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Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar is currently recognized as one of the top vocalists of her generation. Now in her mid-fifties, Aarti has established her vocal credentials for about three decades. She has to her credit a number of audio cassettes and CD recordings marketed by HMV, Polygram, and Rhythm House. She has been the main playback singer for several notable Marathi, Konkani as well as Hindi films, namely, she started her training with veteran Pandit Vasantrao Kulkarni of the Agra Gwalior gharanas. Thereafter she received training from Gana Saraswati Smt Kishori Amonkar of the Jaipur Atrauli gharana for a very brief period. She continued her training under Pandit Dinkar Kaikini (Agra Gharana) for a few years. All of her teachers have influenced Arati's style. Listening to her performances one sees a hodgepodge of the various styles of the gharanas represented by her teachers. Arati has performed at many prestigious conferences in India, such as the Sawai Gandharva Mahotsav (Pune), the Malhar Utsav (Delhi), Tansen Samaroh (Gwalior), the Dover Lane Festival (Kolkata), the Shankarlal Festival (Delhi) and at Sabhas organized by the Madras Music Academy (Chennai). She has also performed in Bangalore, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Udaypur, Agra, Banaras (Ganga Utsav), Bhubneshwar, and almost all major cities in Maharashtra, Karnataka, M.P., Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala. In some concerts, the audience is sometimes five to seven thousand. She has been on concert tours in the USA, Canada, UK and UAE, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, and many other countries.Thus Arati has tried to promote Indian Classical Music and Culture in different parts of the World.   Video Courtesy: Light & Shade Events. Share, Support, Subscribe Subscribe:  https://goo.gl/3MhnVj Facebook:  https://goo.gl/F4ePWw Twitter:       https://goo.gl/pU3xzj