Sound of soul

“I have been fortunate to have got gurus such as Mogubai. In fact it was while studying as her student that I came across Kishori Amonkar,Mogubai’s daughter.

Not only that,veteran masters such as- Nivrutti Bua Sarnaik and Gajanan Rao Joshi enriched my musical journey. And it was company of connoisseurs like these that changed and shaped my musical perceptions,” adds Talwalkar.

With a family of musicians such as husband Pandit Suresh Talwalkar,son Satyajit Talwalkar and daughter-in law who is learning music from Padma Talwalkar,life is certainly a musical circle for the Talwalkars. And Talwalkar does not quite like to tag music as a profession. “It is a way of life as I said earlier. It does not come with a guarantee unlike many others. The guru shishya parampara in Indian classical music is a perfect representative of the legacy this form of music carries. The spontaneity of this form lies in the dedication,sincerity and the practice that one can achieve only through riyaz. Recognition and appreciation is something that cannot be the basis of music,it is only when one is musically complete that these things follows. And on a personal level,one can never be musically complete,it’s a journey within and the deeper one goes,the more he or she understands that the journey has just begun!”