Anupama Biography

Anupama Biography

Anupama, a refreshingly versatile sitarist of the current generation, has performed to critical acclaim in India, USA/Canada, UK, Italy, France, and Brazil.  One of the leading disciples of the world-renowned Pandit Shri Bimalendu Mukherjee, her sensitivity and erudition has taken her to the highest echelons of the modern genre, while remaining true to tradition.  She has imbibed the vigor that is a hallmark of her Gharana: scintillating fast taans, mastery of the meditative alaap and brilliant fluency of melody (raag bhava), all the while maintaining her technical virtuosity.Anupama (b. 1974 in a musically inclined family in Bhilai, India) has established herself with performances at prestigious festivals and venues worldwide, including: Ustad Amir Khan Smriti Samaroh (Indore), Assisi, Turin (Italy), Nice (France) Swami Haridas Samaroh, Saptak (Ahmedabad), Sankat Mochan Samaroh (Varanasi), India International Center (New Delhi), Sangeet Research Accademy (Kolkata), Lotus World Music Festival (USA), MIT Fall Concert Series (USA), Baba HarBallabh Samaroh-Vasant Utsav (Jalandhar),  and Basant Bahar California.Anupama began her musical training in Bhilai with Shri R. N. Verma at the age of nine, having received her uncle's sitar as a gift.  At the age of thirteen, she commenced her tutelage with Pandit Shri Bimalendu Mukherjee, a doyen of the famous Imdadkhani Gharana which is justly renowned for its fluency and grace. Under her Guruji’s inspiring guidance, Anupama has acquired the finesse and technical nuances of the Gayaki style, while bringing out its lyrical beauty with the emotive cadences of the sitar.  During this time, Anupama has been conferred the title Surmani, by Sur Sringar Sansad, Bombay (1995); she won First Position in the All India Radio Music Competition (1994), as well as a HRD Scholarship from the Government of India (1993-1996).  Now as an established artiste, besides her concert appearances world-wide, Anupama conducts sitar workshops and lecture-demonstrations.  She has also collaborated on World-Music performances in Global Rhythms and Shanti.  Anupama has also received grants in 2000, 2002, and 2004, from the Ohio Arts Council (USA).Anupama obtained her Masters in music from Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya (Khairagarh), India. She has appeared on All India Radio, Doordarshan National Television India, WDPR Dayton Public Radio, WEFT (Champaign, IL), Mood Indigo California Arts TV

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