Kedar Bodas (died 24 April 2023) was an Indian classical vocalist belonging to the Gwalior gharana.[1][2][3] He was described by Scroll.in as a "master khayal singer."[4]

Kedar Bodas
Background information
GenresHindustani classical music

Bodas was born into a family of musicians. He received early training from his grandfather Lakshmanrao Bodas and his father Narayanrao Bodas.[5] He has also received training from Pandurang Salunke, Shreedhar Padhye, Ashok Ranade, C.P. Rele, and T.D. Janorikar.[6][1][2][3] As a child, he also learned to play the tabla, but eventually focused on vocals.[3]

He has performed across India, and composed the music for six documentary films.[3]

In addition to his work as a performer, he is also a musical scholar and a linguist. He did a four-year advanced course in Russian, which helped expose him to Western Classical and Russian folk music.[3]

He received the Mallikarjun Mansur award in 2018.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Sreeram, Lakshmi (2 March 2017). "'Let the raag emerge'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Disciples of the Fifth Generation". swaramandakini.com. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Kedar Narayan Bodas (Vocal), Gwalior Gharana". www.swarganga.org. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  4. ^ Chakrabarty, Arnab (22 June 2017). "Arun Kashalkar: Meet the Zen master of Hindustani classical music". Scroll.in. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Our Guruji's". drgangubaihangalgurukul.com. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  6. ^ a b Vaishali, K.S. (20 September 2018). "Looking Within Music". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 September 2019.