Babanrao Haldankar
Musical artist
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Srikrishna Haldankar (29 September 1927 – 17 November 2016), better known as Babanrao Haldankar, was an Indian classical singer, composer, and music teacher of Agra gharana of Hindustani classical music.[1]
1927
- Singer
- composer
Babanrao Haldankar | |
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| Born | Srikrishna Babanrao Haldankar 1927 India |
| Died | 17 November 2016 (aged 89) |
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Life and career
Babanrao Haldankar was the son of painter Sawlaram Haldankar (1882–1968), and has won awards through his career.[2] and was an adjunct professor of Indian Music at the University of Mumbai.[3][4]
Education
He had studied under Jaipur Gharana's doyenne Mogubai Kurdikar in 1950s but had a preference for Agra Gharana. Accordingly, he switched to Ustad Khadim Hussain of Agra gharana, who settled in Mumbai from Jaipur, in 1959, and studied under him for 20 years.[5] Babanrao Haldankar himself was a much sought after guru, and he taught many of the prominent artists coming up towards the end of 20th Century, including Pt.Arun Kashalkar, Shubhada Paradkar, Devaki Pandit[6] and Pournima Dhumale, Dr.Sandhya Kathavate.
Works
- Babanrao Haldankar (2001). Aesthetics of Agra and Jaipur Traditions. Padmaja Punde (trans.). Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7154-685-5.