The gharanas, India’s musical lineages, have been shaped not just through the art of their practitioners, but also through their movement across regions. At our Online Talk #Chinchwad2Gwalior, vocalist Meeta Pandit of the Gwalior gharana traces the journey of families like the Chinchwadkars who migrated from Chinchwad to Gwalior and uncovers how personal identity, family legacy, and geographical shifts fuelled stylistic innovations and gave birth to some of the most influential gharanas in Indian music. She also weaves in interesting anecdotes, bringing alive the human side of our musical heritage - rich with nuance, humour, and deep cultural meaning.

About the Speaker

Meeta Pandit is the sixth in the unbroken lineage of legendary musicians of the Gwalior Gharana. A leading and popular vocalist, she is a disciple of Padma Bhushan Pt Krishnarao Shankar Pandit and Pt Laxman Krishnarao Pandit and is the first woman in the Pandit family to take up music professionally. She is a recipient of many national awards and honours including Pt Kumar Gandharva Rashtriya Samman, Sangeet Natak Akademi's Bismillah Khan Award. She is also the author of ‘India’s Heritage of Gharana Music: Pandits of Gwalior.