Vidyadhar Oke
Vidyadhar Oke was born in Maharashtra, India on May 30th, 1952 and is the Indian Music Composer. At the age of 72, Vidyadhar Oke biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Oke's maternal grandfather and mother Shanta were harmonium players. Shanta was also a singer and student of Narayanrao Vyas, a disciple of Vishnu Digambar Paluskar. Oke, a renowned third generation harmonium artist playing the instrument since the age of four, later learned from the maestro late Pandit Govindrao Patwardhan for 25 years to become an ace Harmonium player. His first public performance was a harmonium solo in 1972 on Mumbai Doordarshan. He was a performing member at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (Mumbai) and played harmonium in music programmes at the centre, arranged by Purushottam Laxman Deshpande and Ashok Ranade. He taught Harmonium as Hon. Lecturer at the Department of Music, University of Mumbai, when Ashok Ranade was the head. He accompanied on harmonium; singers including Asha Bhosale, Vasantrao Deshpande, Sudhir Phadke, Kumar Gandharva, Manik Varma, Malabika Kanan, Rashid Khan, C. R. Vyas, Jitendra Abhisheki, Vidyadhar Vyas, Suresh Wadkar, Jyotsna Bhole, Padma Talwalkar, Shruti Sadolikar, Satyasheel Deshpande, Asha Khadilkar, Upendra Bhat, Shubha Mudgal, Vijay Koparkar, Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar, Veena Sahasrabuddhe, Rahul Deshpande; and played lehra to accompany Tabla Solo by Alla Rakha, with Vocal and Mridangam by T. V. Gopalakrishnan.
He performed in United States and Europe, including a concert in Maharashtra Mandal of London, to support the fund for the victims of 1993 Latur earthquake; and in the convention of Brihan Maharashtra Mandal of North America at Houston, USA. He composed Music for Marathi musical theatre, for dramas including Sanyastha Jwalamukhi based on the life of Swami Vivekananda, and Dnyanoba Maza based on the life of Saint Dnyaneshwar.
Oke's research on shrutis in the Indian classical music is insightful and potentially revolutionary. Shrutis are the 22 basic musical notes (microtones) which create a Raga. He discovered that the sequential progression of the notes can be plotted mathematically, enabling playing them on a string, precisely. He created the world's first, unique, patented 22 shruti harmonium which can also double up as an Accordion, to be in the list of Indians who created their own musical instruments. Oke gave lec-dems on his research on shrutis at several locations including a TED-X talk at IIT Gandhinagar.
Oke; the playwrighter, songwriter and music director of the Sangeet Natak Tajmahal, became the second person in musical theatre in Marathi language after 138 years as the same feat was done first by Annasaheb Kirloskar in 1882 for Sangeet Saubhadra. Sangeet Tajmahal was judged as the best drama in the 59th Maharashtra state sangeet natak competition (2020) and Oke was adjudged as the best playwright and music director. Oke brought to surface the existence of a temple in Mansingh's palace which was taken over by Shahjahan to be the queen's grave, in his own words.
- Best Drama, Best Playwright and Best Music Director for 'Sangeet Tajmahal' (59th Maharashtra state sangeet natak competition, 2020)
- Pancharatna Puraskar (Harmony Foundation)
- Vitthalrao Korgaonkar Puraskar (Surel Samvadini Samvardhan, Belgaum)
- Maharashtra Granthottejak Sanstha (Pune)
- P.L.Deshpande Award (Uttung Sanskrutik Pariwar, Mumbai)
- Bandubhaiyya Chougule Puraskar (Indore)
- Appasaheb Jalgaokar Puraskar (Ganavardhan, Pune)
- Keshavrao Bhosale Award by Govt. of Maharashtra
- Thane Bhushan Award (Thane Municipal Corporation)
- Thane Nagar Ratna Award (Nagar Vikas Manch)
- Thane Manabindu Award (Maharashtra Times-Indradhanu)
- Anil Mohile Award (Siddhakala Academy)
- Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Award (Savarkar Nyasa)
- Dr. Sharadini Dahanukar Hirvai Sanman (King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College|King Edward Memorial Hospital)
- Swara-Kranti Award (Nadabrahma)
- Sahavadak Puraskar (Swarabandh, Mumbai)
- Surmani (Sur Singar Samsad)
- Leadership through Innovation Award (Wockhardt)
- Best Music Director (Drama), Dnyanoba Majha, (Maharashtra Times Sanman)
- Best Music Director (Drama), Sanyasta Jwalamukhi, (Zee TV Nomination)
- Ashtapailu Puraskar, (Chitpavan Brahmin Sangh, Thane)
- Shraddhanand Puraskar, (Brahmin Sabha, Mumbai)
- Pune Marathi Granthalaya Puraskar (Pune)
- Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Prakashak Sangh Puraskar