Milind Raikar

PLAYS

Violin

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GHARANA

Kirana

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Milind Raikar is a violinist, born in December 1964 in Goa into a family steeped in music. He first appeared on stage as a singer at the age of five, went on to play guitar and bongo, and then took up the violin to learn Western music, passing grade IV from Trinity College of London under Professor A. P. D'Costa. He was also part of the troupe of pop star Remo Fernandes. Padma Vibhushan GaanSaraswati Smt. Kishori Amonkar, leading exponent of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana, noticed his playing and took him under her guidance. He accompanied her on the violin in concerts, including in London and Paris, and appears on cassettes, CDs and VCDs of her music released by various companies. He has also toured Muscat, Tanzania, Mauritius and Seychelles. Among several first prizes, he won the Gold Medal at the All India Radio (AIR) competition in 1989. He received the title "Sur Mani" from the Sur Singer Sansad, Mumbai, and the Yuvonmesh Puraskar 2005 from Indradhanu Thane. He has passed the Visharad and Alankar from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Miraj, and is a B+ grade artiste of AIR. He composed music and sang for Rajiv Shah's documentary 'In Search of Truth', and Ninaad has released his CD and cassette 'Milaap'. In June 2006 he founded the Raykar Academy of Violin - Pandit D. K. Datar Parampara, the first of its kind in Mumbai, to propagate Pt. D. K. Datar's style of violin playing among the younger generation.