13-Jan-2024 12:41 PM
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Mumbai, Jan 13 (Reporter) Veteran classical singer Prabha Atre passed away at a private hospital in Pune on Saturday, family sources said.
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Atre was 91 and had complained of some breathing issues, but succumbed when she reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest while being rushed to a private hospital this morning.
Conferred the Padmashri (1990), Padma Bhushan (2002), and Padma Bhushan (2022), plus many other national and international honors, Atre was an exponent of the Kirana Gharana music school, excelling in rendition of khayals, thumris, ghazal, dadri, bhajans, and natyasangeet.
Atre, who was also the author of books on music composition, ‘Swarangini’ and ‘Swaranjanee’, is credited with inventing new Raagas like ‘Apurva Kalyan’, ‘Madhur Kauns’, ‘Darbari Kauns’, ‘Patdeep-Malhar’, ‘Shiv Kali’, 'Tilang-Bhairav', and ‘Ravi Bhairav’...////...