Performing at Madhyapradesh Tribal Museum Bhopal September 2015

Pandit Satyasheel Deshpande (born 9 January 1951) 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 ...

ian who specialises in singing Khayal. He is a disciple of Pandit

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and the son of

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Career

Deshpande has been performing in music festivals and has also occasionally sung for Bollywood films. His most remembered performances being those in "Joothe Naina Bole" in '' Lekin...'' (1991) and "Man Anand Anand Chhayo" in '' Vijeta'' (1982), both duets with

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. Other films have seen him singing with

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. In 2010, he was also part of the 112 singers who sang the " Marathi Abhimaangeet". Recently in February 2015, he created Five Minute Classical Music (FMCM) khayal piece for

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Art Foundation. The project was launched for "people who don't have any prior experience of listening to Indian classical music" for a khayal usually last for 20–45 minutes. Deshpande is also trainer of various notable artists like Pushkar Lele, Anand Thakore and Kaushal Inamdar.

Albums

* 2004 - ''Kahen'' (produced by Dinanath Smruti Pratishthaan) * 2007 – ''Thumri Katha – The Story of the Thumri'' (produced by Ninad)

The Samvaad Foundation

With the help of a

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grant, Deshpande has established the Samvaad Foundation, at his residence in Mumbai where he has created a collection of Hindustani archives.

Awards

Among the many awards Deshpande has received following awards: * The Homi Bhabha Fellowship (presented by Homi Bhabha Fellowship Council in memory of Homi J. Bhabha) * 2007 – Raza Award (presented in memory of artist

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)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Deshpande, Satyasheel 1951 births Living people Hindustani singers Marathi-language singers 20th-century Indian male classical singers Singers from Mumbai