Arun Dravid
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Arun Dravid is a Hindustani Classical Music
singer of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana
tradition. He is also a technocrat with a high profile professional career.
, and life-time Sarangi
accompanist to late Kesarbai Kerkar. Arun then had several years of advanced musical training with Kishori Amonkar
, with occasional guidance from her mother and Guru, late Mogubai Kurdikar
.
Arun Dravid is an alumnus of IIT Bombay and a Gold Medalist and a Ph.D. chemical engineer from MIT (USA) by academic training. He has had an engineering career with numerous awards and distinctions.
and the structural beauty that is the characteristic of the puritanical Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana
gayaki. He is now recognized as an outstanding exponent of Jaipur-Atrauli gayaki in India and abroad. In her recent biography titled "Ganasaraswati" (page 61), Smt. Kishori Amonkar
has specifically noted that Arunji is her only disciple who has preserved and continues to sing the pure Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana
gayaki tradition. Arun also sings with equal charm light-classical varieties such as Thumris and Natya-Sangeet.
He is currently a Vice President of a large global engineering company named Jacobs Engineering Group in California (USA), and concurrently the Chairman of Jacobs Engineering India.
Hindustani classical music
Hindustani classical music is the Hindustani or North Indian style of Indian classical music found throughout the northern Indian subcontinent. The style is sometimes called North Indian Classical Music or Shāstriya Sangeet...
singer of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana
Jaipur-Atrauli gharana
The Jaipur-Atrauli gharana is a Khayal-based stylized singing family-hood , founded by Utd. Alladiya Khan in the late 19th century...
tradition. He is also a technocrat with a high profile professional career.
Early life and background
Arun's early training was under the tutelage of late Ustad Abdul Majid Khan Sahab, a direct disciple of late Ustad Alladiya KhanUstad Alladiya Khan
Alladiya Khan was an Indian classical singer, known as "Gaan Samraat" . Khan founded the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana based on the Agra gharana. He is also recognized for his revival and creations of many ragas....
, and life-time Sarangi
Sarangi
The Sārangī is a bowed, short-necked string instrument of India which is originated from Rajasthani folk instruments. It plays an important role in India's Hindustani classical music tradition...
accompanist to late Kesarbai Kerkar. Arun then had several years of advanced musical training with Kishori Amonkar
Kishori Amonkar
Kishori AmonkarN- is an Indian singer who performs in the classical genre khyal and the light classical genres thumri and bhajan. Amonkar trained under her mother, classical singer Mogubai Kurdikar of the Jaipur gharana , but experimented with a variety of vocal styles in her career...
, with occasional guidance from her mother and Guru, late Mogubai Kurdikar
Mogubai Kurdikar
Mogubai Kurdikar was a renowned Hindustani classical music vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana.-Early years and background:...
.
Arun Dravid is an alumnus of IIT Bombay and a Gold Medalist and a Ph.D. chemical engineer from MIT (USA) by academic training. He has had an engineering career with numerous awards and distinctions.
Career
Arun Dravid has cultivated a balanced version of the “Bhava-dominant” style of Smt. Kishori AmonkarKishori Amonkar
Kishori AmonkarN- is an Indian singer who performs in the classical genre khyal and the light classical genres thumri and bhajan. Amonkar trained under her mother, classical singer Mogubai Kurdikar of the Jaipur gharana , but experimented with a variety of vocal styles in her career...
and the structural beauty that is the characteristic of the puritanical Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana
Jaipur-Atrauli gharana
The Jaipur-Atrauli gharana is a Khayal-based stylized singing family-hood , founded by Utd. Alladiya Khan in the late 19th century...
gayaki. He is now recognized as an outstanding exponent of Jaipur-Atrauli gayaki in India and abroad. In her recent biography titled "Ganasaraswati" (page 61), Smt. Kishori Amonkar
Kishori Amonkar
Kishori AmonkarN- is an Indian singer who performs in the classical genre khyal and the light classical genres thumri and bhajan. Amonkar trained under her mother, classical singer Mogubai Kurdikar of the Jaipur gharana , but experimented with a variety of vocal styles in her career...
has specifically noted that Arunji is her only disciple who has preserved and continues to sing the pure Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana
Jaipur-Atrauli gharana
The Jaipur-Atrauli gharana is a Khayal-based stylized singing family-hood , founded by Utd. Alladiya Khan in the late 19th century...
gayaki tradition. Arun also sings with equal charm light-classical varieties such as Thumris and Natya-Sangeet.
He is currently a Vice President of a large global engineering company named Jacobs Engineering Group in California (USA), and concurrently the Chairman of Jacobs Engineering India.