Rahul Deshpande
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Rahul Deshpande (Born: 1979) is a Indian classical music singer. He was born in a Deshastha Rugvedi Brahmin family in Pune, India. He is also the grandson of the noted marathi singer Pandit Vasantrao Deshpande of Patiala Gharana.
[edit] Background
Rahuls initial learning years were spent under the tutelage of Pandit Gangadharbua Pimpalkhare and, later, under Dr. Madhusudhan Patwardhan. His interest in music began when he began studying the music of Pandit Kumar Gandharva. Rahul initially sought guidance from Ushatai Chipalkatti and later from Mukul Shivputra - the son of Pandit Kumar Gandharva.
Later Rahul honed his sense of ‘taal’ by learning the tabla from Pandit Suresh Samant.
Rahul’s repertoire includes renditions from Classical Ragas to Khayal, Thumri, Dadra, Natyageet, Bhajan, Gazal and Bhaavgeet.
[edit] Awards and Achievements
Rahul has achieved prominence as a creative musical performer, from an early age. Several eminent critics have noted the similarity between Rahul’s approach and that of his grandfather’s.
His achievements include
- Several national and international performances.
- Regularly featured in a number of TV programs like Soor Taal and Nakshatranche Dene on indian channels such as E-TV, Alpha TV, Doordarshan.
- Has released a number of audiocassettes on his various classical and semi classical performances.
Awards received by Rahul include:
- Rasikagrani Dattopant Deshpande Award (presented to him at the Sawai Gandharva Music Festival)
- Sudhir Phadke award for his outstanding achievements at a young age.
Rahul believes that the journey of a true musician is never complete. And during this journey his philosophy is to make his programs a complete musical experience for his audience.
