Veena Sahstrabuddhe Rag Basant

In this recoding Vidushi Veena Sahasrabuddhe has sung rag Basant.
She is accompanied on Harmonium by Pt Pramod Marathe and on tabla by Pt Vinayak Phatak. Tanpura - Madan Bongale
This is part of the old Rutuchara Series.
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Vidushi Veena Sahasrabuddhe
Veena Sahasrabuddhe (14 September 1948 - 29 June 2016) was an Indian vocalist and composer of Hindustani classical music from Kanpur. Her singing style had its roots in Gwalior gharana, but it also borrowed from Jaipur and Kirana gharanas. Sahasrabuddhe was known as a singer of khyal and bhajan.
Veena Sahasrabuddhe was born in a musical family.Her father Shankar Shripad Bodas was a disciple of vocalist Vishnu Digambar Paluskar. She began her early musical education under her father, and then under her brother Kashinath Shankar Bodas. She also learned Kathak dancing in her childhood. Sahasrabuddhe's musical mentors included Balwantrai Bhatt, Vasant Thakar, and Gajananrao Joshi. Later she also trained briefly under Gaansaraswati Kishori Amonkar.
She had a bachelor's degree in vocal performance, Sanskrit literature, and English literature from Kanpur University (1968), a master's degree (Sangeet Alankar) in vocal performance from A.B.G.M.V. Mandal (1969), and also master's degree in Sanskrit from Kanpur University (1979). A.B.G.M.V. Mandal conferred on her a doctorate in vocal music (Sangeet Praveen) in 1988. For some years she was the head of the department of music at SNDT Pune campus. She performed all over India and in several countries around the world.
Pt. Vinayak Phatak
The renowned tabla artist, Taal mani Pt. Vinayak Phatak was introduced to music by his father Shri. Sitaram Phatak. His first guru was Pt. Pu.La. Samant in 1964. He has played tabla using the styles of Ajarara, Dilli purab gharanas and had an influence of the Goan style of playing tabla. Pt Vinayak ji has accompanied various maestros such as Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki, Pt. Ram Marathe, Pt. Gajanan Joshi, Sau Veena Sahasrabuddhe, Malini Rajurkar, Asha Khadilkar and Pt. Rohini Bhate. Performing a jugalbandi with the famous Pakhwaj player Pt. Vasantrav Ghorpadkar was a memorable highlight.
Pt. Pramod Marathe
The renowned harmonium - "Samvadini" artist, Pramod Marathe began his initial learning with his father, Pt Dhundiraj Marathe. He later trained under veteran harmonium player Dilip Gosavi, and thereafter under Pt Manohar Chimote, a prominent player of the samvadini (an innovation by Chimote in the traditional French harmonium, the samvadini has strings fixed within the breadth of the instrument that are played by the hand on the bellows while the other hand is free to play the keys).
Marathe has accompanied renowned musical artists such as Pt Bhimsen Joshi, Pt Jitendra Abhisheki, Pta Gangubai Hangal, Dr Prabha Atre, Dr Veena Sahasrabuddhe, Ustad Rashid Khan, and Sanjeev Abhyankar. He has also composed 50 original pieces in different ragas and talas (musical notes in Indian classical music).
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This is digitally remixed music.