1. Dr Meeta Pandit is a Hindustani Classical vocalist and a leading exponent of the Gwalior Gharana.
18 Facts About Meeta Pandit
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Meeta Pandit is the granddaughter and disciple of Krishnarao Shankar Pandit and daughter of Laxman Krishnarao Pandit.
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Meeta Pandit is the sixth in the unbroken lineage and the first woman in the family to have taken up music as a profession.
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Meeta Pandit is the daughter of Abha Pandit, a homemaker and Pt.
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Meeta Pandit spent her childhood in New Delhi, where she attended St Mary's School until higher secondary, and earned a bachelor's degree in commerce from Lady Sri Ram College, Delhi University.
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Meeta Pandit began training with her legendary grandfather, the doyen of the Gwalior gharana, Padma Bhushan Pt.
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Meeta Pandit was pursuing a PhD in Hindustani classical music when he met with a fatal road accident in New Delhi on 1 September 1994 at the age of 27.
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Meeta Pandit, who was pursuing her bachelor's degree in commerce at the time and preparing for an MBA, decided to take up the cudgels of carrying on the legacy and went on to pursue her master's degree in music.
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Meeta Pandit completed her PhD in Hindustani Classical music by the age of 27.
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Meeta Pandit gave her first performance on stage at the age of 9, during a 3-day music festival 'Prasang' organized for the 75th birthday celebrations of her grandfather, Pt.
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Meeta Pandit has performed at almost all the major classical music festivals of India and abroad which include the Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival in 1999 and 2014, the Dover Lane Music Conference, Kolkata in 2013 and 2019 and the Tansen Samaroh, Gwalior in 2011,2013 and 2019.
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Between 1995 and 2005, Meeta Pandit performed extensively in prestigious festivals in India and abroad in France, Germany, London, Switzerland, Norway, Rome, United States, Russia and Bangladesh.
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Meeta Pandit collaborated with the Jazz pianist, Allie Delfau, as a part of an Indo-French project.
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Meeta Pandit represented India as the Cultural Ambassador of India to Pakistan during the South Asian Association For Regional Co-Operation Summit in Islamabad in 2004.
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In 2008, Meeta Pandit presented a music appreciation series called "Swar Shringar" on World Space Satellite Radio.
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Meeta Pandit collaborated with Amsterdam based Tabla player, Heiko Dijker on an album called "The Luminance Project".
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Meeta Pandit is a 'top-grade' vocalist of the All India Radio.
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Meeta Pandit has been actively coaching budding singers from India and abroad in her attempt to spread Indian Classical Music globally.