Dr. Veena Sahasrabuddhe. Others call her Veena-tai, 'tai' being the
Marathi word for elder sister. On starting to learn from her, I grew
to address her as Veena-aai i.e. Veenai, her having become my second
mother, and 'aai' being the Marathi word for mother.
She was born in a family of musicians, her father being the disciple
of the musical maestro Pt. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar. Her childhood
was steeped in Hindusthani Classical music and dance. She also learned
from other stalwarts later even as she pursued formal education in
music and post doctoral research.
She developed an iconic style of presentation and is most known the
world over for her Khayals, Bhajans, Taranas, Sanksrit Stotras and
Ragamalas. She wears many hats - a performer like none other, a Guru
deified by her students as goddess Saraswati, a composer, a
researcher, an author and having been a keen observer of many
generations of music, an encyclopedia galactica of Music and Teaching,
a genius.
Having married to Dr. Hari Sahasrabuddhe ('baba' to students), she had
superlative encouragement and support as well as opportunity to stay
and teach in locations across the world. She has taught many a student, wowed many an
audience, globally.
Thats about her, very very briefly. There is a lot of published music
and information about her on the internet and please google for the
same. Alternatively, you could begin here:
Veena
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