 Pt. Kundan Mal Sharma (Classical Vocalist)
He was born at village Khachariawas (Sikar, Raj.) on 5th Oct. 1955. His father late Sh. Bhanwar Lal Jangid was much interested in spiritual studies and satsang of ancient nature which affected him to learn music. At the same time he was much interested to listen classical programmes on radio. He studied up to VIIIth standard at Khachariawas. Later he joined Indian Air Force after completion of Higher Secondary with Science Maths subjects.During training period in IAF for 2 years he keenly listened various classical artistians on radio and enlargened his musical vocublary towards practical performances. After training , during his first posting to Allahabad, he started learning Indian Classical music which continued with various Gurus along with posting to different cities of India. Since 1978, he learnt music from the Gurus
mentioned below:- He got ability for following:- Performances:- Kondinya Sangeet Maha Vidyalaya institute was established in 1998 by Pt. Kundan Mal Sharma. The institute is affiliated to Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad and Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh for conduct of the examination upto Sangeet Visharad, Sangeet Praveen and Sangeet Nipun equivalent to M.A. (Music) well recognised by Central Govt od India and State Govt. Sangeet Praveen/ Nipun exams has been conducting since 1999 and Sangeet Visharad exams for since year 2000. A no. of students have been passed from the
institute some of them who have been reknowned are: Foreign Students:- He is organising monthly calssical programme under the banner of Kondinya Sangeet Maha Vidyalaya Masik Sangeet Sabha as per the costume of Guru Shisya Parampara and the programme itself is known as "Parampara". In these programmes he bring forward his 2-3 students to perform on the stage and finally one or two senior guest artists are invited to perform and deliver lecture on the method of performance. Annual programme is celebrated as "Swarotsava" . His first "Swarotsava" programme was held on 3-Jan-2005 at Ravindra Rang Manch, Jaipur in which the presiding was covered by world famous artists Pt. Rajan Sajan Mishra and the preformer were one of his disciple Kumari Divya Sharma and Mr. Ritesh- Rajneesh Mishra of Banaras Gharana. He has invited twice internationally famed classical vocalist and his Gurus Pt. Rajan- Sajan Mishra of Banaras Gharana to his Kondinya Sangeet Maha Vidyalaya and paid them due respect with presenting Rajasthani "Safa" on 3 Sep-2003 and Shawl and Srifal on 4 Jan-2005. Both Pandits appreciated his work done towards students. The students presented Vocal and Tabla programme. Samaj is thankful to his man who has famous himself and uplifted samaj in classical music field.
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