Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande (born 7 October 1960) is a

Hindustani classical music Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, si ...

vocalist Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

from Mumbai. She belongs to the

Jaipur-Atrauli gharana The Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana (also known as Jaipur Gharana, Atrauli-Jaipur Gharana, and Alladiyakhani Gayaki) is an Hindustani music apprenticeship fraternity (''gharana''), founded by Alladiya Khan in the late-19th century. Evolved from the dhrup ...

tradition.

Early life and education

Born in

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into a family with strong musical tradition, Ashwini started classical training under Narayanrao Datar, the elder brother of violinist D. K. Datar. She then completed her Sangeet Visharad from the

Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya New Delhi is an institution established in 1939 to popularize Indian classical music and dance. The Mahavidyalaya (school) came into being to perpetuate the memory of Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, the great reviver of ...

. Since then, she has been learning music in the Jaipur-Atrauli style from her mother Manik Bhide, a disciple of Gaansaraswati Kishori Amonkar. Ashwini also received guidance from Ratnakar Pai until his death in 2009. Bhide-Deshpande holds a

Master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

in Microbiology and earned a

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from

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, a Sangeet Visharad from the Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal, Mumbai. She has also been the recipient of an honorary D.Lit. from ITM University (Gwalior).

Performing career

Bhide-Deshpande has performed at venues including the

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in Toronto, Canada in 2019 for the Raag-Mala Music Society of Toronto. Bhide-Deshpande has an understanding of Bandish and bandish-composition and has created many of her own bandishes, which she has published in her book, ''Raag Rachananjali'' (2004). A sequel titled "Ragarachananjali 2", containing 98 more bandishes (compositions) was published in 2010. She is also known for her setting of bhajans, especially those of

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Discography

* ''Introducing Ashwini Bhide'' (

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; 1985) - Raag Yaman, Raag Tilak Kamod, Bhajan * ''Rhythm House Classics'' (Rhythm House; 1987) - Raag Puriya Dhanashri, Raag Bhoop, Bhajan * ''Ashwini Bhide Sings'' (HMV; 1988) - Raag Kedar, Raag Khambavati, Raag Bhoop Nat * ''Live for Femina'' (Rhythm House; 1989) - Raag Nand, Raag Bageshri * ''Morning Ragas Vol. 1'' (Rhythm House; 1990) - Raag Lalit, Raag Vibhas * ''Morning Ragas Vol. 2'' (Rhythm House; 1990) - Raag Todi, Raag Kabir Bhairav, Raag Sukhiya Bilawal * ''Bhaktimala: Ganesh Vol. 2'' ( Music Today; 1991) - "Jehi Sumirat Siddhi Hoi," "Jai Shri Shankar Sut Ganesh," "Jai Ganesh Gananath," "Ganapat Vighna Harana" * ''Bhaktimala: Shakti Vol. 2'' (Music Today; 1991) - "Jwalatkoti Balark," "Tero Chakar Kare Pukar," "Jai Jai Jai Giriraj Kishori," "Main Dharu Tiharo Dhyan" * ''Bhaktimala: Krishna Vol. 2'' (Music Today;1991) - "Madhurashtakam," "Mhari Surta Suhagan," "Kaisi Hori Machaiyi," "Sundar Badan Sukh," "Ka Karoon Na Mane" * ''Bhaktimala: Namastotram, Ganesh'' (Music Today;1991) - Bhajans * ''Young Masters'' (Music Today; 1992) - Raag Bhimpalas, Raag Shuddha Kalyan * ''Raag Rang Vol. 1'' (Alurkar; 1996) - Raag Bihag, Raag Bhinna Shadaj, Bhajan * ''Raag Rang Vol. 2'' (Alurkar; 1996) - Raag Madhuwanti, Raag Jhinjhoti, Raag Jog, Raag Nayaki Kanada * ''Pandharpuricha Nila'' (Sagarika; 1998) - Abhangs * ''Women Through the Ages'' (Navras Records; 1998) - Raag Ahir Bhairav, Raag Jaunpuri, Bhajan * ''Krishna'' (Ninaad Music; 1999) - Raag Jaijaiwanti, Raag Vachaspati, Raag Megh Malhar, Jhoola, Bhajan * ''Anandacha Kand'' (Megh Music; 2000) - Abhangs * ''Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande Vol. 1'' (Alurkar; 2000) - Raag Bilaskhani Todi, Raag Gujri Todi, Raag Nat Bhairav * ''Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande Vol. 2'' (Alurkar; 2000) - Raag Rageshri, Raag Durga, Raag Yaman * ''Golden Raaga Collection'' (

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; 2000) - Raag Multani, Raag Gaud Malhar, Bhajan * ''Swar Utsav'' (Music Today; 2002) - Raag Jhinjhoti, Raag Nayaki Kanada * ''Navagraha Puja'' (

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; 2002) - Bhajans * ''Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande - Vocal'' (India Archive Music; 2003) - Raag Bageshri, Raag Kedar, Bhajan * ''Roop Pahata Lochani'' (Self-published; 2004) - Abhangs * ''Ragarachananjali'' (Rajhansa Prakashan; 2004) - Book and CD of self composed bandishes * ''Kari Badariya'' (Self-published; 2005) - Raagas Abhogi and Prateeksha, Jhoola, Dadra * ''Sandhya'' (Sense World Music; 2006) - Raag Bageshri, Bhajan * ''Soordas'' (Self-published; 2009) - Bhajans * ''Unmesh'' (Self-published; 2010) - Raagas Vibhavati, Puriya Dhanashri, Raag Patdeep, Raag Manikauns * ''Ragarachananjali 2'' (Rajhansa Prakashan; 2010) - Book and CD of self composed bandishes * ''Arghyam'' (East Meets West; 2013) - Utsav Janasanmodini, Utsav Bairagi Todi, Utsav Nandadhwani, Utsav Charukauns, Utsav Pancham se Gara

Publications

* ''Ragarachananjali'' (Rajhansa Prakashan; 2004) - Book and CD of self composed bandishes * ''Ragarachananjali 2'' (Rajhansa Prakashan; 2010) - Book and CD of self composed bandishes * ''Madam Curie - मादाम क्युरी'' (2015) - Marathi translation of Eve Curie's biography of

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References

External links

Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande's Website

The Jaipur gharana
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