The prestigious ‘Bal Gandharva Te Anand Gandharva’ program is being broadcasted as our Diwali Pahaat 2023 program, to celebrate this festival of lights…
Featuring: Prathamesh Laghate (Vocal) and Mugdha Vaishampayan (Vocal)
Compered by one of the most popular anchors on the television network as well as on stage, Smt. Mangala Khadilkar.
Photography, Videography and editing : Jaywant Naik
Prathamesh Laghate was born in Aravli, Ratnagiri, to a family with an 89-year-old tradition of singing bhajans. Prathamesh started singing and playing the tabla at a young age of about 4 or 5, and was soon performing with his uncle’s bhajan mandal. His formal training in music began in 2003 with Shri Satish Kunte and Smt. Veena Kunte at Chiplun. He achieved TV prominence as a finalist on Zee Marathi’s “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs” in 2008-2009. Nurturing the dream of becoming a classical vocalist, Prathamesh continued his musical education with Dr. Vikas Kashalkar in Pune and Shri Prasad Gulavni in Ratnagiri.
Mugdha Bhagwan Vaishampayan is currently a disciple of Vidushi Shubhada Paradkar. She completed her Sangeet Visharad from Akhil Bharatiya Gandharv Mahavidyalaya in April 2016. She has sung for several music albums, TV serials, and films, and has successfully toured globally. Besides Raigad Bhushan, Kala Bhushan, and Shahu Modak Puraskar, some of the important awards Mugdha has won include “Manik Varma Puraskar” from Pune Bharat Gayan Samaj in 2016, “Shanmukha Sangeet Shiromani” from Shanmukhananda Sangeet Sabha in 2017, “Vasantrao Deshpande Yuva Puraskar” from Vasantrao Deshpande Memorial Foundation in 2018, and “Kalyan Konkan Ratna” from Kalyan Konkan Mahotsav in 2019.
7 окт 2024
