Nationality Indian | Name Padmaja Joglekar | |
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Known for Hindustani classical music | ||
20 nov 2013 concert by ms padmaja phenany joglekar
Padmaja Phenany Joglekar (Marathi: पद्मजा फेणाणी जोगळेकर) is a Hindustani Classical singer. She is a disciple of Pandit Jasraj. She was awarded the Padma Shri Award in 2001.
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- 20 nov 2013 concert by ms padmaja phenany joglekar
- Padmaja phenany joglekar tarun aahe shabdanchya palikadle
- Early life
- Personal life
- Career
- Concerts
- References
Padmaja phenany joglekar tarun aahe shabdanchya palikadle
Early life
Brought up in the rich tradition of Indian classical music, Padmaja a graduate in Microbiology, opted for a career in music. She moulded her God gifted golden voice with total dedication and hard work. She quickly grew up to become an extremely versatile singer. Today she sings both Hindustani Classical ( Khayal, Thumri, Tappa etc.) and the light popular variety ( Gazals, Geet, Bhajans etc.) with poise and grace.
Personal life
She is married to Sunil Joglekar and have a son, Aditya Joglekar.
Career
Padmaja started learning Hindustani Classical music under the guidance of the legendary Vocalist Padma Vibhushan Pandit Jasraj. She took further training from the great Sarangi maestro Padma Vibhushan Pandit Ram Narayan & the great Music Director Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar.
Her three Albums titled ‘Hee Shubhra Phulanchi Jwala’, ‘Rang Bawara Shravan’ & ‘Ghar Nachale Nachela’ consisting Marathi poem of high literary value written by poets like Kusumagraj, Indira Sant, Vinda Karandikar, Mangesh Padgaonkar, Shankar Ramani, Suresh Bhat, Grace & Shantabai Shelke are very popular with connoisseurs of music and Marathi literature. She has also released an album of Marathi Gazals and recently two albums titled ‘Hey Gagana’ & ‘He Sparsha Chandanyanche’. Her latest Marathi album “Megha Re” was released in Diwali 2009.
In her album titled ‘GEET NAYA GATA HOON’, Padmaja has a special privilege of composing and singing poems written by Honorable Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. She has also tuned & sung poems written by former Prime Minister Hon’ Shri V P Singh, album to be released shortly.
She has released an Gazal Album ‘Zindagi ki Zuban’ & Hindi album of Bhajan’s composed by Shri Anup Jalota titled “Mangaldeep”. Another album of Gazals written by such great poets like Daag, Jigar, Ahmed Faraz, Dr. Bashir Badr etc. & are also in the making. Her latest album “RANG” consists of Sufi style songs in Hindi
Concerts
Padmaja has performed in various prestigious conferences all over India and also had many successful concerts in UK, United States, Canada, Singapore and UAE including the Bruhan Maharashtra Mandal (BMM) 2013 convention held at Rhodes Island in July 2013.