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By Prasad Khaparde

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Prasad Khaparde is a senior disciple of Rashid Khan, one of the top-most vocalists of the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana. He is recognised as an All India Radio A-grade artist and is an empanelled artist with the ICCR in New Delhi. He has been a scholar at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy in Kolkata. He was born in 1973 and grew up in a family of music-loving educationists from Ghatanji, a small city in Maharashtra. He received early musical training from Shri Bhalerao, D.V. Panke, Sumantai Choudhari and Abdul Rashid Khan. He holds a Master’s degree in Indian classical vocal music from Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University. Khaparde has performed at several prestigious festivals including the Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav in Pune, the Surashree Kesarbai Kerkar Sangeet Samaroha in Goa and the Mandu Festival in Madhya Pradesh, among others. He has collaborated with several Indian and global artistes including Amol Palekar, Nitin Sawhney and the Manganiyars and has toured around the world. He has taught at the Kala Academy in Goa and is currently teaching several disciples from India and abroad.

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