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Shruti Sadolikar Katkar (born 9 November 1951) is an Indian classical singer of the khyal style in the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. She is a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Hindustani vocal music for 2011.
Despite a heavy voice and limited vocal range Sadolikar performs all forms of Indian classical and semi-classical music, including thumri, tappa, and Natya Sangeet, and has performed in India, Canada, the United States, France, Switzerland, Germany, and the Southwest Asia countries. She had several musical and educational recordings published and holds the Homi Bhabha Fellowship of the National Centre for the Performing Arts. In 1999, Sadolikar produced a play named "Sangeet Tulsidas" for which she set the music, and she performed for SPIC MACAY to interest young Indians in Indian classical music. Sadolikar has regularly performed playback for Indian movies. She had Katkar added to her name after marriage and is a student of Azizuddin Khan, son of Burji Khan. Sadolikar worked as Vice Chancellor of the Bhatkhande Music Institute University in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh from 2009 till 2020. Her tenure as Vice-chancellor was very controversial. There was a huge protest against her by the students and staff members of the Bhatkhande Music Institute University. She had to face various accusations and eventually, she had to be dismissed from the post.
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Categories: 1951 Births, Hindustani Singers, Living People, Singers From Maharashtra, Recipients Of The Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Sndt Women's University Alumni, Indian Women Classical Singers, Women Hindustani Musicians, 20th-century Indian Women Singers, 21st-century Indian Women Singers, Women Musicians From Maharashtra
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