Sumati Mutatkar | |
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| Born | Sumati Amberdekar (1916-09-10)10 September 1916 |
| Died | 28 February 2007(2007-02-28) (aged 90) |
| Genres | Hindustani classical music |
| Occupation(s) | vocalist,musicologist |
Vidushi Sumati Mutatkar (10 September 1916 – 28 February 2007) was an Indianclassical music vocalist and musicologist from theAgra gharana ofHindustani classical music, and a Professor of Department of Music inUniversity of Delhi.[1]
She was awarded the highest award of theSangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, for lifetime achievement, the 1979Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship[2] and thePadma Shri in 1999, byGovernment of India.[3] She was also awarded theKalidas Samman by theGovernment of Madhya Pradesh in 2001-2002.[4][5]
She was born in Balaghat in the then province of C.P. and Berar, the oldest child of Gajanan Amberdekar, a judge, and Sundari Subedar.
She received training in Hindustani classical music from various teachers, including Pandit Rajabhaiya Poochwale ofGwalior gharana, Ustad Vilayat Hussain Khan ofAgra gharana, and PanditAnant Manohar Joshi and UstadMushtaq Hussain Khan (d. 1964) of theRampur gharana.[6] She was, however, primarily a student of PanditS. N. Ratanjankar.[7] at theBhatkhande Music Institute—earlier known as the Marris College—in Lucknow.
In 1953, she joined as the Director of Music at theAll India Radio (AIR) and subsequently became Deputy Chief Producer of Music. Later, in 1968 she joined the Faculty of Music and Fine Arts, at theDelhi University, eventually retiring in September 1981 as the Dean of the Faculty. During her tenure, she supervised numerous research programs in the field of music, as well published several books on the subject.[1]
She died on 28 February 2007, at a private hospital in Kolkata, after a brief bronchial illness at the age of 91; she was survived by her daughter.[8]
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