Padma Vibhushan Gaan Saraswati Kishoritai Amonkar to receive 16th Uttam Vag-Geykar Jialal Vasant award on 27th February at Ajivasan,Juhu.

Acharya Jialal Vasant Sangeet Niketan bestowed the Uttam Vag- Geykar Jialal Vasant Award 2016 will b

e given to Padma Vibhushan Gaan Saraswati Kishoritai Amonkar on 27th February at 6.30 pm at Ajivasan,Next to SNDT College,Juhu road,Santacruz West.The award will be presented by living legend of theatre Dr.Vijaya Mehta.Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain and Pandit Raghunandan Panshikar ( vocal) will perform on this occasion.The award was started in 2001 which was given to Sangeet martand Pandit Jasraj.

Other names who have won the AWARD ARE-

2002 - Pt. Shivkumar Sharma

2003 - Pt. Balamurti Krishnanji

2004 - Pt. Bhimsen Joshi ji

2005 - Pt. Ramnarayan ji

2006 - Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia ji

2007 - Smt. Lata Mangeshkar ji

2008 - Smt. Hema Malini ji

2009 - Ustad Zakir Hussain

2010 - Pt. Vishwamohan Bhatt ji

2011 - Dr. L Subramaniam

2012 - Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty

2013 - Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

2014 - Ustad Gulam Mustafa Khan

2015 - Padmabhushan Asha Bhosle