Girish Panchwadkar

Girish Panchwadkar

Girish Panchwadkar
Background information
Birth name Rajan
Born (1960-07-01) 1 July 1960
Origin Solapur, Maharashtra, India
Genres Marathi Film and light Music
Occupation(s) Marathi Film and light Music
Years active 1994-onwards

Girish Panchwadkar (Marathi: गिरीश पंचवाडकर, born 1 July 1960) is a Marathi singer and music director from India.

Career

Girish learned music from his father Bhalchandra Panchwadkar. He formed a music group "Kshitij". He started his performance through the program "Shabdswaranche Indradhanushya" in Solapur in 1992. He is performing on stage since last 23 years. He has also performed in All India Radio, Solapur many times. He also performed on Doordarshan, E TV Marathi. On 2 March 2009 he performed 'Marathi Bhavgeet Maifal' in "Rashtrapati Bhavan" -New Delhi when Hon.Pratibha Patil was our Rashtrapati. [1]

Since the last 7 years he has been performing along with his "Kshitij Musical group" in every Ganesh Festival in New Delhi. He likes to sing the songs of Sudhir Phadke, Suresh Wadkar, and Arun Date.

List of Awards

Personal life

Girish has been working in the Bank of Maharashtra since July 1982.

He has two kids. His son Akshay is Tabla Visharad and can play tabla, dholak and dholki. He is a director of "Yuva Kshitij", an organisation of young artists in Solapur and Pune. He is also an actor, script writer and a voice-over artist. Now he is doing M.A. in Music.

Girish's daughter Dr.Aaditi is also a good Singer having melodious voice. She has received the "Balgandharva Puraskar" as an upcoming youth talented singer, by Shukla Yajurvediya Brahman Sangh, Pune in 2013.

Main Programs and Performances

  1. Shabd-Swaranche Indradhanushya, Solapur (1994)
  2. PahatGani ( Diwali Pahat) [2]
  3. AkshayGani [3]
  4. Bhaktirang....( Marathi & Hindi Bhakti-Songs)
  5. Marathi Bhavgeet Maifal at Rashtrapati Bhavan (2009)
  6. Kalawedh - By "Yuva Kshitij" young Artists Group
  7. Tuze Geet Ganayasathi.. ( Based on Poems & Songs Of Kavivarya Mangesh Padgaonkar)
  8. To Rajhans Ek.. ( Songs written by G. D. Madgulkar)
  9. Reshim Gaani (Songs of Senior Poet Smt.Shantabai Shelke)
  10. Paus Gaani ( Marathi & Hindi Songs of Rains)
  11. Madhuchandra...& Chandra Aahe Sakshila.... ( Musical Prog. of songs of Moon, on the occasion of Kojagiri Paurnima))
  12. Aairanichya Deva Tula..(Songs written by Geetkar Jagdish Khebudkar)
  13. Fulala Mani Vasant..(Songs of 3 Music Directors-Vasant Desai, Vasant Prabhu, & Vasant Pawar)
  14. Bhairav te Bharavi (Songs based on Various Classical Ragas)
  15. Kalpavruksha Kanyesathi...(Songs written by Jankavi P.Sawalaram)
  16. Geet-Ramayan (Written by GD Madgulkar & Composed by Sudhir Phadke)
  17. Dhundi Kalyana...& Toch Chandrama Nabhat....( Songs composed by Gr8 Music Director Babuji-Sudhir Phadke)
  18. Tarun Aahe Ratra Ajuni....( Only Marathi Bhavgeet prog.)
  19. Abhang-Rang....(On the occasion of Ashadhi Ekadashi)
  20. Yaade, Black & White.....( Old Hindi Songs from only Black & White Films)
  21. Gaane Suhane....( Songs from Hindi Films)

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/18/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.