Maestro Dr. Sudhanshu Kulkarni

Dr. Sudhanshu took to music when he was ten years old with initial inspiration coming from a latent musical environment at home .He was identified as a child prodigy mix-way through his training in fundamentals of classical music including vocal and tabla under late Appasaheb Laxman Sakhalkar. Six years later, he went into the tutelage of Pt.Rambhau K. Bijapure one of the noteworthy harmonium maestros of the time and a great guru under whose able guidance Sudhanshu's musical personality was moulded .

Having Sangeet Alankar & Masters degree in Music from Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Sudhanshu is the first in country to obtain Doctorate in Music (Sangeet Pravin) from Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal, Mumbai in solo harmonium under the able guidance of Pt. Narayanrao V. Patwardhan of Vadodra. He also holds Sangeet Vidwat awarded by Govt. of Karnataka besides the title of Surmani conferred upon him by Sur-Singar Sansad of Mumbai in 1983 and many more such awards. A graded harmonium artiste of AIR and Doordarshan, he has performed and accompanied many eminent artists in many prestigious music festivals and conferences in India and aboard.

On his Birthday, Hindustani Classical Music And Everything wishes him a long, healthy and active musical life ahead.

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