Soulful Sitar – Smt Anupama Bhagwat (USA) in Brisbane, 6th October 2018

The team behind Sangeet Mela are delighted to host brilliant US-based sitarist, Anupama Bhagwat for an evening of “Soulful Sitar” at Queensland Multicultural Centre on Saturday 6th October from 7pm.

Tabla accompaniment by Shen Flindell.

ANUPAMA BHAGWAT is an internationally acclaimed, refreshingly versatile sitarist. She is a leading disciple of Late Pt.

Shri Bimalendu Mukherjee (father of Pt. Shri Budhaditya Mukherjee) the disciple of Late Ustad Enayat Khan.

Playing in Imdadkhani Gharana style, she is one of the finest who has acquired the finesse and technical nuances of the Gayaki Style while bringing out its lyrical beauty and subtly nuanced style modeled upon the human voice with the emotive cadences of sitar.

Below are a few samples of Anupama’s concerts:

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Audio clippings :
http://www.anupamabhagwat.com/music-sitar/

EDUCATION
Masters In Music from Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya
Awards
Graded AIR artiste
Grants from Ohio Arts Council,USA in 2000,2002,2004 and
2008
Empanedled by ICCR
Title “Surmani” by Sur Sringar Sansad,Mumbai in 1995
First Position In the All India Radio Music Competition in 1994
HRD Scholarship from the Government of India 1993-1996

PERFORMANCES
India-
– Swara-Dhara(Udupi)
– Saptak (Ahmedabad)
– Under the Raintree Concert(Bengaluru)
– Naadotsav(Vadodara)
– 62 nd , 64th and 66 th Doverlane Music
Conference(Kolkata)
– Ustad Amir Khan Smriti Samaroh (Indore)
– Swami Haridas Samaroh,
– Sankat Mochan Samaroh (Varanasi)
– India International Center (New Delhi)
– Sangeet Research Academy (Kolkata)
– 138 th Baba Harivallabh Sangeet Samaroh(Jalandhar)
was appreciated and was considered one of the best
performance of the festival
– NCPA
– KM Conservatory (Chennai)
– Pandit Radhika Mohan Maitreya Samaroh (Kolkata)
– ITC Sangeet Resarch Academy (Raipur)
International-
– Darbar Festival in South Bank Center (London, UK)
getting five star reviews in the leading newspaper of UK
– Ali Akbar Khan Tribute Concert (Berkeley, USA)
– MIT Fall Concert Series (Boston, USA)
– Basant Bahar (California)
– U Penn, UIUC, Penn State, Cornell, U of Cincinnati, Ohio
State University, Ole Miss (USA), University of
Washington, U of Chicago
– Asian Arts Museum (San Francisco)
– U of Victoria and Calgary
– Musée Guimet, Paris
– Musée Des Beaux Arts, Angers, France
– Ali Akbar Khan School of Music, Basel, Switzerland
– Indian Music Society, Houston and more.
Lectures/Workshops
Tedx Talk at IIT,Bhilai 2017
Conducted workshops at Turin and Nice.

SPECIALITIES
Anupama has collaborated with noted musicians from the
Carnatic genre, through Jugalbandis (veena, flute, and violin).
On the world music front, Anupama has performed in Global
Rhythms, Lotus Festival, and Cincinnati Choir and many more.
She has appeared on Doordarshan National Television
(India),WKCR (New York City), WDPR (Dayton Public
Radio), WEFT(Champaign, IL), Mood Indigo (California Arts
TV).