Anand Thakore
- January 9, 2024
- Poet
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Anand Thakore Biography
| Name | Anand Thakore |
| Birthday | Feb 17 |
| Birth Year | 1971 |
| Place Of Birth | Mumbai |
| Birth Country | India |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
Anand Thakore is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on February 17, 1971 in Mumbai, India. Anand Thakore was born in Mumbai in 1971. His father Sandeep Thakore was a sitar enthusiast and a disciple of the late Ustad Mohammed Khan Beenkaar. As a child he was fascinated by Hindu Mythology and Indian classical music and dance. His Grandmother, Kapila Thakore was an award-winning Gujarati children’s writer and translator.
In 1994 he received a scholarship to study music full-time from the Ministry of Human Resource Development (India). He then studied music for several years under Pandit Baban Haldankar of the Agra Gharana. This Taleem (training) familiarized him with a large number of Agra-Gharana compositions and various aspects of the Agra tradition: Bol-alaap, Nom-tom alaap and Layakari.
Post-Colonial critic Bruce King points out in World Literature Today ( Vol. 75, No. 3/4, Summer – Autumn, 2001, p. 136) : “That Thakore is a classical singer shows in his imagery and complex patterns of sound, and in the texture of his verse. There is a song-like quality about his verse”.
In 2006 he received a grant from the Charles Wallace India Trust to work on a collaborative experimental project with British composer and jazz-guitarist Pete Wyer. A participant in the Time Structured Mapping project, he collaborated with soprano Evelyne Beech, microtonal vocalist Toby Twining, Pianist Burkhard Finke and the Orchestra of the Swan on a piece called Four Bridges; a score or Time Structured Map, with scope for improvisation, simultaneously recorded in various parts of the world.
He gave his first public performance at the Vitaan Festival of Music and Dance, 1989, hosted by the Sheriff of Mumbai. He has been giving public concerts and ‘mehfils’ regularly since. While learning music he simultaneously developed a passion for English literature and various Indian languages: Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit and Braj Bhasha. In addition to writing poetry in English, he began, in his late teens, to compose his own Hindustani compositions with Braj and Hindi lyrics.
Anand Thakore Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Poet |
| House | Living in own house. |
Anand Thakore is one of the richest Poet from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Anand Thakore 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Anand Thakore (born 17 February 1971) is a poet and Hindustani classical vocalist. Elephant Bathing (Poetrywala, 2012), Mughal Sequence (Poetrywala, 2012) and Waking in December (Harbour Line, 2001) are his three collections of verse. He received training in Hindustani vocal music for many years from Satyasheel Deshpande and Pandit Baban Haldankar of the Agra Gharana. He is the founder of Harbour Line, a publishing collective, and Kshitij, an interactive forum for musicians.
Thakore’s first professional concert was at the Vitaan Festival of Music and Dance 1989, hosted by the Sheriff of Mumbai. He has accompanied his Guru-s and performed across the country as a soloist at mehfil-s and music festivals since then.
In 2001 he co-founded Kshitij, an interactive forum for musicians, devoted to the spirit of the live Hindustani mehfil. Kshitij was founded in collaboration with vocalists Sanjeev Chimmalgi, Kedar Bodas, Krishna Bhat and Tabla accompanist Rupak Kharvandikar. The group has organized concerts of senior and younger artists in semi-private soirees as well as public auditoriums. It also functions as a musicians’ salon, repeatedly creating space for interaction between musicians, connoisseurs,critics and musicologists.
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Anand Thakore was judge and a co-editor for the first Montreal International Poetry Prize (2011) with Valerie Bloom, Fred D’Aguiar, John Kinsella and Stephanie Bolster, amongst others.
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Anastasios Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Anand Thakore celebrates birthday on February 17 of every year.