Hindustani vocalist Chandrashekhar Rele passes away

Hindustani vocalist Chandrashekhar Rele passes away






Mumbai:Veteran Hindustani vocalist Dr Chandrashekhar Rele passed away here on Friday.He was 82. A lawyer by profession, Dr Rele studied vocal music along with the legendary Kumar Gandharva under the guidance of the well-known musicologist Prof B R Deodhar. Dr Rele was witness to the rise to fame of Kumar Gandharva. He was widely acclaimed as an authority on Kumar Gandharva's musical style. He even wrote a book in Marathi on Kumar Gandharva called Kumar Maajhaa Sakhaa.

Since his retirement from active law practice, Rele devoted his energies to composing music in the Khayal genre and training disciples in Mumbai.













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