Prabhakar Karekar

A vocalist trained in the Northern Indian style, Prabhkar Karekar has earned a  name for himself through out India as well as abroad, having toured extensively in the U.S., the U.K., and the Gulf Countries.

From the Province of Goa, Prabhakar left home at the age of 14 and began his initiation in the fundamentals of classical music with "Pandit Suresh Haldankar. He followed that with a discipleship with noted maestro ëPandit Jitendra Abhiseki. At the present he is under the tutelage of the famous exponent of the Gwalior and Agra gharanas Pandit C.R. Vyas. Karekar has taken the essences of the various schools and formed a style of his own that has enamored him to his listeners. His rendering of the Khayal as well as his emotional singing of Thumri, Dadras, Bhajans, and Natyageets, has gained him fame through out India. Karekar has to his credit many records,  audio tapes, and a CD recently produced in the U.S.