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19th Sawai Gandharva Memorial – 1971
Venue: Renukaswaroop High School, Pune
Thursday, 11 November 1971
1. Shri Daithankar (Shehnai) – Jaijaivanti, traditional compositions
2. Smt. Vijaya Joshi (Vocal) – Bihag (Tabla: Shri Aitavadekar, Sarangi: Shri Anant Kunte)
3. Smt. Lata Limaye (Vocal) – Jaijaivanti, Ghazal
4. Shri Arvind Gajendragadkar (Swaramandal)
5. Smt. Sumitra Mitra (Kathak) with tabla by Shri Rajgopal Mishra
6. Shri Sadashiv Jadhav (Vocal) – Darbari, song “Ugich Ka Kanta”
7. Shri Lalji Srivastava (Tabla Solo)
8. Smt. Usha Chipalkatti (Vocal) – Bhatiyar, Khamaj Thumri
9. Shri Yogesh Kshirsagar (Vocal) – Bairagi
10. Pt. Samta Prasad & Pt. Jamta Prasad (Tabla–Mridangam Jugalbandi)
11. Shri Sangameshwar Gurav (Vocal) – Bilaskhani Todi
12. Shri Bansir Hussain (Vocal) – Gunkali, Mia Ki Todi, Bhairavi
Friday, 12 November 1971
1. Deulankar Brothers (Shehnai) – Saraswati
2. Shri Arvind Kshalkar (Vocal) – Gorakh Kalyan, song “Vilople Madhumilanat Ya”
3. Shri Suresh Shrikhande (Vocal)
4. Shri S. V. Patankar (Violin) – Durga, Dhun
5. Shri Madhav Ingle (Vocal) – Kedar, Bhajan “Chalo Man Gangajamuna”
6. Shri Dinkar Deshpande (Vocal) – Abhogi, Bhairavi
7. Pt. Birju Maharaj (Kathak) with tabla by Pt. Samta Prasad
8. Shri Imrat Husain Khan (Vocal) – Ahir Bhairav
9. Smt. Kishori Amonkar (Vocal) – Jeevanpuri, Bhajan “Main Govind Gun”
10. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (Sarod) – Gujri Todi (Tabla: Pt. Samta Prasad)
Saturday, 13 November 1971
1. Khaladkar Brothers (Shehnai) – Gavti
2. Smt. Meera Panshikar (Vocal) – Kedar, song “Dhanarashi Bhulo”
3. Smt. Meera Paranjpe (Vocal) – Bageshri, song “Kiti Sangu Tula”
4. Smt. Vatsalabai Joshi (Vocal) – Maru Bihag
5. Shri Narayan Deshpande (Vocal) – Purva Kalyan
6. Shri Shishir Kanadhar Chowdhury (Violin) – Charukeshi, Hindol (Tabla: Shri Lalji Srivastava)
7. Smt. Gangubai Hangal (Vocal) – Abhogi, Adana
8. Shri Shashikant Tambe (Vocal) – Ahir Bhairav
9. Smt. Sudha Divekar (Vocal) – Komal Rishabh Asavari
10. Shri Madhav Gudi (Vocal) – Gujri Todi
11. Shri Dnyaneshwar Phulambirkar (Sitar) – Bilaskhani Todi
12. Shri Vijay Karandikar (Vocal) – Nat Bhairav
13. Shri Mir Pagar (Flute)
14. Pt. Firoz Dastur (Vocal) – Ramkali, “Sarparada Bilawal Gopala Meri Karuna”
15. Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande (Vocal) – Basant Mukhari, song “Tejonidhi Lohagol”
16. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) – Gujri Todi, “Piya Milan Ki Aas”
Honors: Master Krishnarao Phulambikar and Smt. Gangubai Hangal were felicitated for receiving the Padma Bhushan. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi was honored for being conferred the “Sangeet Ratna” by Raghavendra Swami. Program concluded Sunday 11:30 a.m.
Accompanists: Harmonium – Shri Eknath Thakurdas, Shri Appa Jalgaonkar, Shri Bandopant Sathe; Tabla – Shri Sheikh Dawood Khan, Shri Chandrakant Kamat, Shri Bajirao Sonawane.
20th Sawai Gandharva Memorial – 1972
Venue: Renukaswaroop High School, Pune
Thursday, 9 November 1972
1. Shri Tukaram Daithankar (Shehnai) – Durga, Dhun
2. Shri Shrikant Deshpande (Vocal) – Purva Kalyan, Abhang
3. Gundecha Brothers (Dhrupad Vocal) – Malkauns, Bandish (Pakhawaj: Shri Manik Munde)
4. Smt. Malavika Sarukkai (Bharatanatyam)
5. Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia (Flute) – Zinzoti, Lalit, 4-matra gat (Tabla: Shri Anindo Chatterjee)
6. Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki (Vocal)
Friday, 10 November 1972
1. Shri Sharadkumar Khaladkar (Shehnai) – Madhukuns, Dhun
2. Smt. Devaki Pandit (Vocal) – Bageshri, Thumri (Harmonium: Shri Vishwanath Kanhere)
3. Pt. D. K. Datar (Violin) – Shuddha Kalyan, Tilak Kamod, Natya Geet (Tabla: Shri Anil Pradhan)
4. Smt. Malini Rajurkar (Vocal) – Malkauns, Bandish (Harmonium: Dr. Arvind Thatte)
5. Pt. Jagdish Prasad (Vocal) – Lalit (Tabla: Shri Anil Pradhan)
6. Pt. Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor) – Jogkauns, Basant Mukhari, Pahadi Dhun (Tabla: Shri Anindo Chatterjee)
7. Pt. Jasraj (Vocal) – Anand Bhairav, Nat Bhairav, Bhajan, Bhairavi (Tabla: Shri Kedar Pandit; Harmonium: Dr. Arvind Thatte)
Saturday, 11 November 1972
1. Shri Prabhakar Gayakwad (Shehnai) – Saraswati
2. Shri Jayateerth Mevundi (Vocal) – Yaman, Bahar, Bhajan (Harmonium: Dr. Arvind Thatte)
3. Smt. Gangubai Hangal (Vocal) – Jaijaivanti, Bandish (Tabla: Shri Sheshagiri Hangal)
4. Pt. Jagannath (Shehnai) – Jog (Tabla: Shri Nanakchand)
5. Smt. Padma Talwalkar (Vocal) – Chhayanat, Durga (Tabla: Shri Omkar Gulvady; Harmonium: Shri Vishwanath Kanhere)
6. Pt. Samaresh Chowdhury (Vocal) – Mia Ki Todi, Bhairavi (Tabla: Shri Ravindra Yawgal)
7. Shri Deepak Chowdhury (Sitar) – Parmeshwari (Tabla: Shri Mukesh Jadhav)
8. Pt. Firoz Dastur (Vocal) – Komal Rishabh Asavari
9. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal)
Accompanists: Harmonium – Shri Appa Jalgaonkar, Shri Shri Ram Shahapurkar; Tabla – Shri Chandrakant Kamat, Shri Bharat Kamat, Shri Subhash Kamat, Shri Pandurang Mukhde.
21st Sawai Gandharva Memorial – 1973
Venue: Renukaswaroop High School, Pune
Thursday, 7 December 1973
1. Shri Tukaram Daithankar (Shehnai) – Bageshri Dhun (Tabla: Shri Avinash Patwardhan)
2. Smt. Pournima Bhat-Kulkarni (Vocal) – Purva Kalyan, Hamir (Harmonium: Shri Sudhir Nayak)
3. Ustad Rashid Khan (Vocal) – Saraswati, Kaunsi Kanada, Thumri (Tabla: Shri Yogesh Samsi)
4. Smt. Shovana Narayan (Kathak) with tabla by Ustad Shakeel Ahmed
5. Smt. Girija Devi (Vocal) – Basant, Tappa Kafi, Mishra Khamaj Thumri, Jhoola (Tabla: Pt. Kumar Lal, Harmonium: Dr. Arvind Thatte)
6. Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki (Vocal) – Devta Bhairav, Mirabai Bhajan (Harmonium: Shri Sudhir Nayak)
7. Smt. Gangubai Hangal (Vocal) – Mia Ki Todi, Bhairavi
Friday, 8 December 1973
1. Shri Sharadkumar Khaladkar (Shehnai) – Gorakh Kalyan, Mishra Dhun (Tabla: Shri Manoj Parulekar)
2. Smt. Anuradha Kuber (Vocal) – Shuddha Kalyan, Kabir Bhajan (Tabla: Shri Mukund Pandit; Harmonium: Shri Kumar Karandikar)
3. Smt. Malini Rajurkar (Vocal) – Maru Bihag, Zinjhoti (Harmonium: Dr. Arvind Thatte)
4. Ustad Shahid Parvez (Sitar) – Bageshri, Mishra Dhun (Tabla: Pt. Kumar Lal)
5. Shri Ulhas Kashalkar (Vocal) – Basant, Khamaj (Tabla: Pt. Suresh Talwalkar; Harmonium: Dr. Arvind Thatte)
6. Shri Rupak Kulkarni (Flute) – Bairagi, Nagamani, Manoranjani (Tabla: Shri Mukesh Jadhav)
7. Pt. Jasraj (Vocal) – Bhairav Bahar, Bhatiyar, Bhairavi, Bhajan (Tabla: Shri Kedar Pandit)
Saturday, 9 December 1973
1. Shri Prabhakar Gayakwad (Shehnai) – Jansammohini (Tabla: Shri Nitin Gayakwad)
2. Shri Shrikant Deshpande (Vocal) – Shuddha Kalyan, Abhang
3. Smt. Rasika Ekbote & Smt. Kirti Marathe (Vocal Duet) – Kaunsi Kanada, Dadra, Bhajan (Tabla: Shri Sanjay Fagre; Harmonium: Shri Uday Shahapurkar)
4. Smt. Kamala (Hawaiian Guitar) – Bageshri, Mishra Khamaj, Thumri (Tabla: Pt. Kumar Lal)
5. Pt. Mohanlal Mishra (Vocal) – Darbari Kanada, Bhajan (Harmonium: Shri Pramod Marathe)
6. Smt. Shaila Datar (Vocal) – Jogkauns, Bhajan, Natya/Light songs (Tabla: Shri Milind Pote; Harmonium: Shri Narendra Bhide)
7. Ustad Shujaat Khan (Sitar) – Lalit, Pahadi Dhun (Tabla: Shri Mukesh Jadhav)
8. Pt. Firoz Dastur (Vocal) – Ramkali, Jogiya
9. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) – Todi, Bhajan
Accompanists: Harmonium – Shri Appa Jalgaonkar, Shri Tulshidas Borkar; Tabla – Shri Chandrakant Kamat, Shri Bharat Kamat, Shri Pandurang Mukhde, Shri Subhash Kamat.
22nd Sawai Gandharva Memorial – 1974
Venue: New English School, Ramanbagh, Pune
Thursday, 8 December 1974
1. Shri Tukaram Daithankar (Shehnai) – Maru Bihag, Natyageet, Dhun (Tabla: Shri Dhananjay Pandit)
2. Smt. Nalini Ghanekar (Vocal) – Jog, Marathi ghazal & Hindi ghazal (Harmonium: Shri Pramod Inamdar)
3. Smt. Manisha Sathe (Kathak) with tabla by Shri Arvindkumar Azad, harmonium by Shri Ajay Parab
4. Pt. Yashwantbuwa Joshi (Vocal) – Chhayanat, Bageshri Kanada, Gavti (Tabla: Pt. Bhai Gaitonde; Harmonium: Shri Pramod Marathe)
5. Pt. Buddhaditya Mukherjee (Sitar) – Rageshri (Tabla: Shri Parthasarathy Mukherjee)
6. Smt. Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar (Vocal) – Lalit, Salag Varali, Bhairavi, Tappa (Harmonium: Shri Pramod Marathe)
Friday, 9 December 1974
1. Shri Sharadkumar Khaladkar (Shehnai) – Rageshri, Mishra Dhun (Tabla: Shri Abhay Kulkarni)
2. Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki (Vocal) – Chandrakauns, Sohoni Pancham, compositions (Harmonium: Shri Sudhir Nayak)
3. Shri Ulhas Bapat (Santoor) – Kaunsi Kanada, Basant Bahar, Pahadi Dhun (Tabla: Shri Yogesh Samsi)
4. Pt. Ajay Pohankar (Vocal) – Darbari Kanada, Bhatiyar (Tabla: Shri Vijay Ghate)
5. Shri Ronu Majumdar (Flute) – Abhogi Kanada, Mishra Pahadi Dhun (Tabla: Shri Vijay Ghate)
6. Smt. Manjusha Kulkarni (Vocal) – Kamod, compositions (Tabla: Shri Annubuwa Dugad; Harmonium: Shri Kalyan Deshpande)
7. Shri Jagdish Prasad (Vocal) – Bhatiyar, Jogiya, Thumri (Harmonium: Shri Santosh Pandit)
Saturday, 10 December 1974
1. Shri Pramod Gayakwad (Shehnai) – Maru Bihag
2. Shri Shrikant Deshpande (Vocal) – Durga, Abhang
3. Shri Uday Bhawalkar (Dhrupad Vocal) – Chandrakauns, Adana (Pakhawaj: Shri Shrikant Mishra)
4. Dr. Sangeeta Shankar (Violin) – Jog, Bhajan (Tabla: Shri Yogesh Samsi)
5. Pt. Prabhakar Karekar (Vocal) – Malkauns, Natya Geet (Harmonium: Shri Sudhir Nayak)
6. Shri Parthasarathy (Sarod) – Ahir Bhairav (Tabla: Shri Yogesh Samsi)
7. Smt. Malini Rajurkar (Vocal) – Basant Mukhari, Bairagi Bhairav (Harmonium: Dr. Arvind Thatte)
8. Pt. Firoz Dastur (Vocal) – Todi, Bhairavi
Accompanists: Harmonium – Shri Appa Jalgaonkar; Tabla – Shri Chandrakant Kamat, Shri Subhash Kamat, Shri Bharat Kamat, Shri Pandurang Mukhde.
Note: Pt. Bhimsen Joshi could not perform due to a leg fracture; heavy rains in Dec 1977 pushed the festival to January 1978.
23rd Sawai Gandharva Memorial – 1975
Venue: Ganesh Kala Krida Rangmanch (Nehru Stadium), Pune
Thursday, 10 December 1975
1. Shri Tukaram Daithankar (Shehnai) – Jaijaivanti, Bhajan (Tabla: Shri Dhananjay Pandit)
2. Shri Madhav Gudi (Vocal) – Puriya, Gaara Thumri (Harmonium: Shri Sudhir Nayak)
3. Smt. Pratima Tilak (Vocal) – Nand, Bhajan (Tabla: Shri Omkar Gulvady; Harmonium: Shri Sudhir Nayak)
4. Smt. Ileana Citaristi (Odissi) accompanied by Guru Ratikant Mahapatra (Pakhawaj), vocalist Dhaneswar Panda and flautist Parashuram Das
5. Shri Ganapati Bhat (Vocal) – Jog, Des, Bhajan (Harmonium: Shri Sudhir Nayak)
6. Shri Dhananjay Daithankar (Santoor) – Ahir Bhairav, Pahadi Dhun (Tabla: Shri Ramdas Palsule)
7. Pt. Jasraj (Vocal) – Ramkali, Sanskrit Bhakti Rachana (Tabla: Shri Vijay Ghate & Shri Kedar Pandit)
Friday, 11 December 1975
1. Shri Sharadkumar Khaladkar (Shehnai) – Gorakh Kalyan, Mishra Dhun (Tabla: Shri Manoj Parulekar)
2. Smt. Krishna Hangal (Vocal) – Yaman, Suha (Tabla: Shri Uday Karpur)
3. Shri Shounak Abhisheki (Vocal) – Harikans, Raga Mala (Hindol Bahar), Natya Geet (Tabla: Shri Mangesh Mule)
4. Shri Sandipan Samajpati (Vocal) – Bageshri, Lalit
5. Begum Parveen Sultana (Vocal) – Maru Bihag, Tarana, Bandish (Tabla: Shri Mukundraj Deo)
6. Ustad Sujad Husain Khan (Sitar) – Bairagi Bhairav, Mishra Pahadi Dhun (Tabla: Shri Mukesh Jadhav)
7. Smt. Gangubai Hangal (Vocal) – Ahir Bhairav, Bhairavi (Tabla: Shri Uday Karpur)
Saturday, 12 December 1975
1. Shri Pramod Gayakwad (Shehnai) – Durga (Tabla: Shri Nitin Gayakwad)
2. Shri Yadavaraj Phad (Vocal) – Malkauns, Khamaj, Bhajan (Tabla: Shri Ram Borgavkar)
3. Smt. Shalmali Joshi (Vocal) – Shuddha Nat, Paraj (Tabla: Shri Milind Pote; Harmonium: Shri Makrand Kundalik)
4. Ustad Sultan Khan (Sarangi) – Charukeshi, Lullaby (Tabla: Ustad Fazal Qureshi)
5. Smt. Zarin Daruwala Sharma (Sarod) – Jog, Sagar (Tabla: Shri Vibhav Nageshkar)
6. Pt. Firoz Dastur (Vocal) – Todi, Jogiya, Bhairavi
Accompanists: Harmonium – Shri Appa Jalgaonkar, Shri Tulshidas Borkar, Shri Shri Ram Shahapurkar; Tabla – Shri Chandrakant Kamat, Shri Bharat Kamat, Shri Subhash Kamat.
24th Sawai Gandharva Memorial – 1976
Venue: New English School, Ramanbagh, Pune
Thursday, 9 December 1976
1. Shri Tukaram Daithankar (Shehnai) – Yaman, Dhun
2. Smt. Hema Malini (Bharatanatyam) and Esha Deol (Odissi) – collaborative performance (Saraswati Vandana, Shiv Panchakshari, “Parampara”)
3. Shri Rajan Kulkarni (Sarod) – Lalit, Pahadi Dhun
4. Shri Ulhas Kashalkar (Vocal) – Jogkauns, Bahar
5. Smt. Padma Deshpande (Vocal) – Sham Kalyan, Mishra Pilu Dadra
6. Smt. Malini Rajurkar (Vocal) – Ahir Bhairav, Vibhas, Tappa
7. Smt. Krishna Hangal & Smt. Gangubai Hangal (Duet Vocal)
Friday, 10 December 1976
1. Shri Sharadkumar Khaladkar (Shehnai) – Puriya Dhanashree, Mishra Khamaj Dhun
2. Pt. Shivkumar Sharma & Shri Rahul Sharma (Santoor Jugalbandi) – Rajeshwari, Mishra Pilu
3. Shri Purbayan Chatterjee (Sitar) – Bilaskhani Todi, Jogiya Kalingda
4. Smt. Kalpana Zokarkar (Vocal) – Bageshri, Khamaj Tappa, Dadra
5. Shri Shounak Abhisheki (Vocal) – Manoranjani, Devgandhar, Abhang
6. Shri Shrikant Deshpande (Vocal) – Maru Bihag, Abhang
7. Pt. Jasraj (Vocal) – “Vihangini”, Basant, Bhajan
Saturday, 11 December 1976
1. Shri Pramod Gayakwad (Shehnai) – Madhukuns, Banarasi Dhun
2. Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia (Flute) – Gujri Todi, Bhatiyali
3. Shri Kartik Kumar & Shri Niladri Kumar (Sitar Duet) – Kaunsi Kanada
4. Shri Uday Bhawalkar (Dhrupad) – 10-matra Sul Taal, Bhairavi
5. Shri Upendra Bhat (Vocal) – Yaman, Mishra Khamaj Thumri, Abhang
6. Smt. Meena Pandit (Vocal) – Bageshri, Khamaj Tappa, Bhajan
7. Ustad Rashid Khan (Vocal) – Lalit, Thumri, Tarana, Bhairavi
8. Pt. Firoz Dastur (Vocal) – Bhairav, Bhairavi
9. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal)
Accompanists: Harmonium – Shri Appa Jalgaonkar; Tabla – Shri Chandrakant Kamat, Shri Bharat Kamat, Shri Subhash Kamat.
25th Sawai Gandharva Memorial – 1977
Venue: New English School, Ramanbagh, Pune
Thursday, 7 December 1977
1. Shri Tukaram Daithankar (Shehnai) – Kedar, Dhun (Tabla: Dr. Rajendra Durkar; Surpeti: Shri Ganesh or Nitin Daithankar)
2. Smt. Madhuri Ambekar (Vocal) – Maru Bihag, Natya Geet (Tabla: Shri Yogesh Godbole; Harmonium: Shri Ravi Sidhaye)
3. Shri Uday Bhawalkar (Dhrupad), Raga Malkauns (Pakhawaj: Shri Manik Munde)
4. Pt. Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor) – Jogkauns, Kirwani, Dhun (Tabla: Shri Vijay Ghate)
5. Pt. Prabhakar Karekar (Vocal) – Swanandi, Basant, Natya Pad
6. Ustad Usman Khan (Sitar) – Basant Mukhari (Tabla: Shri Mukesh Jadhav)
7. Smt. Malini Rajurkar (Vocal) – Nat Bhairav, Bhairavi Tarana
Friday, 8 December 1977
1. Shri Sharadkumar Khaladkar (Shehnai) – Puriya, Mishra Dhun (Tabla: Shri Abhay Kulkarni; Surpeti: Shri Swapnil Khaladkar)
2. Shri Mohan Darekar (Vocal) – Rageshri, Natya Pad (Tabla: Shri Vikas Purandare; Harmonium: Shri Chaitanya Kute)
3. Smt. Shobhana (Bharatanatyam)
4. Shri Vijay Koparkar (Vocal) – Jogkauns, Paraj, Natya Geet (Tabla: Shri Ramdas Palsule)
5. Dr. N. Rajam & Dr. Sangeeta Shankar (Violin Duet) – Malkauns, Natya Geet (Tabla: Shri Mukesh Jadhav)
6. Pt. Jasraj (Vocal) – Ahir Bhairav, Bhajan (Tabla: Shri Vijay Ghate)
7. Begum Parveen Sultana (Vocal) – Mia Ki Todi, Bhajan (Tabla: Shri Mukundraj Deo; Harmonium: Shri Sunil Borgavkar)
Saturday, 9 December 1977
1. Shri Pramod Gayakwad (Shehnai) – Hemant, Banarasi Dhun (Tabla: Shri Nitin Gayakwad; Surpeti: Shri Vikram & Smt. Namrata Gayakwad)
2. Shri Pandharinath Kolhapure (Vocal) – Bageshri, Sohoni Bhatiyar (Tabla: Shri Anantrao Lele)
3. Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan (Sitar) – Zinzoti (Tabla: Shri Mukesh Jadhav)
4. Smt. Gangubai Hangal (Vocal) – Kalavati, Adana (Tabla: Shri Ajay Hangal)
5. Ustad Rashid Khan (Vocal)
6. Shri Parthasarathy (Sarod) – (Tabla: Shri Satyajit Talwalkar; Tanpura: Shri Ajit Gosavi)
7. Smt. Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar (Vocal) – (Harmonium: Shri Pramod Marathe)
8. Pt. Firoz Dastur (Vocal)
9. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) – (Tabla: Shri Nana Mule)
Honor: Appa Jalgaonkar felicitated for receiving the Sangeet Natak Akademi award (presentation by Smt. Gangubai Hangal).
Accompanists: Harmonium – Shri Appa Jalgaonkar, Shri Sudhir Nayak, Dr. Arvind Thatte; Tabla – Shri Chandrakant Kamat, Shri Subhash Kamat, Shri Bharat Kamat.
26th Sawai Gandharva Memorial – 1978 (Held January 1979 due to rain)
Venue: New English School, Ramanbagh, Pune
Saturday, 12 January 1979
1. Shri Raghunandan Panshikar (Vocal) – Bhimpalas
2. Shri Ganapati Bhat (Vocal) – Madhuwanti, Puriya Dhanashree
3. Pt. Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor) – Raga Shri, Mishra Khamaj (Tabla: Ustad Shafat Ahmed Khan)
4. Smt. Malini Rajurkar (Vocal) – Chakradhar, Tilang Tappa, Bhairavi Tarana
Sunday, 13 January 1979
1. Smt. Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande (Vocal) – Bibhas, Jonpuri (Harmonium: Shri Suyog Kundalkar)
2. Pt. Ajay Pohankar (Vocal) – Komal Rishabh Asavari, Thumri
3. Shri Shounak Abhisheki (Vocal) – Desi, Khat Todi Tarana
4. Pt. Vishwamohan Bhatt (Vichitra Veena) – Madhuwanti, Tilak Kamod (Tabla: Shri Vijay Ghate)
5. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) – Shuddha Sarang, Abhang, Bhairavi
6. Ustad Rashid Khan (Vocal) – Puriya, Tarana
7. Smt. Zarin Daruwala Sharma (Sarod) – Yaman Kalyan, Mishra Pilu (Tabla: Shri Vibhav Nageshkar)
8. Pt. Firoz Dastur (Vocal) – Maru Bihag, Tarana
9. Shri Jasraj (Vocal) – Jaijaivanti, Bhairavi (Tabla: Shri Kedar Pandit)
Honor: Smt. Malini Rajurkar felicitated on turning 61 and receiving the Sangeet Natak Akademi award (presentation by Pt. Bhimsen Joshi).
Accompanists: Harmonium – Shri Appa Jalgaonkar, Dr. Arvind Thatte, Shri Sudhir Nayak; Tabla – Shri Chandrakant Kamat, Shri Bharat Kamat, Shri Subhash Kamat.
Note: Supreme Court restrictions on amplification after 10 p.m. forced the 2001 edition to shift to afternoon/evening slots; this 1978 memorial (held in 2002 calendar year) followed a special schedule: Saturday 4–10 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m.–3 p.m. & 5–10 p.m.
27th Sawai Gandharva Memorial – 1980
Venue: Renukaswaroop High School, Pune
Thursday, 11 December 1980
1. Shri Tukaram Daithankar (Shehnai) – Gorakh Kalyan
2. Shri Ajay Pohankar (Vocal) – Jog, Thumri
3. Ustad Bismillah Khan & Party (Shehnai) – Maru Bihag, Basant (Tabla: Ustad Nazim Khan)
4. Smt. Chitra Visweswaran (Bharatanatyam)
5. Pt. Kumar Gandharva (Vocal) (Tabla: Shri Vasant Acharekar)
Friday, 12 December 1980
1. Shri Deulankar (Shehnai) – Abhogi
2. Shri Madhav Gudi (Vocal) – Shuddha Kalyan, song “Ugich Ka Kanta”
3. Ustad Gulam Khwaja (Vocal) – Jogkauns, song “Vilople Madhumilanat Ya”
4. Dr. N. Rajam (Violin) – Bageshri, Nilambari, Natya Geet
5. Shri Rajan & Shri Sajan Mishra (Vocal Duet) – Darbari, Tappa
6. Pt. Jasraj (Vocal) – Ahir Bhairav, Bhairavi “Ai Savare”
Saturday, 13 December 1980
1. Shri Khaladkar (Shehnai) – Hansadhwani, Dhun
2. Shri Chandrakant Kapileshwari (Vocal) – Kalavati
3. Dr. V. N. Pabalakar (Harmonium Solo) – Kalavati
4. Shri Shrikant Deshpande (Vocal) – Malkauns, Bhajan “Zhuni Dhav Ata Pandurang”
5. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (Sarod) – Tilak Kamod (Tabla: Shri Kumar Bose)
6. Smt. Kankana Banerjee (Vocal) – Bairagi
7. Ustad Bale Khan (Sitar) – Ahir Bhairav (Tabla: Shri Bhavalkar)
8. Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande (Vocal) – Basant Mukhari, song “Tejonidhi Loh Gol”
9. Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (Sitar) – Gopika Basant
10. Pt. Firoz Dastur (Vocal)
11. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) – Ramkali, Jeevanpuri, Bhairavi Thumri, Bhajan “Tirth Vitthal”
Honors: Smt. Hirabai Barodekar (on turning 75) and Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande (on turning 61) were felicitated. Sawai Gandharva’s tanpura was donated to Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum by Pt. Bhimsen Joshi. Program ended Sunday at 11:35 a.m.
Accompanists: Harmonium – Shri Appa Jalgaonkar, Shri Bandopant Sathe, Shri Shri Ram Shahapurkar; Tabla – Shri Chandrakant Kamat, Shri Bajirao Sonawane, Shri Kumar Bose.