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Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande | |
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.JPG) Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande Performing at Rajarani Music Festival-2016,Bhubaneswar,Odisha | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Ashwini Govind Bhide (1960-10-07)7 October 1960 (age 65) |
| Origin | Mumbai,India |
| Genres | Khayal,Bhajans,Thumris |
| Occupation | Hindustani classical vocalist |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Website | http://www.ashwinibhide.in |
Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande (born 7 October 1960) is aHindustani classical musicvocalist from Mumbai. She belongs to theJaipur-Atrauli gharana tradition. She was awardedPadma Shri in 2025 for her contribution to the arts.[1][2][3][4]
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Born inMumbai into a family with strong musical tradition, Ashwini started classical training under Narayanrao Datar, the elder brother of violinistD. K. Datar. She then completed her Sangeet Visharad from theGandharva Mahavidyalaya. Since then, she has been learning music in theJaipur-Atrauli style from her mother Manik Bhide, a disciple ofGaansaraswati Kishori Amonkar. Ashwini also received guidance from Ratnakar Pai until his death in 2009.
Bhide-Deshpande holds aMaster's degree inMicrobiology and earned adoctorate inBiochemistry fromBhabha Atomic Research Centre, a Sangeet Visharad from theAkhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal, Mumbai. She has also been the recipient of an honoraryD.Lit. fromITM University (Gwalior).
Bhide-Deshpande has performed at venues including theAga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada in 2019 for the Raag-Mala Music Society of Toronto.[5]
Bhide-Deshpande has an understanding ofBandish andbandish-composition and has created many of her own bandishes, which she has published in her book,Raag Rachananjali (2004). A sequel titled "Ragarachananjali 2", containing 98 more bandishes (compositions) was published in 2010. She is also known for her setting of bhajans, especially those ofKabir.[6]
Ashwini Bhide is not only a music scholar but is also blessed with a beautiful voice. I have personally known Ashwini since her early teens and it makes me so happy to see her blossom into such a wonderful Khayal singer. She has earned the reputation of being one of the top young artists of India... Having learnt many old compositions, she has been able to retain the spirit of the tradition through the dialects she has used as well as pay attention to the subject matter!
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