Meenal Datar
Meenal Datar
Vocalist
19 Renditions • 6 h 6 m
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GHARANA
Gwalior
AWARDS
Pt. Bhimsen Joshi Scholarship, Vile Parle Music Circle
HRD scholarship, Government of India
Surmani, Surshingar Sansad
Meenal Datar is a classical vocalist and teacher. She holds a bachelor's degree in fine arts from the University of Mumbai and a master's from the University of Pune, and has completed the Sangeet Visharad from the Akhil Bhartiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya. Her singing is marked by command of khayals, taan patterns and layakari, and by spontaneous combinations in alaps that blend parampara with her own thought process. She is a music faculty member at Bharti Vidyapith, Pune, and Pune University, Pune. She conducts online training for foreign students and teaches gharandaj gayki in the guru-shishya parampara. An 'A' grade artiste of All India Radio (AIR) for Indian classical music, she has received the Pt. Bhimsen Joshi Scholarship from the Vile Parle Music Circle, an HRD scholarship from the Govt. of India for classical music, and the title of Surmani from the Surshingar Sansad, Mumbai.