NCPA HSBC Promising Artistes Series

Sudhanshu Gharpure (harmonium)

Accompanied by Chintamani Warankar (Tabla)

Chinmay Joshi (khayal)

Accompanied by Siddhartha Mesta (Harmonium), Kaushik Bhat (Tabla)

An NCPA Presentation

Supported by HSBC India

Sudhanshu Gharpure (harmonium)

Accompanied by Chintamani Warankar (Tabla)

A Grade ‘B’ artiste with All India Radio, Sudhanshu Gharpure has been a professional musician for more than 13 years. Over the years, he has accomanied noted artistes such as Fazal Qureshi, Taufiq Qureshi, Mukundraj Deo, Mukundraj Deo, Dr. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande, Kaushiki Chakraborthy, among others. Gharpure has won the first prize in many instrumental competitions such as the Dadar-Matunga Cultural Centre, Swara Sadhana Samiti and more. He has also received a central government of India scholarship for harmonium in 2013.

Chinmay Joshi (khayal)

Accompanied by Siddhartha Mesta (Harmonium), Kaushik Bhat (Tabla)

Besides doing a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Mathematics, Chinmay Joshi began musical training at the age of three under the guidance of parents Vidwan J. P. Shastry and Vidushi Saraswati. He started his formal Hindustani classical music training at the age of 13 under Jayteerth Mevundi and is currently undergoing advanced training under Vinayak Torvi, a distinguished disciple of Bhimsen Joshi.

Joshi has won multiple accolades such as the six-time state-level winner at Pratibha Karanji, national-level winner in Hindustani classical singing, Gurgaon, recipient of the Kalashree Award and Bellary Jilla Asadharana Pratibhe Award from the Government of Karnataka and recently recognised as an Akashvani Grade ‘B-High’ artiste, among others.

Entry free on a first-come-first-served basis.