1961-1970 - Expanding Legacy
Ninth Sawai Gandharva Memorial – 1961
Venue: Yamuna Nivas, the Deshpande residence opposite Sambhaji Park, Pune
Because the Panshet dam burst flooded Pune on 12 July 1961, no public memorial was held that November.
Instead, Dr. Nanasaheb Deshpande hosted a private gathering at his father's home with only 10–12 listeners.
Performance: Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) – Ragas Todi and Shuddha Sarang
Tenth Sawai Gandharva Memorial – 1962
Venue: Renukaswaroop High School, Pune
Thursday, 27 December 1962
1. Shri Mahadev Lonkar (Shehnai) – Bihag, Thumri
2. Ustad Mohammad Hussain Khan (Vocal) – Maru Bihag, Khamaj
3. Smt. Saraswati Rane (Vocal) – Shyam Kalyan, Thumri
4. Pt. Kumar Gandharva (Vocal) – Hamir, Bhairavi (Tabla: Vasant Acharekar)
Friday, 28 December 1962
1. Shri Baburao Khaladkar (Shehnai) – Abhogi, Tilang Thumri
2. Shri Zakir Hussain (Tabla Solo) – debut performance
3. Shri Sadashiv Jadhav (Vocal) – Puriya, Khamaj Thumri
4. Smt. Sudha Divekar (Vocal) – Shuddha Kalyan
5. Smt. Hirabai Barodekar (Vocal) – Bihag, Tilak Kamod
6. Ustad Allah Rakha (Tabla Solo) – Teentaal
7. Dr. V. V. Patankar (Vocal) – Malkauns, Thumri
8. Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki (Vocal) – Swanandi, Bhajan “Shura Mi Vandile”
9. Ustad Niaz Ahmad & Ustad Faiyaz Ahmad (Vocal Jugalbandi) – Bhatiyar, Thumri, Dadra
Saturday, 29 December 1962
1. Shri Baburao Deulankar (Shehnai) – Kedar, Pilu Thumri
2. Shri Chandrakant Kapileshwari (Vocal) – Kalavati
3. Smt. Vatsalabai Joshi (Vocal) – Purva Kalyan
4. Shri Gajanan Karnad (Violin) – Maru Bihag, Tilang Thumri
5. Pt. Firoz Dastur (Vocal) – Abhogi, Pilu “Piya Bin”
6. Dr. Nanasaheb Deshpande (Vocal) – Maru Bihag
7. Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande (Vocal) – Kaunsi Kanada, Dadra “Bairan Kaisa Jaadu Daal”
8. Ustad Shamsuddin Khan (Tabla Solo)
9. Smt. Gangubai Hangal (Vocal) – Ahir Bhairav
10. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) – Lalit, Jogiya
Eleventh Sawai Gandharva Memorial – 1963
Venue: Renukaswaroop High School, Pune
1. Shri Ramesh Khaladkar (Shehnai)
2. Pt. D. K. Datar (Violin)
3. Dr. V. V. Patankar (Vocal)
Twelfth Sawai Gandharva Memorial – 1964
Venue: Renukaswaroop High School, Pune
Thursday, 12 November 1964
1. Shri Baburao Deulankar (Shehnai)
2. Smt. Kusum Shende (Vocal) – Shyam Kalyan
3. Smt. Hirabai Barodekar (Vocal) – Purva Kalyan, song “Mam Sukhachi”
4. Sheikh Dawood Khan (Tabla Solo)
5. Shri Chandrakant Kapileshwari (Vocal) – Abhogi
6. Begum Parveen Sultana (Vocal) – Lalit, Kajri, Dadra
Friday, 13 November 1964
1. Shri Prabhakar Gayakwad (Shehnai) – Durga, Dhun
2. Shri Dattopant Deshpande (Vocal) – Jaijaivanti, Thumri “Zinjhoti”
3. Shri Keshav Joshi (Tabla Solo)
4. Smt. Saraswati Rane (Vocal) – Jogkauns, song “Nandalala Nach Re”
5. Shri Chandrakant Gokhale (Violin) – Maru Bihag
6. Shri Vitthalrao Sardeshmukh (Vocal) – Shuddha Kalyan
7. Shri Kailas Mishra (Tabla Solo)
8. Shri Nikhil Banerjee (Sitar) – Kaunsi Kanada, Mand Khamaj (Tabla: Pt. Samta Prasad)
9. Shri Jagdishprasad Jaipurwale (Vocal) – Gujri Todi, Bhairavi “Jamuna Ke Tir”
Saturday, 14 November 1964
1. Shri Baburao Khaladkar (Shehnai) – Hansadhwani
2. Smt. Vatsalabai Joshi (Vocal) – Yaman
3. Pt. Ajay Pohankar (Vocal) – Maru Bihag
4. Pt. Firoz Dastur (Vocal) – Darbari Kanada, Kafi Thumri, “Sarparada Bilawal Gopala Meri Karuna”
5. Pt. Birju Maharaj (Kathak) with tabla by Pt. Samta Prasad and harmonium by Shri Kamal Mishra
6. Shri Rambhau Bhavebuwa (Vocal) – Ramkali
7. Pt. Samta Prasad (Tabla Solo)
8. Ustad Ahmad Hussain Sattar (Vocal) – Todi
9. Dr. V. V. Patankar (Vocal) – Ahir Bhairav
10. Dr. Nanasaheb Deshpande (Vocal) – Hindol
11. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) – Mia Ki Todi, Bhairavi Thumri
Accompaniment: Tabla by Shri Lalji Gokhale
Thirteenth Sawai Gandharva Memorial – 1965
Venue: Renukaswaroop High School, Pune
Thursday, 4 November 1965
1. Shri Shyamrao Lonkar (Shehnai) – Yaman Kalyan
2. Smt. Leela Jalgaonkar (Vocal) – Purva Kalyan
3. Shri Madhukar Golwalkar (Tar Shehnai) – Bageshri Thumri
4. Smt. Meera Khirwadkar (Vocal) – Maru Bihag, Thumri
5. Smt. Hirabai Barodekar (Vocal) – Jaijaivanti
6. Smt. Nirmala Arun (Vocal) – Basant Thumri, Ghazal, Dadra (Tabla: Pt. Samta Prasad)
7. Pt. Gopikrishna (Kathak)
Friday, 5 November 1965
1. Shri Baburao Deulankar (Shehnai) – Maru Bihag
2. Shri Dattopant Deshpande (Vocal) – Bihag, song “Sab Kuchh Tarak Sukh”
3. Shri Chandrakant Kapileshwari (Vocal) – Chandrakauns
4. Smt. Nalini Mulgavkar (Vocal) – Nat Chandra, Thumri
5. Smt. Saraswati Rane (Vocal) – Basant Bahar
6. Jerry Massey (Tabla Solo) – Teentaal
7. Smt. Kshipra Bose (Vocal) – Shyam Kansa, Thumri
8. Pt. Balram Pathak (Sitar) – Bageshri (Tabla: Pt. Samta Prasad)
9. Pt. Jasraj (Vocal) – Nat Bhairav
10. Smt. Girija Devi (Vocal) – Bilaskhani Todi, Gandhari, Bhairavi Thumri
Saturday, 6 November 1965
1. Shri Baburao Khaladkar (Shehnai) – Kedar, Dhun
2. Smt. Vatsalabai Joshi (Vocal) – Maru Bihag
3. Shri Ramkrishna Patwardhan (Vocal) – Darbari Kanada
4. Smt. Gangubai Hangal (Vocal) – Kalavati, Thumri
5. Shri Vasant Ranade (Violin) – Zinjhoti, Dhun (Tabla: Pt. Samta Prasad)
6. Smt. Vandana Sen (Kathak)
7. Shri Sangameshwar Gurav (Vocal)
8. Shri Chinmay Lahiri (Vocal) – Basant Mukhari
9. Dr. V. V. Patankar (Vocal) – Bairagi Bhairav
10. Pt. Firoz Dastur (Vocal) – Lalit, Jogiya “Piya Milan Ki Aas”
11. Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande (Vocal) – Shivmat Bhairav
12. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) – Asavari Todi, Bhairavi
Accompanists for the Memorial
Harmonium – Shri Eknath Thakurdas, Shri Bandopant Sathe
Tabla – Shri Chandrakant Kamat, Shri Sheikh Dawood
Fourteenth Sawai Gandharva Memorial – 1966
Venue: Renukaswaroop High School, Pune
Thursday, 17 November 1966
1. Shri Lonkar (Shehnai)
2. Smt. Manda Malaviya (Kathak) – Tabla by Pt. Samta Prasad
3. Smt. Usha Parkhi (Vocal) – Maru Bihag
4. Shri Komal Singh (Mouth Shehnai) – Jog, Dhun
5. Smt. Rohini Chandekar (Vocal) – Purva Kalyan
6. Ustad Ahmedjan Thirkhwa (Tabla Solo) with Sarangi by Shri Madhukar Khadilkar
7. Shri Sangameshwar Gurav (Vocal) – Gorakh Kalyan
8. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (Sarod) – Jogkauns (Tabla: Pt. Samta Prasad)
Friday, 18 November 1966
1. Shri Prabhakar Gayakwad (Shehnai) – Kedar, Dhun
2. Dr. Bal Purohit (Vocal) – Abhogi, Adana
3. Smt. Gangubai Hangal (Vocal) – Chakraadhar
4. Smt. Maya & Manjushri Banerjee (Kathak)
5. Smt. Girija Devi (Vocal) – Malkauns, Thumri
6. Shri Dattopant Deshpande (Vocal) – Ahir Bhairav, Jogiya
Saturday, 19 November 1966
1. Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki (Vocal) – Nat Bhairav, Bhoopal Todi
2. Shri Deulankar–Khaladkar (Shehnai–Sundi duet) – Bihag, Dhun
3. Smt. Vatsalabai Joshi (Vocal) – Shuddha Kalyan
4. Pt. D. K. Datar (Violin) – Darbari, Purvi Dhun
5. Pt. Kishan Mohan (Kathak)
6. Pt. Firoz Dastur (Vocal) – Bageshri
7. Pt. Samta Prasad (Tabla Solo)
8. Shri Shambhu Maharaj (Kathak)
9. Smt. Malini Rajurkar (Vocal) – Kalavati
10. Shri Balasaheb Atre (Vocal) – Thumri
11. Shri Chandrakant Kapileshwari (Vocal) – Bairagi
12. Shri Prabhudev Sardar (Vocal) – Lalit, song “Vilople Madhu Milanat”
13. Shri Gopal Mishra (Sarangi) – Gunkali (Tabla: Pt. Samta Prasad)
14. Dr. V. V. Patankar (Vocal) – Bibhas
15. Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande (Vocal) – Salga Varáli, compositions
16. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) – Todi, Bhairavi
17. Pt. Balkrishna Kapileshwari (Vocal)
Fifteenth Sawai Gandharva Memorial – 1967
Venue: Renukaswaroop High School, Pune
Thursday, 9 November 1967
1. Shri Mahadev Lonkar (Shehnai) – Kedar, Dhun
2. Shri Chandrakant Kapileshwari (Vocal) – Bageshri
3. Shri Sheikh Dawood Khan (Tabla Solo)
4. Shri Shyam Gogate (Vocal) – Chandrakauns (Tabla: Gopal Wadekar)
5. Shri Padmakar Kulkarni (Vocal) – Nat Chandra, Sur Malhar
6. Smt. Kishori Amonkar (Vocal) – Sawani Nat, Thumri, Bhajan
7. Smt. Roshan Kumari (Kathak) – Tabla by Fakir Mohammad
Friday, 10 November 1967
1. Shri Baburao Deulankar (Shehnai) – Abhogi
2. Shri Sharad Sathe (Vocal) – Bihagda
3. Smt. Sushila Nanjundia (Vocal) – Kaunsi Kanada
4. Smt. Sucheta Bhide-Chafekar (Bharatanatyam)
5. Shri Shashikant Apte (Vocal) – Malkauns “Yaad Piya Ki Aaye”
6. Smt. Sharan Rani Mathur (Sarod) – Lalit
7. Nasir Ahmed Khan (Vocal) – Nat Bhairav, Vilas Vibhaani
Saturday, 11 November 1967
1. Shri Baburao Khaladkar (Shehnai) – Chandraprabha
2. Shri Vilas Inamdar (Vocal) – Jogkauns
3. Shri Sangameshwar Gurav (Vocal) – Abhogi, Adana
4. Smt. Hirabai Barodekar & Smt. Saraswati Rane (Vocal Jugalbandi) – Sham Kalyan, “Kiti Sangu”
5. Ustad Usman Khan (Sitar) – Basant Mukhari (Tabla: Pt. Kumarlal)
6. Pt. Firoz Dastur (Vocal) – Ahir Bhairav, Jogiya “Piyase Milan”
7. Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande (Vocal) – Komal Rishabh, Asavari, compositions “Prem Seva Sharan”
8. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) – Todi, Bhairavi
Accompanists
Harmonium – Shri Appa Jalgaonkar
Tabla – Shri Sheikh Dawood Khan, Shri Eknath Thakurdas, Shri Chandrakant Kamat
Honor: Shri Vamanrao Deshpande was felicitated on turning 61 by Pt. Bhimsen Joshi.
Sixteenth Sawai Gandharva Memorial – 1968
Venue: Renukaswaroop High School, Pune
Thursday, 7 November 1968
1. Shri Baburao Deulankar (Shehnai) – Madhukans, Dhun
2. Smt. Prabha Atre (Vocal) – Sham Kalyan, Thumri “Kaun Gali Gaye Shyam”
3. Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (Sitar) – Abhogi (Tabla: Ustad Karamatullah Khan)
Friday, 8 November 1968
1. Shri Shyamrao Lonkar (Shehnai) – Chandrakauns
2. Smt. Krishna Hangal (Vocal) – Shankara
3. Shri Hariprasad Chaurasia (Flute) – Malkauns, Pilu Thumri
4. Kumari Bharati Guha (Kathak)
5. Begum Akhtar (Vocal) with tabla accompaniment by Ustad Karamatullah Khan
6. Ustad Karamatullah Khan (Tabla Solo)
7. Shri Prabhakar Karekar (Vocal) – Ahir Bhairav, song “Priye Paha”
8. Shri Umashankar Mishra (Vocal) – Nat Bhairav
Saturday, 9 November 1968
1. Shri Baburao Khaladkar (Shehnai) – Madhukans
2. Shri Ramchandra Behre (Vocal) – Yaman, song “Ugeech Ka Kanta”
3. Smt. Saraswati Rane (Vocal) – Shuddha Kalyan, song “Ja Gheuni Sandesh”
4. Singh Brothers (Vocal) – Maru Bihag, Adana
5. Shri Sheshagiri Hangal (Tabla Solo)
6. Shri Rasiklal Andharia (Vocal) – Darbari
7. Shri Achyut Abhyankar (Vocal) – Abhogi
8. Pt. Firoz Dastur (Vocal) – Bhatiyar
9. Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande (Vocal) – Kaunsi Kanada, song “Lage Kalyan Jao Karasam”
10. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) – Asavari Todi
11. Smt. Gangubai Hangal (Vocal) – Todi, Bhairavi
Accompanists
Harmonium – Shri Eknath Thakurdas
Tabla – Shri Sheikh Dawood Khan, Shri Chandrakant Kamat, Shri Appa Jalgaonkar
Seventeenth Sawai Gandharva Memorial – 1969
Venue: Renukaswaroop High School, Pune
Thursday, 13 November 1969
1. Gayakwad Brothers (Shehnai) – Maru Bihag, Dhun
2. Shri Chandrakant Kapileshwari (Vocal) – Jogkauns, Hansadhwani
3. Smt. Suhasini Koratkar (Vocal) – Madhukans, Pahadi Thumri
4. Shri Ravi Pednekar (Clay Violin)
5. Smt. Bharati Roy (Kathak) with tabla by Pt. Kishan Maharaj
6. Shri Prakash Pande (Sitar) with tabla by Shri Vishwas Gondhalekar
7. Shri Sangameshwar Gurav (Vocal) – Bhimpalas
8. Shri Rajeshwar Bobade (Vocal) – Chandrakauns (Tabla: Shri Nana Mule)
9. Shri Lakshmanprasad Jaipurwale (Vocal)
10. Smt. Gangubai Hangal (Vocal) – Komal Rishabh, Asavari
Note: The first souvenir was released by Mahamahopadhyaya Datto Vaman Potdar.
Friday, 14 November 1969
1. Shri Baburao Khaladkar (Shehnai) – Yaman, Dhun
2. Shri Madhusudan Nadkarni (Vocal) – Bihagda, song “Vilople Madhumilanat”
3. Begum Parveen Sultana (Vocal)
4. Ustad Zakir Hussain (Tabla Solo)
5. Pt. Manohar Chimote (Harmonium) – Nat Chandra, Pahadi Dhun
6. Shri Nikhil Banerjee (Sitar) with tabla by Pt. Kishan Maharaj
Note: An HMV LP of Sawai Gandharva was released by scholar Lakshmanshastri Joshi.
Saturday, 15 November 1969
1. Deulankar Brothers (Shehnai) – Jaijaivanti, Dhun
2. Smt. Lata Potdar (Vocal) – Maru Bihag, Khamaj Thumri
3. Shri Satyasheel Deshpande (Vocal) – Bageshri, Thumri “Sanware Aa”
4. Shri Sadanand Nayampalli (Tabla Solo)
5. Shri Madhav Gudi (Vocal) – Malkauns, song “Ramrangi Rangale”
6. Shri Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor) – Chandrakauns (Tabla: Ustad Zakir Hussain)
7. Shri Pralhadbuwa Joshi (Vocal) – Mia Malhar
8. Shri Baburao Borgavkar (Vocal) – Ahir Bhairav
9. Shri Bhaskar Chandavarkar (Vocal)
10. Pt. Firoz Dastur (Vocal)
11. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal)
Accompanists
Harmonium – Shri Eknath Thakurdas, Shri Appa Jalgaonkar
Tabla – Shri Sheikh Dawood Khan, Shri Chandrakant Kamat, Shri Nana Mule
Eighteenth Sawai Gandharva Memorial – 1970
Venue: Renukaswaroop High School, Pune
Thursday, 12 November 1970
1. Shri Shyamrao Lonkar (Shehnai)
2. Shri Madhukar Khadilkar (Vocal)
3. Smt. Kamala Laxman (Bharatanatyam)
4. Shri Rajendra Patwardhan (Sitar) with harmonium by Shri Kirvani
5. Smt. Meena Hasabnis (Vocal) – Bageshri, song “Pandu Nripati Janak Jaya”
6. Smt. Girija Devi (Vocal) – Bhatiyar, Dadra
7. Shri Shamkant Dwivedi (Sitar) – Nat Bhairav
8. Pt. Kumar Gandharva (Vocal) – Bihag, Paraj, Sindoor Tappa, Sohoni, Bhajans (Tabla: Shri Vasant Acharekar)
Friday, 13 November 1970
1. Deulankar Brothers (Shehnai) – Jaijaivanti, compositions
2. Shri Chandrakant Kapileshwari (Vocal) – Chandrakauns, compositions
3. Shri Sanjeev Mangrulkar (Sitar) – Malkauns
4. Smt. Shobha Gurtu (Vocal) – Khamaj Thumri, Dadra, Ghazal (Tabla: Shri Narayanrao Indurkar)
5. Shri Anthony, Shri Badaade & Shri Bandopant Solapurkar (Clarinet Trio) – Bageshri, Thumri
6. Smt. Sitara Devi (Kathak) – Tabla by Pt. Kishan Maharaj
7. Smt. Saraswati Rane (Vocal) – Bairagi
8. Smt. Kalyani Roy (Sitar) – Ahir Bhairav (Tabla: Pt. Kishan Maharaj)
9. Pt. Jasraj (Vocal) – Sawani, Todi (Harmonium: Shri Ambaprasad)
Saturday, 14 November 1970
1. Khaladkar Brothers (Shehnai) – Madhukans
2. Smt. Suvarna Chandrashekhar (Vocal) – Shankara, song “Vad Jau Kunala”
3. Shri Madhav Gudi (Vocal) – Darbari, Khamaj Thumri
4. Shri Pashupatinath & Shri Amarnath (Vocal Jugalbandi) – Abhogi, Carnatic Kanada
5. Shri Datta Wadegaonkar (Tabla Solo)
6. Smt. Vijaya Naik (Vocal)
7. Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande (Vocal) – Jogkauns, “Ghei Chand Makrand”, “Shata Janma Shodhtana”
8. Shri Salokhe & Shri Vishwasrao (Clarinet Duet) – Ahir Bhairav
9. Smt. Gangubai Hangal (Vocal) – Prabhat Bhairav
10. Pt. Mallikarjun Mansur (Vocal) – Bahaduri Todi, Bhairav, Shukla Bilawal
11. Shri Hariprasad Chaurasia (Flute) – Lalit
12. Shri Sangameshwar Gurav (Vocal) – Bhatiyar
13. Dr. V. V. Patankar (Vocal) – Gandhari Todi
14. Pt. Firoz Dastur (Vocal) – Jeevanpuri, “Sarparada Bilawal Gopala Meri Karuna”
15. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) – Mia Ki Todi, Bhairavi
Honor: Shri Bhargavarama Acharekar was felicitated by Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (program concluded Sunday 11 a.m.).
Accompanists
Harmonium – Shri Appa Jalgaonkar, Shri Eknath Thakurdas
Tabla – Shri Sheikh Dawood Khan, Shri Chandrakant Kamat, Shri Raghu Tulshibagwale