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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Padmaja Phenany Joglekar<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|7|7|df=yes}}<br />
| known_for = [[Hindustani Classical Music]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Padmaja Phenany Joglekar''' is a [[Hindustani Classical]] singer.<ref>{{cite book<br />
| title = India Who's who<br />
| publisher = INFA Publications<br />
| year= 2004<br />
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=woJmAAAAMAAJ&q=padmaja+phenani}}<br />
</ref> She is a disciple of [[Pandit Jasraj]].<ref>{{cite book<br />
| last1 = Misra | first1 = Susheela<br />
| title = Among contemporary musicians<br />
| publisher = Harman Pub. House<br />
| year= 2001<br />
| isbn = 9788186622469<br />
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=GL8GAQAAMAAJ&q=padmaja+phenani}}<br />
</ref> She was awarded the [[List of Padma Shri award recipients (2000–09)|Padma Shri Award]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web<br />
|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)<br />
|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]<br />
|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf<br />
|access-date=11 Dec 2013<br />
|archive-date=15 October 2015<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf<br />
|url-status=dead<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Brought up in the tradition of [[Indian classical music]], Padmaja a graduate in [[Microbiology]], opted for a career in music. Today she sings both [[Hindustani Classical]] ( [[Khayal]], [[Thumri]], [[Tappa]] etc.) and the light popular variety ( [[Gazals]], [[Geet (song)|Geet]], [[Bhajans]] etc.).<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
She is married to Sunil Joglekar and has a son.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}<br />
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==Career==<br />
Joglekar started learning [[Hindustani Classical music]] under the guidance of the vocalist [[Jasraj]]. She took further training from the [[Sarangi]] maestro [[Pandit Ram Narayan]] and the [[music director]] [[Hridaynath Mangeshkar|Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar]].{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}<br />
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Her three albums titled ''Hee Shubhra Phulanchi Jwala'', ''Rang Bawara Shravan'' and ''Ghar Nachale Nachela'' consist of Marathi poems written by poets like [[Kusumagraj]], [[Indira Sant]], [[Vinda Karandikar]], [[Mangesh Padgaonkar]], Shankar Ramani, [[Suresh Bhat]], Grace & Shantabai Shelke. She has also released an album of Marathi Gazals and recently two albums titled ''Hey Gagana'' and ''He Sparsha Chandanyanche''. Her latest Marathi album ''Megha Re'' was released in Diwali 2009.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}<br />
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In her album titled ''Geet Naya Gata Hoon'', Joglekar sang poems written by [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]. She has also tuned and sung poems written by former [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[V. P. Singh|Shri V P Singh]], album to be released shortly.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}<br />
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She has released an Gazal Album '''‘Zindagi ki Zuban’''' and Hindi album of [[bhajan]]s composed by [[Anup Jalota|Shri Anup Jalota]] titled '''"Mangaldeep"'''. Another album of Gazals written by such great poets like [[Daagh Dehlvi|Daag]], [[Jigar]], [[Ahmed Faraz]], [[Bashir Badr|Dr. Bashir Badr]] etc. & are also in the making. Her latest album ''Rang'' consists of [[Sufi music|Sufi]] style songs in [[Hindi]].{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}<br />
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===Concerts===<br />
Joglekar has performed at various conferences in India and also had many concerts in the UK, United States, Canada, [[Singapore]] and [[UAE]] including the Bruhan Maharashtra Mandal (BMM) 2013 convention held at [[Rhodes Island]] in July 2013.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}<br />
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* "'''Mangaldeep'''" a concert of Marathi Bhavgeet & [[poems]]. The concert includes the songs Padmaja has sung in the film '''Nivdung''' ('''''Kenvha tari Pahate''''' & '''''Lavlav kari Paat'''''), her composition of outstanding poems of [[Kusumagraj]], [[Indira Sant]], Shankar Ramani, [[Suresh Bhat]] etc. from her various albums ('''Hee shubhra phulanchi Jwala''', '''Ranga Bavara Shravan''', '''Ghara nachale Nachale '''etc.) and some Bandish and associated songs based on that bandish which she has learnt from her guruji [[Hridaynath Mangeshkar]].<br />
* "'''BhaktiRang'''", a concert of [[devotional music]]. It consists of [[Bhajans]] by [[Meera]], [[Kabir]], [[Tulsi]], [[Nanak]], and [[Rahim]] etc. They are mainly in Hindi with a few in Gujarati. She has been performing this concert since last two years and has also performed a few combined concerts with Shri [[Anup Jalota]] and '''Padmashri Purshottamdas ji Jalota'''. The press report of Chennai concert is available on the Hindu website whose address is <ref name="BhaktiRang">{{cite news|title= Evening of melody and bhakti|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/evening-of-melody-and-bhakti/article28577783.ece|date=10 December 2004|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=16 January 2020}}</ref><br />
* "'''Mehefil -E -Gazal'''" consisting of [[gazals]] of great [[shayar (poet)|shayar]]s like [[Ghalib]], [[Daagh Dehlvi|Daag]], [[Jigar]], [[Bahadurshah Zafar]], [[Faiz Ahmad Faiz]], [[Momin Khan Momin|Momin]], Mir Taki Mir etc. & living legends like [[Ahmad Faraz]], Dr. Bashir Badr etc. In this concert she sings her own compositions as well as some popular ones. This concert is a Gazal connoisseurs delight.<br />
* "'''Tere Sur aur mere Geet'''" - This is the latest concert launched in 2005. It consists of memorable Classics of Hindi Film mainly 50's to 70's period consisting of compositions of such great composers like [[Pandit Ravi Shankar]], [[Madan Mohan (music director)|Madan Mohan]], [[Salil Choudhary]], [[S. D. Burman|S D Burman]], [[Jaidev]], Sham Sundar, [[Vasant Desai]] & [[R. D. Burman|R D Burman]]. The songs selected are outstanding & popular but rarely performed live. This is not an orchestra but a Mehfil.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://padmaja.co.in/ Official Website of Padmaja Phenany Joglekar]<br />
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