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Kishori Amonkar, (born April 10, 1932, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India—died April 3, 2017), Indian classical vocalist, recognized as one of the foremost singers in the Hindustani tradition and as an innovative exponent of the Jaipur gharana. She is considered to be one of the foremost singers in the Hindustani tradition and is an innovator of the Jaipur gharana, or a community of musicians sharing a distinctive musical style. She was a performer of the classical genre khyal and the light classical genres thumri and bhajan. Young Kishori began to receive vocal lessons in Hindustani classical music from Anjanibai Malpekar (Bhendi Bazar Gharana) and her mother Mogubai Kurdikar and later received training from tutors of several gharanas. Amonkar's work in light music has informed her classical singing and she modified her Jaipur gharana performance style by applying features from other gharanas. Amonkar's students include Manik Bhide, Meena Joshi, Suhasini Mulgaonkar, Arun Dravid, Raghunandan Panshikar, Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar, Devaki Pandit, Mira Panshikar, Shivraj Shitole, Nandini Bedekar and her granddaughter Tejashree Amonkar. Amonkar is also a popular speaker and has traveled traveled throughout India, best known for lectures on the role of rasa (feelings or emotions) in music. Amonkar received the national awards Padma Bhushan in 1987 and Padma Vibhushan in 2002. She was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 1985 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for 2009. She was awarded the prestigious Dr. T. M. A. Pai Outstanding Konkani Award in 1991.

In the third Bengal Classical Music Festival held in Dhaka in 2014, Kishori Amonkar with khayal in ektaal in raga Suha kanada. This raag is a combination of Raag Nayaki Kanada and Raag Sarang. In the aaroha of this raag Rishabh is weak or sometimes completely eliminated. The recital was rooted in the serenity and devotion one experiences. The audience was captivated by the nuanced sustained notes, deliberate meends and heavy gamaks and taans which beautifully describe Kishori Amonkar’s oeuvre. at the late evening the raag rendition was made memorable by accompaniments.

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Tabla - Bharat Kamat
Violin - Milind Raikar
Vocal support & Tanpura - Nandini Bedekar
Tejashree Bibhas Amonkar
Harmonium - Suyog Kundalkar
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Raga: Suha Kanada
Taal: Ektaal
Composition: Jhanak Jhanak Payal Mori Baaje
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