Prabha atre biography
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Prabha Atre
Indian classical vocalist (–)
Prabha Atre (13 September – 13 January ) was an Indian classical vocalist from the Kirana gharana. She was awarded all three of the Padma Awards bygd the Government of India.[1] She died after experiencing breathing difficulty in the early hours and was taken to Dinanath Mangeshkar Hospital. She died from cardiac fängelse before reaching the hospital.[2][3][4][5] Atre died on 13 January , at the age of [6]
Early life and education
[edit]Atre was born to Abasaheb and Indirabai Atre in Pune. As children, Atre and her sister, Usha, were interested in music, but neither of them planned to pursue music as a career. When Atre was eight, Indirabai was not keeping good health, and at a friend's suggestion that classical music lessons would help her feel better, she took a few lessons. Listening to those lessons inspired Atre to learn classical music.
Her music training was in the Gu
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Prabha Atre (born 13 September ) is an Indian classical vocalist, and eminent artist of the Kirana gharana.
Prabha was born to Abasaheb and Indirabai Atre in Pune, India. As children, Prabha and her sister, Usha, were interested in music, but neither of them planned to pursue music as a career. When Prabha was eight, Indirabai was not keeping good health, and at a friend's suggestion that classical music lessons would help her feel better, she took a few lessons. Listening to those lessons inspired Prabha to learn classical music.
Her music training was in the Guru-shishya tradition. She learnt classical music initially from Vijay Karandikar. She then learnt from Sureshbabu Mane and Hirabai Badodekar from the Kirana school for advanced training. She acknowledges the influence of two other greats, Amir Khan and Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, on her gayaki.
While studying music, Prabha finished college courses in science and law to receive degrees in both of those disciplines. She late
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Prabha Atre – In Memoriam
My introduction to Prabha Atre was online. I had not heard her or indeed heard of her for the first forty years of my life, but YouTube® changed all that. My musical ties were tethered at an early age to Hindustani classical, but my exposure to the different gharanas was limited. Memorably, at am on one day each week (I think Tuesdays), a classical music programme on Vividh Bharathi (‘Diverse Voices’) on All India Radio would be featured; here I first heard Bharat Ratna Pt. Bhimsen Joshi of Kirana Gharana sing ‘Arambhi Vandina Ayodhecha Raaja’ set in Raga Kalavathi, a carnatic Raga. This was usually followed by a film song ‘Kaahe Tarasaye’ which we, in our teens, were keen to include in our repertoire. I have carried ‘Kalavathi’ in my heart ever since.
Much of this was lost on leaving India, moving to the West, engagement with further studies and academia, and for more than a quarter of a century I remained disconnected to traditional Indian music. How