Pandit Prabhakar Karekar (b 1944) is a

Hindustani classical 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, sita ...

vocalist, born in

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. He was awarded Tansen Samman in 2014 and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the year 2016.

Background

Prabhakar Janardan Karekar was born in 1944, in what was then

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. His Hindustani vocal music training came from Suresh Haldankar, Jitendra Abhisheki, and

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. He has been known as an outstanding performer and teacher, and is a graded artist of

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and Doordarshan.

Promoting Hindustani vocals

Karekar is also the founder and Chairman of the ''Swarprabha Trust''. Karekar has trained several promising and accomplished young musicians. He has many recordings to his credit and has performed, lectured and held workshops or taken part in conferences in many countries.

Fusion music

He entered the world of fusion music with Ornette Coleman (U.S.A.), and Sultan Khan (

). The

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Award was for his contribution to Hindustani vocal music.

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External links

̽Prabhakar Karekar songs

Prabhakar Karekar on MyHeritage

Prabhakar Karekar on Saregama.com

On Aathavanitli-Gani.com
20th-century Indian musicians Hindustani singers Musicians from Mumbai Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award People from Mapusa People from North Goa district Konkani people Musicians from Goa

Background

Promoting Hindustani vocals

Fusion music

See also

References

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