Friday, 24 May 2013

Kishori Amonkar - Singer

© SATYENDRA SINGH
'Kishori Amonkar', 2004 (ball pen sketch)
Size - 11" x 14"

Ball Pen Sketch

Kishori Amonkar is an Indian singer who performs in the classical genre khyal and the light classical genres thumri and bhajan. 

Amonkar trained under her mother, classical singer Mogubai Kurdikar of the Jaipur Gharana, but experimented with a variety of vocal styles in her career. 


Awards & Fellowship
  • Kishori Amonkar received the national awards Padma Bhushan in 1987
  • Padma Vibhushan in 2002. 
  • She was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 1985
  • Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for 2009.






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