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Malini Awasthi
Malini Awasthi (born 15 October 1966) is an Indian singer, who has been called the Folk Queen of India. Having been trained classically, she is equally adept in various forms of Hindustani music like vintage Dadra, Thumri, Kajri Chaiti, etc. Her knowledge of music finds a reflection in her renditions of Ghazals and Sufiyaana Kalaam too. A Ganda-baandh disciple of Padma Vibhushan Vidushi Girija Devi, she is a connoisseur of 'Chaumukhi gayan' of Benares Gharana. She commands equally over multiple dialects and languages like Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Bundeli, and Braj.
Acknowledging her decades long service to music of the land, Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2016. She worked as a visiting professor at Centre for Media Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University . Currently she is appointed as a Professor of Practice at Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, U.P.
Malini Awasthi was born in the city of perfumes, Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh into a family of doctors. She was the youngest among the trinity that the couple were parents to. Her father Dr. P.N. Awasthi, was fond of classical music and her mother Mrs. Nirmala Awasthi, deeply cherished the Purab Ang Gayaki and Bhajans. This blend reflects in the singing of the singer today. She was initiated into music at the age of 5, on the insistence of her music-loving mother.This early innitiation into music gave her ample opportunity to serve the country. The picture of the puzzle got better when she cleared her exams of Prayag Sangeet Samiti years before she was expected to.
Along with her academic training from Mount Carmel College she received her formal tutelage from Ustad Rahat Ali Khan.
She went on to do her Postgraduation in Hindustani classical music from Bhatkhande University, Lucknow. and a Postgraduation in Modern History with specialisation in Medieval and modern Indian architecture, from University of Lucknow simultaneously. She was conferred with a gold medal in both of her master's degrees.
She is a Ganda bandh student of Legendary Hindustani Classical Singer, Padma Vibhushan Vidushi Girija Devi of Banaras Gharana. This was the only satisfaction that her mother, a cancer patient could see happening before she left. She is married to senior IAS officer Awanish Kumar Awasthi (UP:1987) who retired as Principal Secretary to Government of Uttar Pradesh.
Currently her spouse is an advisor to Honorable Chief Minister of U.P. They have a son Adwitiya and a daughter Ananya.
Malini Awasthi started as an artist for Akashvani (radio broadcaster) at a very young age and went on to contribute immensely towards it in varying age and capacity. She is a Top grade artist of All India Radio and an 'A' grade artist of Doordarshan, Lucknow. Contrary to the popular notion this accreditation is for Ghazals and not for folk. She was an ICCR approved artist and a performing artist prior to her marriage.
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Malini Awasthi
Malini Awasthi (born 15 October 1966) is an Indian singer, who has been called the Folk Queen of India. Having been trained classically, she is equally adept in various forms of Hindustani music like vintage Dadra, Thumri, Kajri Chaiti, etc. Her knowledge of music finds a reflection in her renditions of Ghazals and Sufiyaana Kalaam too. A Ganda-baandh disciple of Padma Vibhushan Vidushi Girija Devi, she is a connoisseur of 'Chaumukhi gayan' of Benares Gharana. She commands equally over multiple dialects and languages like Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Bundeli, and Braj.
Acknowledging her decades long service to music of the land, Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2016. She worked as a visiting professor at Centre for Media Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University . Currently she is appointed as a Professor of Practice at Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, U.P.
Malini Awasthi was born in the city of perfumes, Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh into a family of doctors. She was the youngest among the trinity that the couple were parents to. Her father Dr. P.N. Awasthi, was fond of classical music and her mother Mrs. Nirmala Awasthi, deeply cherished the Purab Ang Gayaki and Bhajans. This blend reflects in the singing of the singer today. She was initiated into music at the age of 5, on the insistence of her music-loving mother.This early innitiation into music gave her ample opportunity to serve the country. The picture of the puzzle got better when she cleared her exams of Prayag Sangeet Samiti years before she was expected to.
Along with her academic training from Mount Carmel College she received her formal tutelage from Ustad Rahat Ali Khan.
She went on to do her Postgraduation in Hindustani classical music from Bhatkhande University, Lucknow. and a Postgraduation in Modern History with specialisation in Medieval and modern Indian architecture, from University of Lucknow simultaneously. She was conferred with a gold medal in both of her master's degrees.
She is a Ganda bandh student of Legendary Hindustani Classical Singer, Padma Vibhushan Vidushi Girija Devi of Banaras Gharana. This was the only satisfaction that her mother, a cancer patient could see happening before she left. She is married to senior IAS officer Awanish Kumar Awasthi (UP:1987) who retired as Principal Secretary to Government of Uttar Pradesh.
Currently her spouse is an advisor to Honorable Chief Minister of U.P. They have a son Adwitiya and a daughter Ananya.
Malini Awasthi started as an artist for Akashvani (radio broadcaster) at a very young age and went on to contribute immensely towards it in varying age and capacity. She is a Top grade artist of All India Radio and an 'A' grade artist of Doordarshan, Lucknow. Contrary to the popular notion this accreditation is for Ghazals and not for folk. She was an ICCR approved artist and a performing artist prior to her marriage.