Prabhakar Karekar

Prabhakar Karekar is an award-winning Indian Classical vocalist born in Juvem, Goa, who received training from masters of the Agra gharana and Gwalior gharana. Karekar is also an All India Radio artist. He was initiated in classical music by Suresh Haldankar. The famous exponents Jitendra Abhisheki and C. R. Vyas guided him later. He is very popular for singing Marathi Natya Sangeet. Karekar is an All India Radio artiste. He has participated in many Radio Sangeet Sammelans and National programs at various centers in India. He has several albums to his credit recorded by reputed Indian and international recording companies, such as Face of ragas, Maifal, Eastern Soul, Samarpan etc. Karekar has received several awards, one of them being the "Lata Mangeshkar Award" instituted by Lata Mangeshkar. He has also participated in the international festivals like UMBRIA’98 in Italy. A vocalist groomed in the North Indian Style, he has earned a name for him abroad, having extensively travelled in the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Australia and Gulf Countries like Dubai, Doha, Bahrain, and Kuwait.