Shubhada Paradkar

While Smt. Shubhada Paradkar's formal music instructions include a M.A. (Music); degree from S.N.D.T. University Mumbai, she has also had the benefit of individual tuitions from different Gurus at different points of her career. Born on in Baroda, she began her music training in Baroda by Pt. R. D. Potdar (Kirana Gharana) and Pt. Madhusudan Joshi (Agra Gharana). Subsequently,the famous violinist and vocalist Late Pt. Gajananrao Joshi trained and imparted her Gwalior and Jaipur Gharana styles. It was during this period that her art really was given a specific concrete direction. Pt. Babanrao Haldankar (Agra Gharana) and Smt. Padmavati Shaligram Gokhale (Jaipur Gharana) have also trained her for long time. She was also trained in Tappa under Pt. Jal Balaporia. Shubhada Paradkar therefore possesses the unique distinction of learning under all the four major Gharanas of Hindustani Classical Music, which has made her distinctive in the present generation of the artistes.