Suparna Dangi performs in the Afternoon Session at the 2024 Ustad Amir Khan Music Festival. Accompanied by Vivek Datar on harmonium and Ravi Gutala on tabla.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Born and raised in Mumbai, Smt. Suparna Dangi started her musical journey with Smt. Shirish Joshi. After completing her Visharad, she started learning from Pt. Ratnakar Pai, a renowned artist of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana. She holds a Master In Fine Arts degree from Mumbai University. She is a recipient of Pt. Bhimsen Joshi Scholarship and Sajan Milap scholarships. She has participated in Zee Tv's Sa Re Ga Ma and Sa Re Ga Ma Pa music competitions held in Mumbai and Dubai respectively. Presently, she learns from Pandita Aditi Upadhya, daughter and disciple of Pt. DInkar Kaikini of the the Agra Gharana. She lives in Fremont and runs her own music school Sur Bhakti.

Vivek Datar

Vivek learnt art of harmonium solo and accompaniment from (late) Pt. Vinayakrao Kale, who was a Gwalior Gharana vocalist. Kalebua was a prolific composer, with more than 800 compositions of his own. Vivek has taught several of them to his disciples in bay area. Currently Vivek learns from Vidushi Seema Shirodkar as and when time permits. Seema hails from Mumbai, and is a disciple of Pandit Tulsidas Borkar. 

Vivek has accompanied several noted artists such as Vidushi Veena Sahastrabuddhe, Vishushi Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande, Vidushi Padma Talwalkar, Pt Arun Dravid, Pt Madhav Gudi. He has keen interest in tuning theory and applications. He co-created a unique changeable-reed harmonium with Hinge Brothers from Mumbai.

Vivek resides and teaches in the Bay Area.

Ravi Gutala

Ravi was initiated at a very early age into Tabla by Shri P.Anjaiah, in Hyderabad, India and has been studying Tabla under Maestro Swapan Chaudhuri at Ali Akbar College since 1990. He has been teaching Tabla in South Bay for the past 20 years.
Ravi was recipient of All India National Talent Search Scholarship and was a regular performer at AIR, Hyderabad. He has accompanied many noted artistes such as, Pt.Jasraj, Dr. Balamurali Krishna, Smt.Lakshmi Shankar, Dr. L. Subramaniam, Shri Anup Jalota, Master Shashank etc. and has played on 14 CD recordings.