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Uday Bhawalker

From India

Uday Bhawalkar was born in Madhya Pradesh state in 1966. He started his training in music at the age of eight from his sister. He was also learning in a music school in Uliain from 1975 to 1981. In 1981 he received a four-year scholarship from the Ustad Allauddin Khan Sangeet Academy to learn Dhrupad in 'Guru-Shishya Parampara', under Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar at the Dhrupad Kendra in Bhopal, later he continued his training also under his elder brother Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar the renowned Veena maestro. He has been awarded a National Scholarship and Junior Fellowship from the cultural department of the Indian Government. As well as the Kumar Gandhrva Sam man by Madhya Pradesh Government. In 1985 he gave his first performance at Bhopal, since then he has performed at many prominent music festivals in India and abroad including: The Tansen Samaroh - Gwalior, Harballabh Sangeet Mahasabha - Jalandhar, Sajan Milap Gharana Sammelan N.C.~A. - Mumbai, Saptak Music Festival- Ahemdabad, Shri Ram Shankarlal Festival- New Delhi, Sawai Gandhrava Sangeet Mahotsava - Pune, Shri Aurobindo Ashram - Pondicherry, Annual Music Festival - Chandigarh, Sam rat Sangeet Mahotsav - Goa, Shri Ramkrishna Mission - Kolkata etc. He has performed for Spic-Macay's festivals and Lec-Dem in various Indian cities and for their 'Virasat' at New Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, and in Punjab and their National Conventions at Kolkata and Pune.