Manjiri Asanare–Kelkar

Manjiri Asanare–Kelkar (born 1971) is an Indian Hindustani classical vocalist from Sangli, Maharashtra. She is a follower of Jaipur-Atrauli gharana tradition in Hindustani khyal. She received many awards including Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar by Sangeet Natak Akademi and Kumar Gandharva Samman by the government of Madhya Pradesh.

Biography Manjiri Asanare-Kelkar was born on 25 September 1971, into a family of musicians in Sangli, Maharashtra. Her first music teacher, Mhaiskar, taught her the basic fundamentals of the Khyal. Manjiri has performed at many music festivals across India including the Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival, Tansen Samaroha,and Takshila Utsav and Shankarlal Festival. Other than singing in various stages across India, she also toured to Dubai, United Kingdom, Holland, Belgium, Australia and New Zealand. She is also a trained Kathak dancer.

Awards and honors Manjiri received many awards and honors including Music Scholarship by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Surashree Kesarbai Kerkar Scholarship instituted by National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai, Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar by Sangeet Natak Akademi, the Gaan Hira award by the SNDT Women's University, the Kumar Gandharva Samman by the government of Madhya Pradesh, Sanskriti Award from the Sanskriti Pratishthan in Delhi, and the Gaan Saraswati Puraskar.

The India Today news magazine has described her voice as the "voice that spans not merely two octaves, but two centuries".