Kedar Bodas

Kedar Bodas is an Indian classical vocalist belonging to the Gwalior gharana.[1][2][3] He was described by Scroll.in as a "master khayal singer."[4]

Kedar Bodas
Background information
GenresHindustani classical music

Bodas was born into a family of musicians. He received early training from his grandfather Lakshmanrao Bodas and his father Narayanrao Bodas.[5] He has also received training from Pandurang Salunke, Shreedhar Padhye, Ashok Ranade, C.P. Rele, and T.D. Janorikar.[6][1][2][3] As a child, he also learned to play the tabla, but eventually focused on vocals.[3]

He has performed across India, and composed the music for six documentary films.[3]

In addition to his work as a performer, he is also a musical scholar and a linguist. He did a four-year advanced course in Russian, which helped expose him to Western Classical and Russian folk music.[3]

He received the Mallikarjun Mansur award in 2018.[6]

References
  1. Sreeram, Lakshmi (2 March 2017). "'Let the raag emerge'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  2. "Disciples of the Fifth Generation". swaramandakini.com. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  3. "Kedar Narayan Bodas (Vocal), Gwalior Gharana". www.swarganga.org. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  4. Chakrabarty, Arnab (22 June 2017). "Arun Kashalkar: Meet the Zen master of Hindustani classical music". Scroll.in. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  5. "Our Guruji's". drgangubaihangalgurukul.com. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  6. Vaishali, K.S. (20 September 2018). "Looking Within Music". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 September 2019.


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