Vibhav Nageshkar

Tabla artist

Biography

PT. VIBHAV NAGESHKAR

Background

Pt. Vibhav Nageshkar was born in 1955 in Mumbai. He started learning Tabla at a tender age of five from his father Pandit Pandharinath Nageshkar, who belongs to the tradition Delhi, Ajrada, Lucknow, Farrukhabad (Laliana Gharana), of the great maestro, Ustad Amir Hussain Khan.

Since 1987, he is the tabla Professor in the University of Mumbai.

He recently got a tremendous appreciation and a standing ovation for his amazing performance at Ustad Allarakhan Khan Saheb’s Barsi – “Homage to Abbaji”.

Accompaniments:

Apart from his solo performances, he is also in constant demand for accompaniment with instruments like Sitar, Sarod, Flute and Violin and also with renowned Kathak dancers. He has so far accompanied a number of renowned artists like Pandita Zarin Daruwala (Sharma), Pt. D K Datar, Pt. Vijay Raghav Rao, Pt Dinkar Kaikini, Ustad Khadim Husein Khan, Ustad Latafat Hussein Khan, Ustad Hafiz Ahmad Khan, Ustad Niyaz /Faiyaz Ahmad Khan, Ustad Sarfraz Hussein Khan, Ustad Gulam Mustafa Khan, Smt. Rohini Bhate, Smt. Sunayana Hazarilal, Ustad Shahid Parvez, Pt.Buddhaditya Mukherjee, Pt. Shivkumar Sharma, Pt. Jasraj, Pt. Ram Marathe, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pt. Budhadev Das Gupta, Ustad Bahadur Khan, Ustad Rashid Khan, Ustad Imrat Khan, Ustad Rais Khan, Ustad Irshad Khan, Ustad Nishad Khan, Smt. Jaya Biswas, Smt. Shobha Gurtu, Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Pt. Arvind Parikh, Pt. Kartik Kumar, Pt. Nikhil Banerjee, Ustad Dnyanesh Khan, Ustad Shamim Ahmed Khan, Pt Vinayak Vora, Pt. Vishwamohan Bhatt, Pt. V.G. Jog, Kartik Sheshadri, Smt. N.Rajam.

He has also accompanied many renowned artists on Doordarshan National Programmes to name a few are Smt.Zarin Sharma, Pt.Ram Narayan, Pt.D.K. Datar, Smt.Sunayna Hazarilal, Pt.Prakash Sangeet.

He has accompanied Pt D.k. Datar, Bimal Mukherjee, Shri. Madhav Gudi, Pt. K.G. Ginde in Radio Sangeet Samellan.

He has toured a number of countries in the course of his solo performances and accompaniments at United States of America, Latin America, Italy, Czekoslovakia, Switzerland, Paris, Belgium,Hong-Kong, Syria, Qatar,Doha and Bahrain.

He is figured in the audiocassettes released by HMV, LPs and CDs, along with Smt. Zarin Sharma (Sarod), Smt Shubhada Paradkar (Vocal), Ustad Sultan Khan (Sarangi), Pandit Vishwamohan Bhatt (Mohan Veena), Pandit Buddhaditya Mukherjee (Sitar), Pt. Ulhas Bapat (Santoor).

He is regularly invited for Judging Tabla Competitions in Institutes Like Akashvani Tabla Auditions Or Competions, CCRT (Delhi),Sharda Sangeet Vidhyalaya(Mumbai), Swar Sadhana Sameeti, Railway Music Competitions, Dadar Matunga Cultural Center.

He has conducted Workshops on Tabla & Tabla Solo Performance for Goa College of Music, Goa College of Art & Culture & Kolhapur University.

Students:

He is not only a great artiste but also a great guru, who has a large number of Gandabandhit disciples in Mumbai, Pune to name a few are Shriniwas Renavikar, Vishwanath Shirodkar, Samay Cholkar, Girish Sabnis, Dnyanesh Kulkarni, Lalit Paradkar, Swapnil Pandit, Keshav Joshi, Mayuresh Ketkar,Arvind Sukhtankar, to name a few. His daughter Dhanashree Nageshkar Wagh is now carrying the tradition forward & performing at a professional level. These and many more students have also figured in various musical events in India & abroad.

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Vibhav Nageshkar

Pt. Vibhav Nageshkar performing in program

Pt. Vibhav Nageshkar performing in concert

Pt. Vibhav Nageshkar

Pt. Vibhavji with Bhajan Samrat Anup Jalotaji

Career

Pt. Vibhav Nageshkar gave his first solo performance at the age of six & thereafter started giving his professional performance from the age of eighteen and since then he has been performing all over India as well

as abroad, in different prestigious music conferences.

His Tabla Solo performances are regularly broadcasted from All India Radio since 1977. He has participated in many prestigious Tabla Solo events all over India, such as Lt. Smt Girijabai Kelkar Anniversary (Phonda Goa),

Lt. Kesarbai Kerkar Samaroh (PanjiGoa), Sadashiv Academy

of music (Mumbai), Aarambh Mahotsav (Bhopal), Lt.Ustad Alladiya Khan death anniversary (Chembur), Kalyan Gayan Samaj (Kalyan), Shivanand Pratishthan (Dombivli), Bandish (Chiplun), Saptak (Nasik), Swar Sadhna Sameeti (Mumbai), Karvir Sangeet Sabha (Kolhapur), Pt. Omkarnath

Festival (Jamnagar), Nadrang Music Organization, Sharda Sangeet Vidyalaya, Pt. Raja Rambua Manjrekar Smriti Samaroh (Shivoli -Goa), Ustad Allarakhan Khansaheb’s 70th Anniversary(Mumbai), Late Smt Lakshmibai Jadhav Anniversary (Kolhapur) organized by Shivaji University,

Ustad Babasaheb Mirajkar’s Anniversary (Kolhapur & Sangli),Ustad Nizamuddin Khan Barsi(Khayal Trust Mumbai),Swaranand (Dahisar Mumbai), Peshkar Foundation (Mumbai) to name a few.

He recently got a tremendous appreciation and a standing ovation for his amazing performance at Ustad Allarakhan Khan Saheb’s Barsi – “Homage to Abbaji”.

Accompaniments:

Gurtu, Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Pt. Arvind Parikh, Pt. Kartik

Kumar, Pt. Nikhil Banerjee, Ustad Dnyanesh Khan, Ustad Shamim Ahmed Khan, Pt Vinayak Vora, Pt. Vishwamohan Bhatt, Pt. V.G. Jog, Kartik Sheshadri, Smt. N.Rajam.

He has also accompanied many renowned artists on Doordarshan National Programmes to name a few are Smt.Zarin Sharma, Pt.Ram Narayan, Pt.D.K. Datar, Smt.Sunayna Hazarilal, Pt.Prakash Sangeet.

He has accompanied Pt D.k. Datar, Bimal Mukherjee, Shri. Madhav Gudi, Pt. K.G. Ginde in Radio Sangeet Samellan.

He has toured a number of countries in the course of his solo performances and accompaniments at United States of America, Latin America, Italy, Czekoslovakia, Switzerland, Paris, Belgium,Hong-Kong, Syria, Qatar,Doha

and Bahrain.

Programs

VIibhav Nageshkar Presents Tabla Acompanment and Recital

VIibhav Nageshkar Tabla Solo performances are regularly broadcasted from All India Radio since 1977. He has participated in many prestigious Tabla Solo events all over India, such as Lt. Smt Girijabai Kelkar Anniversary (Phonda Goa), Lt. Kesarbai Kerkar Samaroh (PanjiGoa), Sadashiv Academy of music (Mumbai), Aarambh Mahotsav (Bhopal), Lt.Ustad Alladiya Khan death anniversary (Chembur), Kalyan Gayan Samaj (Kalyan), Shivanand Pratishthan (Dombivli), Bandish (Chiplun), Saptak (Nasik), Swar Sadhna Sameeti (Mumbai), Karvir Sangeet Sabha (Kolhapur), Pt. Omkarnath Festival (Jamnagar), Nadrang Music Organization, Sharda Sangeet Vidyalaya, Pt. Raja Rambua Manjrekar Smriti Samaroh (Shivoli -Goa), Ustad Allarakhan Khansaheb’s 70th Anniversary(Mumbai), Late Smt Lakshmibai Jadhav Anniversary (Kolhapur) organized by Shivaji University, Ustad Babasaheb Mirajkar’s Anniversary (Kolhapur & Sangli),Ustad Nizamuddin Khan Barsi(Khayal Trust Mumbai),Swaranand (Dahisar Mumbai), Peshkar Foundation (Mumbai) to name a few.

Awards & Achievements

· At the age of twenty-one, an “A” Grade solo performer at A.I.R. Mumbai.

The artiste has always been remembered for his

creativity and layakari and his accompaniment with

instruments, vocal and Kathak dance, is widely

appreciated by music lovers all over India and abroad.