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Indian dhrupad singer, born in Ujjain in 1966 and living and teaching in Pune, who trained with Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar and Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar in the guru-shishya tradition. Dhrupad is among the oldest forms of North Indian classical singing; it is not liturgy or kirtan, but its roots are devotional, and sound itself, nada, is held as a practice rather than a performance.
Uday Bhawalkar sets texts to music that come from the devotional tradition, among them verses of Adi Shankaracharya, and describes his own practice in terms of darshan: when you are immersed in the note and the raga, the self disappears and the music takes on an existence of its own.
He teaches in Bavdhan, near Pune, and gives workshops and concerts in Europe every year. He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2021 and the Kalidas Samman for 2023-24.
“My experience of learning from my Gurus showed me that Dhrupad is a way of life.”Uday Bhawalkar
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