Bhinna shadja kishori amonkar biography

Indian classical singer

Musical artist

Kishori Amonkar^[a] (10 April – 3 April ) was an Indian classical vocalist,^[3] belonging to the Jaipur gharana, or a community of musicians sharing a distinctive musical style.^[4] She is considered to be one of the foremost classical singers in India.^[3]

She was a performer of the classical genre khyal and the light classical genres thumri and bhajan.

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

Career

Training

Amonkar's initial training in music was by her mother, the classical vocalist Mogubai Kurdikar.^[5] She has stated in an interview that her mother was an exacting teacher, initially teaching her by singing phrases and making Amonkar repeat them.^[5] In the early stages of her career, she travelled with her mother to perfor