Occupation(s) Tabla Maestro Name Amit Kavthekar Website www.amitkavthekar.com | Years active 2003–present Instruments Tabla Role Musical Artist | |
Born 11 August 1984 (age 39) ( 1984-08-11 ) Origin Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Genres Hindustani classical music, Jazz fusion, World music Associated acts Zakir Hussain, Shahid Parvez, Aditya Kalyanpur Similar People Aditya Kalyanpur, Shirish Korde, Shahid Parvez, Anupama Bhagwat, Alla Rakha | ||
Deepti navaratna performs shirish korde s ka with amit kavthekar
Amit Kavthekar (Hindi: अमित कवठेकर) (born August 11, 1984) is an Indian tabla player, music lecturer, and composer.
Contents
- Deepti navaratna performs shirish korde s ka with amit kavthekar
- Amit kavthekar tabla solo with purnaprajna bangere
- Early life and education
- Career
- References
He was the last ganda-bandhan (ordained disciple) of Utd. Allarakha Khansaheb and a prominent disciple of Utd. Zakir Hussain. He was awarded the Taal–Mani by Sur Singar Samiti in Mumbai. Kavthekar is regarded as one of the leading young artists of Indian Classical music and tabla-playing.
Amit kavthekar tabla solo with purnaprajna bangere
Early life and education
Kavthekar was born and raised in the Shivaji Park neighborhood of Mumbai to a Deshastha Brahmin family. His father is acclaimed rangoli artist Suhas Kavthekar. He attended Balmohan Vidyamandir in Dadar, and graduated from Ruparel College.
Kavthekar was a child prodigy, and at age 7 was brought before Utd. Alla Rakha Khansaheb to be considered as a disciple. At age 11, he became a ganda-bandhan student of Khansaheb in a ceremony attended by Pt. Bhai Gaitonde (senior disciple of Utd. Ahmedjan Thirakwa Khansaheb), Pt. Suresh Talwalkar, Fazal Qureshi, and Aditya Kalyanpur. After Khansaheb's death in 2000, Kavthekar continued his training with Utd. Zakir Hussain.
Career
Kavthekar's performing career began in the early-2000s in Mumbai. He performed alongside Zakir Hussain and Sivamani on Zee TV on Indian television. He appeared in Jabbar Patel's documentary film about Pt. Shivkumar Sharma accompanying the maestro in concert. In Mumbai and Pune, he has accompanied maestros such as Lata Mangeshkar and Pandit Jasraj.
After settling in Boston, Kavthekar became leading faculty of the New England School of Music (NESOM) where he actively teaches tabla to dozens of students. He also teaches tabla at the American School of Bombay and is a professor and lecturer for Salem State University's world music ensemble.
Kavthekar has also performed with Utd. Shahid Parvez at the Berklee College of Music, Utd. Aashish Khan at LearnQuest Academy of Music's Annual Conference at Regis College, Pt. Buddhadev Dasgupta, Pt. Kushal Das at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Wong Auditorium, Smt. Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande, and Ken Zuckerman among others.