ABOUT

Sukhad was born in a musical family of Great Pakhawaj Maestro Pt.Manik Munde. He has got inspiration with blessings from the great DadaGurus like Bhakt Ganesh Anna Choudhary & Prof. Pt. Govindrao Deshmukh. Sukhad started getting Pakhawaj & Tabla Talim (training) at the age of 6 yrs under Guru-Shishya Parampara from his Father & Guru Pt.Manik Munde, well-known Pakhawaj Maestro Worldwide. Sukhad got SWAR-GYAN from the well-known Dhrupad Guru Pt. Uday Bhawalkar. He has got many opportunities to accompany great Instrumentalists, Katthak Dancers and Vocalists like  SangeetMartand Pt. Jasraj,  Pt. RattanMohan Sharma,  Ustad Taufiq Qureshi (Djembe), Pt. Yogesh Samsi (Tabla)  Padmshree Ustad Wasifddin Dagar (Vocalist)  Projects of Pt. Kedar Pandit (wellknown Music Director)  Pt. Rahul Deshpande (Vocal)  Pt. Jayteerth Mevundi (Vocal)  Pt. Anand Bhate (AnandGandharv)  Sau. Devaki Pandit  Sau. Kaushiki Chakraverty  Sau. Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar  Pt. Suresh Wadkar  Sau. Manjusha Patil  PadmShree Gundecha Brothers (Dhrupad),  Ustad Bahauddin Dagar (Rudra Veena),  Pt.Ronu Majumdar (Flute),  Pt. Raghunandan Panshikar (Vocal) many Kathak Dancers like  Sau. Manisha Sathe (Pune)  Sau. Shambhavi Dandekar (USA)  Sau. Shama Bhate & Disciples and other great artists. Sukhad has performed in various Music Conferences & Festivals in India as well as Abroad such as: * Legends of India (Delhi), * Dhrupad Mela (Varanasi), * Sangeet Natak Academy (Kolkata), * Sawai Gandharva (Pune), * IMG JanFest (Mumbai), * TaalChakra festival (Pune), * Swami Haridas Sangeet Sammelan, * Bharat Bhawan (Bhopal), * Madhukali Festival, * Madhya-Pradesh Mahotsav, * Krishnarao Shankar Pandit Sangeet Samaroh (Gwalior), * ArpanaVijayam (Kochi, Kerala), * Rajasthan International Folk Festival (Jodhpur), * Idea Pune Festival, * Kala Ghoda Festival (Mumbai), * DevGandharva Samaroh, * Devnandan Sangeet Samaroh (Bangalore), * Shivotsav Kala Parv (Gwalior) * Takshila Music Festival (DPS), * Idea Jalsa – Different Locations in India (by Art & Artistes) * Bolava Vitthal – ALL INDIA TOUR (curated by Pancham Nishad) * 8 - Ashta Prahar (curated by Durga Pandit Jasraj) and many many more. . . . . --------------------------------- Performances Abroad: * Ethno Music Festival (Various Locations in SWEDEN), * Musik vid Siljan (Rattvik), * Bingsjo Festival (Skansen), and many more. . Sukhad has performed with Indo-Pak Singers at various locations in USA  University of Urbana Champaign, IL  University of Norte Dame, South Bend  LearnQuest Academy, Boston MA  Dhrupad Music Institute of America, Washington DC,  Chicago IL and Los Angeles, CA  Namaskar School of Music, Brooklyn  Raga Music Circle, New York  Classical Music Night, Navada City, CA  Baithak @ San Fransisco, CA and many more. . . . . --------------------------------- Sukhad got the opportunity to perform in the Prestigious DARBAR Festival in UK with Rudra Veena, Dhrupad Vocal & Jugalbandi with Western Drums in the year 2014 and with Padmashree Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar in the year 2018 --------------------------------- Sukhad has accompanied SangeetMartand Pt. Jasraj-ji on his tour to DUBAI (2016) --------------------------------- Sukhad has performed in the Folk Festival of Nantes City, FRANCE with a choir of 800 western singers singing Indian Classical, Brazilian & French Songs ---------------------------------- Sukhad plays Jugalbandi and Tal-vadya Kacheri with different Instruments as well as gives Solo performances. He is training to more than 250 disciples in Pune & Mumbai. Many of them are certified with B.A. in Pakhawaj, M.A. in Pakhawaj, Visharad & Alankar (ABGMV and Pracheen Kala Kendra) Presently he is designing (Producing) & performing India’s first Vedic Symphony “Param Sukhadam” with more than 50 artistes. . . . . Contact Details-------------------------------- Mobile:- +91-9325-26-27-26 E-mail.: sukhadmunde@gmail.com