Girish Panchwadkar
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1 July 1960
Girish Panchwadkar | |
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| Born | Rajan 1 July 1960 Solapur, Maharashtra, India |
| Origin | Solapur, Maharashtra, India |
| Genres | Marathi Film and light Music |
| Occupation(s) | Marathi film and light music |
| Years active | 1994-onwards |
Girish Panchwadkar (Marathi: गिरीश पंचवाडकर; born 1 July 1960) is a Marathi singer and music director from India.
Girish learned music from his father Bhalchandra Panchwadkar. He formed a music group "Kshitij". He started his performance through the program "Shabdswaranche Indradhanushya" in Solapur in 1992. He has been performing on stage since 1994. He has also performed in All India Radio, Solapur many times. He also performed on Doordarshan, E TV Marathi. On 2 March 2009 he performed 'Marathi Bhavgeet Maifal' in "Rashtrapati Bhavan", New Delhi when Hon.Pratibha Patil was our Rashtrapati.[1]
Since the last 10 years he has been performing along with his "Kshitij Musical group" in every Ganesh Festival in New Delhi. He likes to sing the songs of Sudhir Phadke, Suresh Wadkar, and Arun Date, Md.Rafi & Manna Dey.
He performed his Sugam Sangeet Programmes almost all major cities in Maharashtra and out of Maharashtra in Delhi, Allahabad, Kanpur, Zansi, Lucknow, Faridabad, Gudgaon, Devas, Ratlam, Indore, Bhopal, Banglore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Gulbarga, Goa etc.
His performance is appreciated by the legendary Marathi Music Director & Singer Sudhir Phadke (Babuji), Singer Gajananrao Watve, Prabhkar Jog, Music Director Shridhar Phadke, Senior Poet Mangesh Padgaonkar, Geetkar Jagdish Khebudkar, Poet Praveen Davane, Music Director Nandu Honap, Singer Pt.Ajit Kadkade, Sr.Lavani Singer Sulochana Chavan, Marathi Actor Ravindra Mahajani, Dr. Girish Oak, Rahul Solapurkar, Sharad Ponkshe, TV actor Vighnesh Joshi, Shailesh Datar, Senior Marathi Actor Ramesh Deo-Seema, actress Asha Kale, Rashichakrakar Sharad Upadhye, Singer Uttara Kelkar, Film Director Rajdatta .
List of Awards
- Maharashtra Government: Gunwan Kamgar Puraskar
- Maharashtra Gunijan Ratna Kalagaurva Puraskar, Mumbai
- Mahapour Gaurav Award – Best Artist( By Solapur Mahanagar Palika)
- Mauli Krutadnyata Gaurav Puraskar, Karad
- Indapur Bhushan Puraskar
- Best Singer Award by Vaishnavi Group, Solapur