Jayashree Patanekar

Jayashree R. Patanekar is a Hindustani classical vocalist. She has received training in Gwalior, Jaipur and Kirana gharana. She has received training from the great maestro Gajananrao Joshi.

Early life and Tutelage Jayashri Patanekar's family is originally from Sawantvadi. Patanekar was initiated into Hindustani classical music by the late Vithalrao Pai at Sawantwadi. Her family shifted base to Goregaon in Mumbai. Her father was a painter and later started working in secretariat. When she was 16, She began learning under K. D. Gavkar of the Kirana gharana at Mumbai. Dr. Mallikarjun Mansoor Puraskar (by the Government of Karnataka, 2005) Surmani (By Sursingar samsad at Kal-Ke-Kalakar Sammelan in Mumbai, 1972)