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{{Indian name|Kalapini|Komkali}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
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| name = Kalapini Komkali
| image = Kalapini Komkali (born 1966).png
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| caption = In a 2021 interview
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1966|03|12}}
| birth_place = [[Dewas]], Madhya Pradesh, India
| occupation = Singer
| parents = [[Kumar Gandharva]] and [[Vasundhara Komkali]]
| spouse =
| module = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed = yes
| background = solo singer
| genre = [[Hindustani classical music]]
| instrument = Vocals
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| website = {{URL|https://kalapini.com/}}
|years_active =
| awards = [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]
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'''Kalapini Komkali''' (born 1966) is an Indian [[Indian classical music|classical vocalist]] from [[Madhya Pradesh]]. In 2023 she received [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani Vocal]].

==Biography==
Kalapini Komkali was born on 12 March 1966, in [[Dewas]], Madhya Pradesh.<ref name="SNA">{{Cite web |title=Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2022 and 2023 |url=https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2024/mar/doc202437320201.pdf |publisher=Press information bureau, Government of India |page=62}}</ref> She is daughter of classical vocalists [[Kumar Gandharva]] and [[Vasundhara Komkali]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Kalapini Komkali on being Kumar Gandharva's daughter, honing her art and the undying guru-shishya tradition |url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/kalapini-komkali-on-being-kumar-gandharvas-daughter-honing-her-art-and-the-undying-guru-shishya-tradition-4385879.html |work=Firstpost |date=17 March 2018 |language=en-us |archive-date=27 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127182622/https://www.firstpost.com/living/kalapini-komkali-on-being-kumar-gandharvas-daughter-honing-her-art-and-the-undying-guru-shishya-tradition-4385879.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="hans">{{cite news |last1=Adke |first1=Arti |title=Kalapani Komakali: A legacy of melodic excellence |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/featured/women/kalapini-komkali-a-legacy-of-melodic-excellence-910358 |work=www.thehansindia.com |date=28 September 2024 |language=en |archive-date=30 September 2024 |access-date=5 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930152733/https://www.thehansindia.com/featured/women/kalapini-komkali-a-legacy-of-melodic-excellence-910358 |url-status=live }}</ref> She is from [[Dewas]] in Madhya Pradesh.<ref name="Free Press">{{cite news |title=Madhya Pradesh: Dewas Classical Singer Kalapini Komkali Chosen For Sangeet Natak Akademi Award |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/madhya-pradesh-dewas-classical-singer-kalapini-komkali-chosen-for-sangeet-natak-akademi-award |work=Free Press Journal |language=en}}</ref> She is an active trustee of the Kumar Gandharva Sangeet Academy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-09-17 |title=Nirgun Bani : Kalapini Komkali - Mahindra Kabira Festival |url=https://mahindrakabira.com/artist/nirgun-bani-kalapini-komkali |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=mahindrakabira.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Musical career==
Trained in music by her parents [[Kumar Gandharva]] and [[Vasundhara Komkali]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Parakala |first1=Vangmayi |title=Emerging from the shadows of giants |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/emerging-from-the-shadows-of-giants/article26743549.ece |work=The Hindu |date=5 April 2019 |language=en-IN}}</ref> Kalapini has developed her own singing style, and has excelled in various forms of Hindustani classical music, including khayal, thumri, dadra, and bhajan.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kalapini Komkali: My father was a strict teacher |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/Kalapini-Komkali-My-father-was-a-strict-teacher/articleshow/40100819.cms |work=The Times of India |date=12 August 2014 |archive-date=12 December 2024 |access-date=5 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212111734/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/Kalapini-Komkali-My-father-was-a-strict-teacher/articleshow/40100819.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Free Press"/> A distinctive feature of her singing style is her use of folk music from the [[Malwa region]] of Madhya Pradesh.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Kusnur |first=Narendra |date=2018-01-08 |title=Music all around her |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/music-all-around-her/article22399020.ece |access-date=2025-01-05 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Her first solo performance was in 1993.<ref name=":0" /> Her solo commercial music releases include, ''Aarambha'' and ''Inheritence'' by [[Saregama|His Master's Voice]], ''Dharohar'' by [[Times Music]], and ''Swar-Manjari'', a live concert recording by [[Virgin Records]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Voice of devotion |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/gyan-zone/voice-of-devotion-268672/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Tribune |language=en}}</ref> She has also sung for the films ''[[Paheli (2005 film)|Paheli]]'' and ''Devi Ahalya''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2011-10-21 |title=Saha Gaan - Nov 12 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/saha-gaan-nov-12/article2546255.ece |access-date=2025-01-05 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Live performances==
''Singing Gandhi'', part of the series ''Gandhi Matters'' by [[Raza Foundation]], was a musical tribute to [[Mahathma Gandhi]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sinha |first1=Manjari |title=Melody and the Mahatma |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/melody-and-the-mahatma/article28719920.ece |work=The Hindu |date=26 July 2019 |language=en-IN}}</ref> Kalapini and Bhuvanesh Komakali performed their Jugalbandi concert on the occasion of [[S. H. Raza|Raza]]'s centenary.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Khanna |first1=Shailaja |title=Classical treat by Kalapini and Bhuvanesh Komkali |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/classical-treat-by-kalapani-and-bhuvanesh-komkali/article65234113.ece |work=The Hindu |date=17 March 2022 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
Kalapini has received a fellowship from the Department of Culture, Government of India, and has also been honored with the Kumar Gandharva Award by the Pujari Pratishthan of Pune.<ref name=":1" /> In 2023 she received [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani Vocal]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Arora |first1=Sumit |title=Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards 2022-23 Announced |url=https://currentaffairs.adda247.com/sangeet-natak-akademi-awards-2022-23/ |work=adda247 |date=15 March 2024 |language=en-IN |archive-date=23 March 2025 |access-date=5 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250323150459/https://currentaffairs.adda247.com/sangeet-natak-akademi-awards-2022-23/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]
[[Category:Indian women classical musicians]]
[[Category:Women Hindustani musicians]]
[[Category:Hindustani singers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women singers]]
[[Category:1966 births]]

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