Released on: March 12, 2008, 4:16 am

Press Release Author: Deepak Gupta

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Press Release Summary: Meeta Pandit, the internationally acclaimed Classical Music
Diva has been awarded the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademy's 'Ustad Bismillah Khan
Puraskar'. The Sangeet Natak Akademi introduced the award for young artists in the
name of Ustad Bismillah Khan, Bharat Ratna and Fellow of the Akademi, from 2006 with
the objective to identify and encourage outstanding young talents in diverse fields
of performing arts and give them national recognition early in life so that they may
work with greater commitment and dedication in their chosen fields.

Press Release Body: Meeta Pandit, the internationally acclaimed Classical Music Diva
has been awarded the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademy's 'Ustad Bismillah Khan
Puraskar'. The Sangeet Natak Akademi introduced the award for young artists in the
name of Ustad Bismillah Khan, Bharat Ratna and Fellow of the Akademi, from 2006 with
the objective to identify and encourage outstanding young talents in diverse fields
of performing arts and give them national recognition early in life so that they may
work with greater commitment and dedication in their chosen fields.
Acknowledged as the scion of the Gwalior musical gharana, Meeta Pandit has emerged
as a shining star in the world of classical music. Meeta is grand-daughter and
disciple of Padma Bhushan Pt Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit, the doyen of Northern
Indian Classical music in the 20th century and the daughter of legendary Pt L.K.
Pandit respectively. Her melodious and robust voice coupled with intricate handling
of ragas has won her admirers - young and the old alike. She has seriously worked on
the rigorous talim, sadhana to flower her own unique style. Besides Khayal, Meeta is
equaly popular with genres of Tappa, Bhajan, Thumri, Sufi and cross cultural music.
She has performed extensively in prestigious festivals in India and abroad like -
France, Germany, London, Switzerland, Norway, Rome, USA, Russia and Bangladesh etc.
Meeta was sent as the cultural ambassador in 2004 for the SAARC music Festival in
Islamabad. She was invited in 2003 by Govt of France as Artist in Residence to be
based in Paris. A film on her titled \'Meeta - Linking a Tradition with Today\' has
been made by (Public Service Broadcasting Trust along with Prasar Bharti) in 2005.
She is an A -Grade artist of All India Radio.
Meeta conducts workshops twice a year in France, besides training many students
under guru-shishya parampara in India. A Doctor of music, Meeta has won many
National awards like-The Golden Voice of India, Sur-Mani, Yuva Ojaswini, Yuva Ratna,
FICCI Award for Music etc. The Leading Magazines of India namely -India Today and
The Week in their special issues of opinion poll have featured her as one of the
"Youth Powers" leading India in the Millennium. Music Today had released her albums
namely-Footsteps, Young Maestros, Tansen.
Presently to increase awareness of Indian classical music in India, Meeta is hosting
a programme Swar Shringaar on WORLD SPACE RADIO - "Radio Gandharva".


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