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During the first quarter of the twentieth century, many classical singers based in Maharashtra, notably Bhaskarbuwa Bakhle and Ramakrishnabuwa Vaze, attempted to integrate the various streams of Hindustani vocal music. Their work inspired other vocalists like Dhundiraj Bhalchandra Deo to try similar experiments of their own. A singer and an academic, Deo developed samagra gayaki, a synthesis of the Gwalior, Kirana and Jaipur gharanas. Deo’s granddaughter, Shivani Marulkar, describes her singing as “the confluence of the leisurely alaap of the Kirana gharana, the sense of structure that is a hallmark of the Gwalior gharana and the intellectual approach of the Jaipur gharana”.
Although she is impressed by the talent of her seniors Savani Shende Sathaye and Manjiri Asnare Kelkar, Marulkar said her role model is her mother, Alka Deo Marulkar, who heads the faculty of music at the Kala Academy in their hometown Panaji in Goa. “For the time being, I have put on blinkers in order not to get distracted from my chosen path,” said 23-year-old Shivani, who added that she loves listening to Ghulam Ali in her free time. “Ghulam Ali’s ghazals give me immense emotional and mental peace,” she said. “I sang his ‘Apni Tasveer’ to PL Deshpande when he was on his deathbed in 2000. I can never forget the appreciative smile on his face.” At her concert this fortnight, Marulkar is likely to sing ragas Gauri and Poorvi. She will be accompanied on the tabla by Rohit Muzumdar and on the harmonium by Rahul Gole. Amarendra Dhaneshwar
Source : Time Out Mumbai ISSUE 1 Friday, September 03, 2010
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