Srikrishna Haldankar (1927 ? 17 November 2016), better known as Babanrao Haldankar, was an Indian classical singer, composer, and music teacher of Agra gharana of Hindustani classical music . ^[1]

Life and career [ edit ]

Babanrao Haldankar was the son of painter Sawlaram Haldankar (1882?1968), and has won awards through his career. ^[2] and was an adjunct professor of Indian Music at the University of Mumbai . ^{[3] [4]}

Education [ edit ]

He had studied under Jaipur Gharana's doyenne Mogubai Kurdikar in 1950s but had a preference for Agra Gharana. Accordingly, he switched to Ustad Khadim Hussain of Agra gharana , who settled in Mumbai from Jaipur , in 1959, and studied under him for 20 years. ^[5] Babanrao Haldankar himself was a much sought after guru, and he taught many of the prominent artists coming up towards the end of 20th Century, including Arun Kashalkar , Devaki Pandit and Pournima Dhumale, Dr.Sandhya Kathavate.

Works [ edit ]

• Babanrao Haldankar (2001). Aesthetics of Agra and Jaipur Traditions . Padmaja Punde (trans.). Popular Prakashan. ISBN   978-81-7154-685-5 .

References [ edit ]

Bibliography [ edit ]

• Jeffrey Michael Grimes (2008). The Geography of Hindustani Music: The Influence of Region and Regionalism on the North Indian Classical Tradition . ISBN   978-1-109-00342-0 . Retrieved 17 July 2013 .

External links [ edit ]

• Pandit Babanrao Haldankar, website

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