Vrinda Mundkur
Vrinda Mundkur
Vocalist
21 Renditions • 5 h 33 m
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GHARANA
Agra
GURUS
Pt. Firoz Dastur
Pt. Batuk Dewanji
Pt. Babanrao Haldankar
Ustad Aslam Khan
Smt. Shobha Gurtu
AWARD
Dagar Gharana Award
Smt. Vrinda Mundkur is a Hindustani classical vocalist trained in Khayal singing in the Kirana and Agra-Atrauli gharanas. Her gurus include Pt. Firoz Dastur, Pt. Batuk Dewanji and Pt. Babanrao Haldankar, the composer and scholar of the Agra-Atrauli gharana, and she has also trained intensively with Ustad Aslam Khan of the Agra-Atrauli-Khurja gharana. Her repertoire includes both popular and rare ragas. She was also groomed in Thumri, Dadra, Chaiti, Hori, Kajri and Jhoola by Smt. Shobha Gurtu and Pt. Batuk Dewanji. Her singing is marked by soulful alaap and clear taans. Vrinda has performed in India, Europe and the USA and has been recorded for the archives of the Samvad-Ford Foundation. She is a regular, graded artiste of All India Radio (AIR), Mumbai, and of television, and has several CDs to her credit. She has given lecture demonstrations at L&T, HUL, Somaiya College and other institutions, and received the Dagar Gharana Award from Arvind Singh Mewad of the Mewad Foundation, Udaipur.