September- October 2019

Sanskrati Wahane (Sitar) Prakrati Wahane (Santoor)

Sitar-Santoor Jalsa

Music  Tradition in the veins of Wahane family. Sanskrati and Prakrati the two sisters treading the same path paved by their father.

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Jalsa 2
   

Sanskrati, born in 1998, made her first debut at the age of eight. She received her initial education from her father Lokesh Wahane, Gandabandh disciple of world famous Sitar Maestro Ustad Shahid Parvezji (Etawa Gharana).  

Sanskrati’s  tradition and style of playing is unmatched and is characterized by a rare phenomena of purity of Raga, Gayaki and Tantrakari Ang.

Presently she is pursuing the training of traditional music under the worthy guidance of Ustad Shahid Parvezji and world famous Tabla Maestro Talyogi, Pt. Suresh Talwalkarji.

 Sanskrati

  • Performed at Architecture college, Chandigarh. (2006)
  • 150 years of Indian Independence Celebrations, Ujjain (2007)
  • Music workshop Daily College, Indore (2007)
  • Programme at Kalidas Academy, Ujjain, (2008)       
  • Bhatkhande Sangeet Samaroh, Ujjain. (2008)
  • Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memory celebrations Nagpur (2009)             
  • Kala Vaibhav Music Academy, Nagpur (2009)
  • Ustad Allahrakha Smriti Sangeet Festival, Pune 2010   
  • BARCE, Tarapur, Mumbai (2010)
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Prakrati Wahane, Born in 1999, has received God's gift in the form of music. She started taking training of music from her father, Lokesh Wahane, who is a Master of Santoor. She made her debut at an early age of eight and started pursuing the traditional music training as a devoted artist.

Prakrati is whole heartedly devoted to santoor. Prakratis tradition and style of playing santoor is unrivalled. It is characterized by rare phenomena of purity of Raga, Gayakiand Tantrakari Ang.
Presently she is flourishing under the able guidance of her father Lokesh Wahane , Ustad Shahid Pravezji and Tabla Maestro Talyogi Pt. Suresh Talwarkarji.

Prakrati

  • Abhinav Kala Panshad, Bhopal (2010).
  • International KalavartNyas Festival Ujjain(2010)
  • Sanskar Bharti Kala Samman Ujjain(2011)
  • Golden Jubilee AARCO Festival, Chandigarh (2011)
  • NCPA Bombay (2011)
  • Buddha Festival Nagpur (2012)
  • Vikasanand Ashram, Nagpur Jabalpur
  • Aadi Mahotsair, Mandla (2015-l6)
  • Shodashi- Abhinav Kala Panshad, Bhopal (2016)
Video links - Santoor 1  
 
Mukta

Mukta Raste hails from a family with a remarkable musical roots. At the age of seven Mukta began learning tabla and many other percussion instruments by Sanjay Karandikar and classical vocal by Shashi Achawal. At present she is learning classical vocal from renowned vocalist Pt Milind Malshe, Ust. Aslam Khan and  Light Music from eminent music director Pt. Yashwant Deo.

Mukta is fortunate to receive tutelage of nuances of six gharanas of the tabla at intimate quarters from one of the most renowned tabla masters Shri. Amod Dandage and Pt. Arvind Mulgaonkar
Her fluency in a diversity of musical traditions informs her unique compositions and her highly improvisational performances.

Mukta has has won many awards in various competitions. The Government of India honored her National Music Scholarship for the year 2010-13 and The Joan Memorial Trust has awarded her scholarship under 'The young and talented artists of Hindustani Music' for the year 2013-2015. Mukta is alumni for 2016 Ibeat Prog, which is a music exchange and incubator for music-based social entrepreneurship

She has given her Solo recitals in several prestigious concerts and The Tabla Jugalbandi concerts with her guru Shri. Amod Bandage in India and abroad.

Mukta has accompanied with many eminent vocalists including Smt. Asha Khadilkar, Neela Bhagwat, Arti Ankalikar, Manjiri Alegaonkar, Apoorva Gokhale, Kalpana Zokarkar  and many more. Mukta has also accompanied in various workshops with prominent musicians of Marathi film industry, Shri. Shridhar Phadke, Anand Modak, Kaushal Inamdar,  Mithilesh Patankar and Salil Kulkarni.

At present she is imparting Tabla lessons to many students at her institute Taal Matrix' at Matunga, Mumbai. She has also conducted lecture demonstrations for Tabla in U.S.A .

Visit: http://www.muktaraste.com and www.taalmatrix.in