Vocalist Ms. Nirmala Gogate

1. Ms. Nirmala Gogate (born 1936) is a well known vocalist in Classical Hindustani Music. She was trained by doyens of Hindustani Music like C R Vyas, B R Deodhar, G D Agni, V R Athavale. She is well known for Natya Sangeet on Marathi and Sanskrit stage. She has authored a book in Marathi on inter-relation of music on Gujarati, Marathi and Kannada. stage. She has given number of public performances in India and United States.
2. She had appeared on TV and radio number of times. Her Marathi record < shrihari god' tujhi baasari (Lord Krishna ! Your flute sounds sweet.) > sung in Raag Bhairavi is well acclaimed by Marathi music lovers. She was honoured to present the Song of Maharashtra when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi inaugurated new Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan (Legislature Building) at Mumbai in 1981. She was recipient of Balgandharva award of Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Natya Parishad (2001). In yesteryears, she played musical heroine roles with Stalwarts like Ram Marathe, Chhota Gandharva and Daji Bhatawdekar.
3. Married to Mr. Madhukar Gogate, she lives in Pune. Her maiden name was Nirmala Bapat.
4. Sampling of a song by Nirmala Gogate - Click here to listen Vad Jaau Kunala Sharana in mp3 format(354KB). If you are on a slow dialup connection please download the file for offline hearing. English meanings are given in brackets below: Symbol-sound relations for Marathi are given in articles (e03.htm, m12.pdf) on this website.
   
   vada (tell) j'aau (may I go) kun'aalaa (to whom) sharan'a ( for protection) ga (oh) ?
   karil (will do) j'o (one who) haran'a (removal) sankat'aach'e (of crisis)
   mi (I) dharina (shall touch) charan'a (feet) tyaach'e (of him) aga (oh)
   sakhaye (dear friend).

This is at start of a song (with musical instruments) in Marathi play Saubhadra, in raag jogiyaa (tunes of pathos). Here princess Subhadra, distressed by lack of support from her family, repeatedly and repeatedly asks her close companion (sakhaye, ga, aga are ways to call a female friend). Tell me dear friend, please tell me, who will resolve this crisis? I shall touch feet of (= bow to ) that person.

Nirmala Gogate

Nirmala Gogate presenting a favorite song of Deenanath Mangeshkar, legendary singer on Marathi stage. Veteran film actor Dilip Kumar and world-famous singer Lata Mangeshkar (daughter of Deenanath) were present at a function to rename a road as Deenanath Mangeshkar Road. ( Location -- A hill opposite to Bhatia Hospital in south Mumbai. Around year 1982)

Nirmala Gogate giving voice culture demonstration, with Sita Tipnis (harmonium) and Prof R V Sovani to explain the related human anatomy. Year 1978 Marathi Vidnyan Sammelan. Nirmala took training in voice culture from renowned vocalist B.R. Deodhar.

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