Malini Rajurkar (8 January 1941 – 6 September 2023) was an Indian
Hindustani classical singer of
Gwalior Gharana.
Early life
Malini Rajurkar grew up in the state of
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...
in India. For three years she taught mathematics at the Savitri Girls’ High School & College, Ajmer, where she had graduated in the same subject. Taking advantage of a three-year scholarship that came her way, she finished her Sangeet Nipun from the Ajmer Music College, studying music under the guidance of Govindrao Rajurkar and his nephew, who was to become her future husband, Vasantrao Rajurkar.
Performing career
Malini performed in major music festivals in India for nearly fifty years, including ''Gunidas Sammelan'' (Mumbai), ''
Tansen Samaroh'' (Gwalior), ''
Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival
The Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav (formerly known as the Sawai Gandharva Sangeet Mahotsav and simply known as Sawai) is an annual Indian Classical music festival held in Pune since 1953. The festival is hosted by the Arya Sangeet Prasarak Ma ...
'' (Pune), and ''Shankar Lal Festival'' (Delhi).
Malini is noted especially for her command over the
Tappa
Tappa is a form of Indian semi-classical vocal music. Its specialty is a rolling pace based on fast, subtle and knotty construction. Its tunes are melodious and sweet, and depict the emotional outbursts of a lover. Tappe (plural) were sung mostly ...
, her
Khyal
Khyal or Khayal (ख़याल / خیال) is a major form of Hindustani classical music in the Indian subcontinent. Its name comes from a Persian language, Persian/Arabic language, Arabic word meaning "imagination". Khyal is associated with rom ...
renditions and the
Tarana
''Tarana'' is a type of composition in Hindustani classical music, Hindustani classical vocal music in which certain words (e.g. "odani", "todani", "tadeem" and "yalali") based on Persian language, Persian and Arabic language, Arabic phonemes are ...
genre. She also sung lighter music. Her renditions of
Marathi
Marathi may refer to:
*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
**Marathi people (Uttar Pradesh), the Marathi people in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Mar ...
''natyageete,'' ''pandu-nrupati janak jaya'', ''naravar krishnasamaan'', ''ya bhavanatil geet purane'' have been particularly popular.
Death
Rajurkar died in
Hyderabad
Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...
on 6 September 2023, at the age of 82. She is survived by two daughters and a granddaughter.
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Awards
* Sangeet Natak Academy Award 2001
References
External links
Blog on Malinitai's recitals
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1941 births
2023 deaths
Hindustani singers
Singers from Rajasthan
Gwalior gharana
Women Hindustani musicians
Indian women classical singers
20th-century Indian singers
20th-century Indian women singers
21st-century Indian women singers
21st-century Indian singers
Women musicians from Rajasthan
20th-century Khyal singers
Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award