About Kedar Pandit

Making of the Music Maestro

Life as a Music Director

Kedar’s journey as a music director started at the early age of 14 when he was just in the 9th standard of his schooling. It was the time when his father had onboarded the project Varhadi Jhatka Puneri Phatka as a music director.

In the classic case of the curious mind, Kedar just picked up the scripts and composed two of the songs on it.

His father liked the tunes and showed them to the director of the film. The director too loved them and used them in the film, thus making Varhadi Jhatka Puneri Phatka Kedar’s first-ever stint as a music director.

And slowly he turned his course to music direction.

Launching Ceremony of Mangalmurti Ganesh with Asha Bhosale
With Shankar Mahadevan
With Pandit Jasraj Ji
With Shreya Ghoshal
During Launch of Album Jeevanrang
During The Launch of Ketaki Album
Launching of The Album Lalbaugcha Raja
With Sanjeev Abhyankar

A love for the stage is something that mesmerizes you.
With every dialogue, every music beat, and every curtain drop, it teaches you to romanticize art.

Creating music for the soul!

Kedar then started composing music for cassettes, CDs, and many various albums.

He has composed music in various forms, for albums, films, animation films, TV serials, commercials, plays, and dance ballets too. His music features the spiritual genre as a major part.

Kedar’s music direction is all-encompassing, and he has also worked on light music, fusion, Gazals, Raps, and Bhavgeet. Like the Midas Touch, the power in his spiritual compositions is so that many stotras and mantras come alive with his music. 

With several music albums spanning Hindi, Marathi, and Sanskrit, Kedar’s work is appreciated by many.

Shankar Mahadevan’s first-ever Marathi album Shravandhara was directed by Kedar Pandit, thus giving the audiences the treat of melodies.

Kedar composed the album Jiya Laage Na, to which Rekha Bharadwaj and Ustad Rashid Khan lent their voices. The album was a big hit, and also received awards. IRRA awarded Kedar Pandit Best Music Composer for this particular album. 

With this, Kedar has also worked as a music composer and producer for a little over 650 albums for several leading companies like Times, Sony, Music Today, EMI, Big, Vale, Fountain, Wings, Venus, Universal, Peacock, Tips Music, Strum, Sa Re Ga Ma, etc. 

Many of the spiritual albums produced by Times Music have been composed by Kedar, right from Gayatri to the Morning Mantras.

Morning Mantras was an album for which Times Music awarded Best Sale for 3 Consecutive Years award to Kedar.

He has worked closely with the legends of the Indian music industry, right from

  • Pandit Jasraj
  • Asha Bhonsale
  • Suresh Wadkar
  • Anuradha paudwal
  • Kavita Krishnamurthy 
  • Sanjeev Abhyankar
  • Shankar mahadevan
  • Devaki Pandit
  • Sadhana Sargam
  • Ajay Pohankar
  • Rattan Sharma
  • Ustad Rashid Khan
  • Roop Kumar Rathod 
  • Rekha Bharadwaj
  • Shreya Ghoshal
  • Shaan
  • Vijay Prakash
  • Mika
  • Uttara Kelkar
  • Asha Khadilkar
  • Shobha Joshi
  • Ranjana jogalekar
  • Ravindra Sathe
  • Ajit Kadkade
  • Shrikant Pargaonkar 
  • Shaunak Abhisheki
  • Rahul Deshpande
  • Anand Bhate
  • Raghunandan Panshikar
  • Arati Anklikar tikekar
  • Vaishali Samant
  • Sawani Shende
  • Bela Shende
  • Ketaki Mategaonkar
  • Swapnil Bandodkar
  • Avdhoot Gupte
  • Arya Ambekar
  • Prathamesh Laghate
  • Hrishikesh Ranade
  • Abhijeet Sawant
  • Prajakta Shukre
  • Vinay Ramdasan

Padma Vibhushan Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj Ji Speaks about The Composer Kedar Pandit

With Father Shri. Prabhakar Pandit
In a concert with Pt. Jasraj Ji (2)
In a concert with Shankar Mahadevan
In a program with Sudhir Phadke in Germany
In a program with Pt. Prabhakar Karekar

The Rhythm of the Beats

Life as a Tabla Player

Hailing from a family of musicians and music lovers, Kedar Pandit started his musical journey at the age of three, when he first put his hands on the Tabla. In the midst of melodies and notes, he decided to master the instrument Tabla.

He began his learning under the guidance of his guru, the late Pt. Yeshewant Kerkar, who was the master of Ajarada Gharana. Late Pt. Yeshewant Kerkar shaped the early years of Kedar’s life, recognizing the prodigy and giving him the right impetus and direction.

After the demise of his guru, Kedar continued his journey of Tabla under Pt. Shridhar Padhye, a senior student of the late Pt. Yeshewant Kerkar.

The more you learn, the more you explore!

When you sway to the beats of success, it sounds something like- Dha Dhin Dhin Dha.

Tabla Vaadan traditionally is divided into sub-streams, classical, light music, and Kedar is fond of all types of it.

Starting his stage performances at the early age of 14, Kedar has played both the classical and light music forms of Tabla, giving the audiences a treat for their ears.

As a professional classical Tabla player, Kedar has played Tabla alongside a number of renowned artists. Some of his most celebrated moments on stage are with,

  • Pandit Jasaraj
  • Smt. Kishori Amonkar
  • Pt. C.R. Vyas
  • Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki 
  • Pt. Rajan Sajan Mishra
  • Pt. Prabhakar Karekar
  • Pt. Ajay Pohankar
  • Smt. Shruti Sadolikar
  • Smt. Asha Khadilkar

He has also shared the stage with some of the most accomplished classical singers of the newer generation,

  • Sanjeev Abhyankar
  • Devki Pandit
  • Aarati Ankalikar Tikekar
  • Ashwini Bhide
  • Jayteerth Mewundi
  • Rattan Sharma 
  • Shaunak Abhisheki 
  • Sawani Shende

Apart from classical concerts, Kedar has also performed light music and film music recordings. With this, Kedar has worked with some of the gems of the music industry like

  • Lata Mangeshkar
  • Manna Day 
  • Naushad 
  • Laxmikant Pyarelal 
  • Uttam Singh 
  • Jatin-Lalit
  • Shankar Ehsaan Loy
  • Vanraj Bhatia
  • Ranjeet Barot
  • Louis Banks 
  • Sudhir Phadke
  • Prabhakar Pandit 
  • Yeshwant Deo
  • Ashok Patki
  • Shridhar Phadke
  • Anand Modak

and many more.

Kedar has traveled extensively across the globe performing at many prestigious concerts as also all-important music conferences. He is also the proud receiver of prestigious awards like Mewati Gharana Puraskar and Ashtapailu Sangeetkar Puraskar and Keshavrao Bhole Sangeetkar Puraskar awarded by Swaranand Pratishthan. 

The Many Awards &
Accolades of Kedar Pandit

  • Mewati Gharana Puraskar
  • Shaniwar Wada Mohotsav- Shaniwar Wada Puraskar
  • Ashtapailu Sangitkar Puraskar- Sugam Sangeet Sammelan
  • Keshavrao Bhole Puraskar- Sangitkar
  • Times Music
  • IRRA – Jiya Laage Na - Best Composer

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