Gaana Saraswati Kishori Amonkar was cremated this evening with full state honour at Shivaji Park, Dadar crematorium in Mumbai amidst tearful adieus from fraternity, music aficionados, friends and relatives. Padmavibhshan Amonkar passed away at her Mumbai house late last night. She was 84. Since today afternoon, the singing doyenne's body was kept at Ravindra Natya Mandir in Prabhadevi area to enable people to pay their last respects. <br/><br/>The singer has been awarded the Padma Bhushan (1987) and the Padma Vibhushan (2002) for an exemplary career. She was also a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1985 and the SNA Fellowship for 2009. In 1991, she was awarded the prestigious Dr TMA Pai Outstanding Konkani Award. <br/><br/>AIR correspondent reports that born on April 10, 1932, in Mumbai, Amonkar is known for her contribution and innovation in the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana of music, and her distinctive style of khayal gayiki as well as thumri and bhajan. <br/><br/>Amonkar learnt music under the tutelage of her mother, the late, great Mogubai Kurdikar, who had herself trained under Alladiya Khan Saheb, the doyen of the Jaipur gharana. <br/><br/>Apart from training under her mother, Amonkar learnt music from legends of Agra gharana, Bhendi Bazar gharana, Gwalior gharana and Goa's stalwart Balkrishnabuwa Parwatkar. Amonkar cultivated a deep understanding of her art, largely through extensive study of the ancient texts on music, and her repertoire was grand in its sweep. <br/><br/>Regardless of musical genre, her performances were marked by vitality and grace. As she prioritised the expression of emotion in her music, she frequently departed from the gharana's conventions of rhythm, ornamentation and broader musical structure in order to intensify the impact of the music.

Gaana Saraswati Kishori Amonkar was cremated with full state honour at Shivaji Park, Dadar crematorium in Mumbai this evening amidst tearful adieus from fraternity, music aficionados, friends and relatives. <br/><br/>Padmavibhshan Amonkar passed away at her Mumbai house late last night. She was 84. Since today afternoon, the singing doyenne's body was kept at Ravindra Natya Mandir in Prabhadevi area to enable people to pay their last respects. Paying tributes to her, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the demise of Kishori Amonkar is an irreparable loss to the Indian classical music. <br/><br/>Born on April 10, 1932, in Mumbai, Amonkar was considered one of the foremost singers in Hindustani classical tradition, Amonkar is known for her contribution and innovation in the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana of music, and her distinctive style of khayal gayiki as well as thumri and bhajan. <br/><br/>Amonkar learnt music under the tutelage of her mother, the late, great Mogubai Kurdikar, who had herself trained under Alladiya Khan Saheb, the doyen of the Jaipur gharana. While learning the finer points and techniques of the Jaipur gharana from her mother, Amonkar also developed her own personal style, which reflected the influence of other gharanas and was generally regarded as an individual variant of the Jaipur tradition. <br/><br/>Apart from training under her mother, Amonkar learnt music from legends of Agra gharana, Bhendi Bazar gharana, Gwalior gharana and Goa's stalwart Balkrishnabuwa Parwatkar. <br/><br/>Amonkar cultivated a deep understanding of her art, largely through extensive study of the ancient texts on music, and her repertoire was grand in its sweep. She frequently departed from the gharana's conventions of rhythm, ornamentation and broader musical structure in order to intensify the impact of the music. <br/><br/>The singer has been awarded the Padma Bhushan (1987) and the Padma Vibhushan (2002) for an exemplary career. She was also a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1985 and the SNA Fellowship for 2009. In 1991, she was awarded the prestigious Dr TMA Pai Outstanding Konkani Award.