ATINDRA LAXMIKANT SARVADIKAR
‘‘Enclosed within the shell of my mind, I kept on at my music, like the
struggles of a calcite inside an Oyster, till I sublimate that note into
dazzling pearl !!’’
At this stage when I look
back I realize that all my thinking, experiences, actions, reactions are
associated to music directly or indirectly; especially when music becomes my life's
goal and also a full time profession.
I was born in Solapur on 13 Jan 1985. Solapur is comparatively a small place. We are a middle class family. My mother was a music teacher and my father had
been working for LIC. My elder brother was excellent in academics & was also interested in music.Though my
mother was a music teacher nobody in our family particularly followed music as
a full-time career. However, I was greatly fascinated towards
music!! Don’t know how!! The passion was so much that I started feeling like there was nothing as important as music for me...
Fortunately I got my
Mother Smt. Vrinda Sarvadikar as my first Guru and critic. I got further
guidance from Late Shri Dattusinghji Gaherwar who was a well known music
teacher of Solapur. He was disciple of Pt. Vinayakrao Patwardhan of Gwalior
Gharana. From that period I remember struggling hours and doing riyaz to
improve my singing. During that period I heard all styles of music so
passionately and I started having a liking towards a certain style. That
was no one but living legend ‘Dr. Prabha Atre’, whose contribution and
personality is unique in Indian classical music. Prabhaji's music not only touches listeners' soul but at the same time it challenges their brain. This moved me. She listens to me as a judge.
She consented to teach me. I was overjoyed. I had passed a difficult test. But further proceedings were extremely tough as I had not undergone any
mainstream ''Taaleem'' (learning) till then. To learn even a small piece I had to
struggle for hours. Because of kind nature of Prabhatai I could tremendously
improve in further years...
For my Further study since 2006 I am settled in Mumbai. Along with strict disciplined training of
music, we also had hours of discussion on various aspects which has given proper
thinking process to me. Along with excellent teaching, she also opens the doors of composition,
writing, anchoring as well as becoming good connoisseur. The ability to experiment, think in different way and to imagine many facets of single thing
is generated within me because of my beloved Guruma. She insisted that I complete my academic graduation in stream of science hence I have completed B.Sc. Also I hold my post graduation in music (with gold medal). I also doing research.
She taught me in a unique way and also
developed my voice in proper way. Only after permission of
Prabhaji to perform publicly I started to perform publicly. She is very consciously observing my progress. I have also accompanied her in prestigious public concerts. I have performed successful concerts and shows in India and abroad, the
path seems to be getting brighter and brighter with the blessings from
all...