In Conversation with Dr. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande | Bologna, Italy 2008
Channel: Swaralankar
Date: 08/11/2020

Dr. Sunil Deepak in conversation with Dr. Ashwini bhide Deshpande 
Ashwinitaai went to Bologna for two music concerts as part of an initiative called Suoni dal Mondo (Sounds from the world) organised by the Drama and Performing Arts department of Bologna university (DAMS), in collaboration with Indian Council of Cultural Relations. During this visit, Dr. Sunil Deepak got an opportunity to talk to her. Here are some extracts of this conversation.
You can find the full transcript of interview on Dr. Sunil Deepak's official blog :
https://www.kalpana.it/eng/arts/music/ashwini_bhide_deshpandey_01.htm
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About Dr. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande:

         Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande was born in Mumbai on 7th October, 1960, into a family of music connoisseurs and musicians. She completed her Sangeet Visharad from the Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya. Being a scholar, Ashwinitai also obtained a PhD in Biochemistry from the reputed Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai.
Ashwinitai‘s journey into classical music began under the tutelage of Narayanrao Datar, who belonged to the Paluskar branch of the Gwalior gharana. Later, her disciplined taleem under her mother, Manik Bhide (who herself was trained under the legendary Kishori Amonkar) was largely made up of learning the traditional aspects of the Jaipur-Atrauli style of raga development and also studying the nuances of raga-music. She then went on to train under Ratnakar Pai, a renowned teacher of the gharana, from whom she received further guidance and a great repertoire of the traditional paramparik compositions and ragas. 
Because of her influences from the Jaipur-Atrauli, Mewati and Patiala gharanas, she has created her own musical style.
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