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Anupama Bhagwat
Anupama Bhagwat is an Indian sitar maestro.
Early life.
Born in Bhilai, India, Anupama Bhagwat was introduced to playing sitar at the age of 9 by Shri. R. N. Verma.At the age of 13 she had the privilege to train under Bimalendu Mukherjee of the Imdadkhani gharana. She stood first in the All India Radio competition in 1994 and was awarded a national scholarship by the Indian Ministry of Human Resource Development of India. She has performed At several destinations including the USA and many countries
with Birendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury, the zamindar of Gouripur in present-day Bangladesh, who taught him the moribund sursringar (bass sarod).
Mukherjee is the father and teacher of sitar player Budhaditya Mukherjee. His other students include Shri Sudhakar Sheolikar, Shri Avneendra Sheolikar, Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, Sudhir, Anupama Bhagwat, Rajeev Janardan, and Kamala Shankar.
External links.
- Bimalendu Mukherjee bio by Anupama Bhagwat