Padmaja Phenany Joglekar | |
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| Born | (1962-07-07)7 July 1962 (age 63) |
| Known for | Hindustani Classical Music |
Padmaja Phenany Joglekar is aHindustani Classical singer.[1] She is a disciple ofPandit Jasraj.[2] She was awarded thePadma Shri Award in 2001.[3]
Brought up in the tradition ofIndian classical music, Padmaja a graduate inMicrobiology, opted for a career in music. Today she sings bothHindustani Classical (Khayal,Thumri,Tappa etc.) and the light popular variety (Gazals,Geet,Bhajans etc.).
She is married to Sunil Joglekar and has a son.[citation needed]
Joglekar started learningHindustani Classical music under the guidance of the vocalistJasraj. She took further training from theSarangi maestroPandit Ram Narayan and themusic directorPandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar.[citation needed]
Her three albums titledHee Shubhra Phulanchi Jwala,Rang Bawara Shravan andGhar Nachale Nachela consist of Marathi poems written by poets likeKusumagraj,Indira Sant,Vinda Karandikar,Mangesh Padgaonkar, Shankar Ramani,Suresh Bhat, Grace & Shantabai Shelke. She has also released an album of Marathi Gazals and recently two albums titledHey Gagana andHe Sparsha Chandanyanche. Her latest Marathi albumMegha Re was released in Diwali 2009.[citation needed]
In her album titledGeet Naya Gata Hoon, Joglekar sang poems written byAtal Bihari Vajpayee. She has also tuned and sung poems written by formerPrime MinisterShri V P Singh, album to be released shortly.[citation needed]
She has released an Gazal Album‘Zindagi ki Zuban’ and Hindi album ofbhajans composed byShri Anup Jalota titled"Mangaldeep". Another album of Gazals written by such great poets likeDaag,Jigar,Ahmed Faraz,Dr. Bashir Badr etc. & are also in the making. Her latest albumRang consists ofSufi style songs inHindi.[citation needed]
Joglekar has performed at various conferences in India and also had many concerts in the UK, United States, Canada,Singapore andUAE including the Bruhan Maharashtra Mandal (BMM) 2013 convention held atRhodes Island in July 2013.[citation needed]