Pune Jazz Utsav

Jazz Utsav with Southern Quartet, Jazz Function and Adrian D'Souza Trio.

Jazz is a celebration of the human spirit expressed through music. Jazz Utsav is a festival of this celebration, the annual coming together of jazz music, jazz musicians and jazz fans for three days in November, in Mumbai and Delhi.  This time also in Pune.

Date: 4 Jan 2009, evening

Venue: Ishanya Open Amphitheatre

CONCERT: Dr. Ram Deshpande

डॉ. ग. का. चितले यांचा स्मृतिदिनानिमित्त S. M. Joshi Hall येथे पं. राम देशपांडे यांचा गायनाची मैफल आयोजित करण्यात अली आहे.
4 Jan, 5:30 PM.


About the artist:Born in 1968, Dr. Ram Deshpande had his initial training in vocal music from Chepe, Panake and Prabhakar Deshkar. He then took advanced training from noted vocalists Yeshwantbuwa Joshi and Ulhas Kashalkar. He has also undergone training under senior vocalist Babanrao Haldankar. Thus, Dr. Deshpande’s renditions are marked by influences of the Gwalior, Jaipur and Agra gharana.

A gold medalist for his post graduation from the Nagpur University, Dr. Deshpande completed his doctoral thesis on Mishra Raags under the guidance of V.R. Athavle. He was a recipient of a scholarship instituted by the Government of India and the Kesarbai Kerkar scholarship awarded by the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai. He was awarded the Best Vocalist Award in 1991 by the Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata. He has also received the Vidyasagar Award and the Aditya Birla Kalakiran Award in 2005.