Nishhad Bakre, inherited the musical tradition from his parents and grandfather Shri. Madhukar Panchikar. He started taking his early music lessons at an age of six from his father Shri Sadashiv Bakre. Later on he took a systematic and rigorous training from Dr. Ram Deshpande for 13 years, through traditional effective system of Gurukul. Further, he received excellent guidance and advanced training from late Pt. Dinkar Kaikini, Pt. Madhukar Joshi and Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar.
In this process, Shri. Bakre learned the style of rendition in the Gwalior, the Jaipur and the Agra Gharanas.
Performances
Shri. Nishhad Bakre has performed through numerous music organizations like
• The Dadar- Matunga Cultural Centre (Mumbai)
• Pt. Ram Marathe Samaroh (Thane)
• N.C.P.A. (Mumbai)
• Pt. Kane Buwa Smriti Samaroh (Pune)
• Ustad Vilayat Hussain Khan Smriti Samaroh at the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya (New Mumbai)
• Pt. K.G. Ginde Smriti Samaroh (Mumbai)
• Maharashtra Mandal (Surat)
• ‘Kalarang’ (Nasik)
• Shrirang Pratishthan (Mumbai)
• Kalyan Gayan Samaj (Mumbai)
• Suburban Music Circle (Mumbai)
• The “Nadbrahma” (Borivali, Mumbai)
• “Swar Mauli” (Mumbai)
• Maharashtra Seva Sangh (Mumbai)
• Sharada Sangeet Vidyalaya (Bandra,Mumbai)
• Mahalasa Sansthan (Mhardol,Goa)
• Swaroday by Kala Rasik Mandal (Thane)
• Sangeet shikshak Sangh (Girgaon, Mumbai)
He is an A- Grade Artist of the All India Radio.