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Shekhar Kumbhojkar
Alma materNavin Marathi School
Occupation(s)Vocalist, music teacher
StyleHindustani classical music, devotional music

Pandit Shekhar Ganesh Kumbhojkar is an Indian vocalist and music teacher of Hindustani classical music, best known for his live performances of Hindu devotional music, and provides vocal accompaniment for Kathak dancers.[1][2][3] In 1996, he was the recipient of the second Ramkrishnabuva Vaze Yuva Gayak Puraskar awarded the Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal.[4] He appeared on the soundtrack for the film Tarunyachya Latevar (2003).[5]

In 2015, he was the recipient of the Pandita Rohini Bhate Award from the Pune Municipal Corporation. In 2021, he authored an essay in Hindi for Nandkishore Kapote's festschrift about Birju Maharaj,[6] and provided the vocal accompaniment for a Kathak performance at the Kennedy Centre in September of that same year.[7] Educated at the Deccan Education Society's Navin Marathi School in Pune, Maharashtra.[8][9][10] He was a student of Jitendra Abhisheki,[11][12] further going on to train Hrishikesh Ranade.[13]

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  1. ^ "उद्योगनगरीच्या दिवाळीला स्वरांचा साज". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). 25 October 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  2. ^ "गिरीजाताई केळेकर संगीत संमेलन 4 व 5 रोजी फर्मागुडीत". Tarun Bharat. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Sattari Goa: सत्तरीचे प्रसिद्ध कीर्तनकार गायनाचार्य 'रामचंद्र'". Sakaal (in Marathi). Goa. Dainik Gomantak. 25 December 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Puraskar ( Awards ) given by Bharatiya Sangeet Prasarak Mandal, Pune's Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Pune". Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  5. ^ "तारुण्याच्या लाटेवर". मराठी चित्रपट सूची (in Marathi). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  6. ^ Java, Kiran. "Garland of Memories: Celebrating the life and times of a legendary Guru". Narthaki Book Review. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy's Fires of Varanasi: Dance of the Eternal Pilgrim". The Kennedy Center. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  8. ^ Report of the Deccan Education Society, Poona. Pune: Deccan Education Society. 1982. p. 39. Retrieved 4 March 2024 – via University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  9. ^ "Building that houses famous Navin Marathi School in Pune completes 100 years". Hindustan Times. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  10. ^ Shinde Gole, Swati (25 December 2022). "Naveen Marathi Shala stands tall, carries forth tradition". The Times of India. Pune. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  11. ^ "'स्वरविभास' या कार्यक्रमाचे आयोजन". Lokmat (in Marathi). Nashik. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Kathak Dance Concert". Swaranjali Columbus. Cosmic-Nad. April–June 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  13. ^ Kulkarni, Pranav (15 July 2009). "Show stealer". The Indian Express. Retrieved 4 March 2024.