Instagram by Ranjeet shows the three actors, renowned for their portrayal of villains in Bollywood movies, reuniting in Juhu. As the ‘Bigg Boss 15’ finale is just around the corner, the contestants were given one last task ‘BB Hotel’, where Tejasswi Prakash and Shamita Shetty got into a heated fight. In the upcoming task, Tejaswwi and Shamita were the hotel staff. Other contestants were hotel guests. A live audience was also seen entering the ‘Bigg Boss 15’ and are supposed to vote out one member from the show in the new episode. Govt Appeals to Citizens to Identify Talented Achievers for Padma Awards If you got it, flaunt it- at least according to Pushpa star Rashmika Mandanna, who has taken over the onlin...

A self-deprecating laugh often punctuates her arguments and the voice is gentle at all times. But don’t mistake that for diffidence. In a career spanning nearly 70 years, Prabha Atre has defied every inviolable norm in Hindustani classical music – its insularity, teaching system, khayal practices, sanctity of raga time-cycles and gharana loyalties. Last week, Atre turned 90, the oldest practitioner of the Kirana gharana started by the legendary Abdul Karim Khan at the turn of the 20th century and burnished by the likes of Bhimsen Joshi. It is a legacy that Atre upholds even as she defends her right to question and reshape it. “In our classical arts, we are still sticking to the grammar prescribed by old texts like Sangeet Ratnakar and Natya Shastra,” she said. “This worked at the time when the shastras were written but we have to forge new paths for our age, change our thinking.” Musicologists switch between synonyms of the word defiant to describe Atre’s life in music – rebel, revolutionary, reformer, re-interpreter. It is to her credit that the polemics have not affected her standing as one of the greatest thinker-musicians of our times. A lot of this has to do with her level-headed, analytical approach to a music system weighed down by its own ponderance. It is not that the field is short of trailblazers who have raised many of the questions she has. But what marks Atre apart is that she had the skills to theorise and articulate her ideas, researching, writing and speak...