ImageAt the young age of 25, Pushkar Lele is already touted as a young maestro and the torchbearer of the Kumar Gandharva Gharana.  Pushkar started learning music at the age of 3 years. Since 1984 he was tutored in vocal classical music by LatePt. Gangadharbua Pimpalkhare for eight years.  He then took lessons from Pt.Vijay Koparkar (Disciple of Late Pt. Vasantrao Deshpande and Late Pt. Jeetendra Abhisheki) for about eight years. Since 2001,he is undergoing advanced training under Pt.Vijay Sardeshmukh (Senior Disciple of Late Pt. Kumar Gandharva). A rigorous study of almost two decades with all these renowned and able Gurus has enriched him with a great fund of knowledge.

A promising artiste of the young generation, Pushkar has emerged today as an artiste whose style reflects an aesthetic blend of contemplation in music and technical excellence. His maturity and understanding far exceeds his age.

ImageSuresh Achrekar picked up tabla by listening to the recordings of his father Late Vasant Achrekar.A Chartered Accountant by profession, he started his career as a tabla accompanist at the age of 18 with classical vocalist Pandita Malini Rajurkar.After the death of his father, Pandit Kumar Gandharva adopted him as his preferred tabla accompanist and Suresh accompanied him till the very end (a span of 12 years). He has accompanied Kumarji at the festival of India in France 1984.Suresh had the opportunity to accompany on tabla with Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Prabhakar Karekar, Smt.Manik Verma, Smt Vasundhara Komkali, Pandit Vijay Sardeshmukh and many others. He has a number of audio and video recordings with Kumarji and also the recent recordings of Pandit Vijay Sardeshmukh and Pushkar Lele to his credit.

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Chaitanya Kunte is one of the leading young artistes having accompanied maestros such as Pt.Bhimsen Joshi, Pt.Dinkar Kaikini, Pt.Birju Maharaj, Smt.Vasundhara Komkali and leading artistes such as Ulhas Kashalkar, Rashid Khan, Padma Talawalkar, Shruti Sadolikar, Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande, Veena Sahasrabuddhe, Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar and many others. His accompaniment is marked with perfection and accuracy.