Pandit Uday Bhawalkar

Indian classical singer Pandit Uday Bhawalkar performs. He has a lot of experience in dhrupad music. Hindustani classical music is called Dhrupad, and it is from India. It is a traditional vocal style used in Hindustani classical music. Born in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, Uday Bhawalkar, as the youngest of three siblings. He learned how to play the piano from his older sister. At the age of 15, he was awarded a scholarship to the Dhrupad Kendra in Bhopal, where he studied under Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar and his late guru's elder brother Zia Mohinuddin Dagar in the traditional Guru-Shishya Parampara (teacher-disciple tradition).

One of the eldest Dagar brothers, Ustad Nasir Aminuddin Dagar, received a gold medal for his first performance in 1987. He has since delivered several performances and workshops both in India and around the world. He is a frequent guest on national television and radio shows. In Pune, India. He also contributed to the soundtracks for several international art films. Bhawalkar is also well-known for his work with visual and performing artists. In Aparna Sen's Mr. & Mrs. Iyer and Amol Palekar's Anahat, Arun Khopkar's Lokpriya and Rasikpriya, Renuka Shane's Rita, and Gajendra Ahire's Ma Baap, as well as Renuka Shane's Rita and Gajendra Ahire's Ma Baap.

Bhawalkar began his career as a teacher at the age of 20. He currently lives and works in Pune. Moreover, he pays a residential visit at the University of Washington in Seattle's Department of Ethnomusicology. Bhawalkar is a passionate instructor who has a devoted student following. He has provided instruction at worldwide schools like the Asian Music Circuit in London, the University of Washington in Seattle, and the Rotterdam Conservatory of Codarts University for the Arts in the Netherlands.

He participated in the creation of the Veena Foundation in 1992, a nonprofit organization honoring his late teachers, Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar and Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar. Throughout the world, Pandit Uday Bhawalkar has performed at renowned places. He  performed in 2018 at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada, for the Rang Mala Music Society of Toronto.