Kumar Gandharva Samman

The Rashtriya Kumar Gandharva Samman was established by the government of Madhya Pradesh in 1992 as an annual national honour presented to outstanding talent in the field of music. The award is named after Pandit Kumar Gandharva, an Indian classical singer of national and international repute.[1][2]

Selection criteria

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The age limit of artists is between 25 and 45 years of age. Artists involved in Indian classical music, Carnatic music, and Hindustani music factions are considered for the award every year. Nominations for the Kumar Gandharva Samman are filed with the Department of Culture and a selection committee of experts makes the final decision. The recommendation of the selection committee is binding for the Madhya Pradesh government.[3][4]

Recipients

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Recipients of the Kumar Gandharva Rashtriya Samman are given a scroll of honour and a cash prize of Rs. 1.25 lakh.

List of Recipients
Name Year Ref.
Ajoy Chakrabarty 1992-93 [5]
Budhaditya Mukherjee 1993-94 [6]
Rajan and Sajan Mishra 1994-95
Narasimhan Ravikiran 1995-96 [7]
Mukul Shivputra 1996-97 [8]
Shahid Parvez 1997-98
Umakant-Ramakant Gundecha 1998-99
E. Gayathri 1999-20
Uday Bhawalkar 2000-01
Shujaat Khan 2001-02
Rashid Khan 2002-03 [9]
U. Srinivas 2003-04
Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande 2004-05 [10]
Ronu Majumdar 2005-06
Aarti Ankalikar Tikekar 2006-07 [11]
Kala Ramnath 2007-08 [12]
Sanjeev Abhyankar 2008-09 [10]
Kamala Shankar 2009-10 [13]
None 2010-11 [14]
None 2011-12
Rama Vaidyanathan 2012-13 [15]
Manjiri Asanare- Kelkar 2013-14
Bahauddin Dagar 2014-15
Kapila Venu 2015-16 [16]
Manjusha Kulkarni-Patil 2016-17
Niladri Kumar 2017-18 [17]
None 2018-19 [18]
Meeta Pandit 2019-20
Debopriya and Suchismita Chatterjee 2020-21

References

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  1. ^ Paul, G. s (2017-04-29). "Continuing a thousand-year-old tradition". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  2. ^ "Kumar Gandharva: The "Maharaj" of Malwa". Outlook Traveller. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  3. ^ Ministry of Culture Annual Report
  4. ^ "::Department Of Public Relations,Madhya Pradesh::". 2017-04-10. Archived from the original on 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  5. ^ Music Today (November 7, 2014). "Pt Ajoy Chakrabarty". India Today. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  6. ^ Tathagata Ray Chowdhury (May 23, 2015). "I have never begged anyone for concerts: Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  7. ^ "Chitravina N. Ravikiran - Music Composer". Chennaiyil Thiruvaiyaru. 2019-07-24. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  8. ^ Singh, Saumit (2014-04-02). "The forgotten Gandharva putra". DNA India. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  9. ^ "A Jugalbandhi Of Sitar And Violin". Lokvani. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  10. ^ a b "Jasrangi: Sanjeev Abhyankar & Ashwini Bhide Deshpande". The Hindu. 2014-10-25. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  11. ^ Pawar, Yogesh (2012-12-03). "Soak in the music at Gunidas Sangeet Sammelan". DNA India. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  12. ^ Staff (2008-04-06). "MP: Gandharva Samaroh to begin from Apr 8". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  13. ^ Krishnamachari, Suganthy (2019-01-10). "Giving Hawaiian guitar a classical makeover". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  14. ^ "Award for Satish Vyas". Hindustan Times. 2010-10-20. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  15. ^ S. Sahaya Ranjit (October 1, 2001). "Shujaat Husain Khan receives Rashtriya Kumar Gandharva Samman by MP Govt". India Today. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  16. ^ Bella Jaisinghani (Oct 31, 2015). "Shekhar 'Kabir' Sen to receive Kumar Gandharva Award | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  17. ^ "Kumar Gandharva Award for Koodiyattam exponent Kapila Venu". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  18. ^ "सितारवादक निलाद्री कुमार को दिया जाएगा कुमार गंधर्व सम्मान". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2021-04-24.