Dr. Prabha Atre

わたしのグルジー（師匠）、プラバー・アトレ先生。北インド古典音楽の世界のことのみならず、さまざまな学びを師から与えていただいています。大切な大切な、美しい先生です。

My life

intimately linked with notes

I dedicate to thee, O Rasika!

The bond between us 

continues

from one birth to another.

Mark this well, O Rasika!

In life and in death

I am entirely yours.

No separate identity!

No discernible bonds!

Dr. Prabha Atre

Internationally renowned Hindustani classical vocalist Dr. Prabha Atre is perhaps the only performer who has also excelled as a brilliant thinker, academician, author, composer and teacher of music.  She is the senior most front ranking vocalist in the country representing the Kirana gharaanaa, today.

Prabha was born in Pune. As children, Prabha and her sister, Usha, were interested in music, but neither of them planned to pursue music as a career. When Prabha was eight, her mother Indirabai was not keeping good health, and at a friend's suggestion that classical music lessons would help her feel better, she took a few lessons. Listening to those lessons inspired Prabha to learn classical music.

Her music training was in the Guru-shishya tradition. She learnt classical music initially from Vijay Karandikar. She then learnt from Sureshbabu Mane andHirabai Barodekar from the Kirana school for advanced training. She acknowledges the influence of two other greats, Ustad Amir Khan and Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, on her gayaki.

Dr. Prabha Atre has been honoured with the National Awards - ‘PADMASHREE’,‘PADMABHUSHAN’, ‘KALIDAS SAMMAN’, ‘SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI’ Award and‘TAGORE AKADEMI RATNA’ in recognition of her exceptional creativity, highest artistic excellence, outstanding achievement and distinguished life time services in the field of classical vocal music. 

official web site: http://prabhaatre.com/index.html