Vijay Koparkar

Vijay Koparkar

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Vijay Koparkar Profile

  • Name:
  • Vijay Koparkar
  • Born:
  • February 14, 1962
  • Born / Home Town:
  • Pune

Vijay Koparkar Biography

Vijay Koparkar is a Hindustani classical singer from Pune, Maharashtra. Started his formal training in Hindustani music at the age of 8, he is a well-established vocalist of Hindustani classical music, Thumri and Natya Sangeet and performs live at music concerts. He is a disciple of leading names such as Vasantrao Deshpande and Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki, under whom he spent a total of 12 years of learning. He is an A-graded artiste at All India Radio where he regularly performs. Marathi playback singer Hrishikesh Ranade and Hindustani Classical Vocalist Pushkar Lele are among his well-established students. Vijay is an engineer by profession.

 

His full name is Vidyadhar Koparkar, born in Pune on 14 February 1962. He was initiated to the world of Hindustani music at the age of 8 under the tutelage of Madhusudan Patwardhan, where he studied till the age of 16. He later learnt under Vasantrao Deshpande for five years and then under Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki for seven years. He completed BE and ME from College Of Engineering, Pune and started his professional career as an Engineer (Proprietor of Small Scale Industrial Unit). He earned a Scholarship given By Sudhir Phadke Through ‘SULASHREE’ Pratishthan for the period 1983 to 1990.

 

Pandit ‘Ramkrishna Vaze’ Puraskar by Gandharva Mahamandal, ushil Sneh’ Puraskar – Sushilkumar Shinde Trust, Vishvesh’ Puraskar – Vishvesh Foundation and Pandit ‘Ramkrishna Vaze’ Puraskar by Gandharva Mahamandal are some of the major honours received by this accomplished artist. As a great performed, he has done live concert at ‘Sawai Gandharva Mahotsav’ – Pune in 1989 and 2000. National Centre of Performing Arts Mumbai during the years 1984 and 1986 and ‘Dinanath Mangeshkar Samaroh’ – Goa in 1995 are other prestigious programs conducted by him.

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Updated: January 28, 2016

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