Kishori Amonkar

Kishori Amonkar
Born10 April 1932[1]
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died3 April 2017(2017-04-03) (aged 84)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
GenresHindustani classical music
InstrumentsVocals
Awards: Padma Vibhushan 2002

Kishori Amonkar[a] (10 April 1932 – 3 April 2017) 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.

  1. ^ Kishori Amonkar at the Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. ^ Martinez, José Luiz (2001) [1997]. Semiosis in Hindustani music. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 169. ISBN 81-208-1801-6.
  3. ^ a b "Kishori Amonkar, Leading Indian Classical Vocalist, Dies At Age 84". NPR.org. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Kishori Amonkar: Indian vocalist". Britannica.com. Retrieved 4 April 2017.


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