Violinist Prabhakar Jog dies
Pune Oct 31 PTI Noted violinist Prabhakar Jog died at his residence here in Maharashtra on Sunday due to age-related issues sources close to his family said He was 89He had performed more than 80 solo programmes as part of Ganare Violin shows in India and DubaiJog who worked as a musician and composer for more than six decades had made significant contributions to Marathi and Hindi film musicMaharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray condoled his demiseThe music field has lost a true sadhak the CM said in a statementAt the age of 12 Jog started playing violin in music shows as he faced an earn and learn situation following the unexpected death of his fatherHe later worked as an assistant to musician Sudhir Phadke who was popular as Babuji The songs in Geet Ramayana series have the violin tunes of JogHe accompanied Phadke for around 500 shows of Geet RamayanaIn films he got his first break as a violinist in the Marathi movie Shri Gurudevdatta He was a recipient of many awards and honours including the prestigious Gan Samragni Lata Mangeshkar Award for lifetime achievement in 2015Mangeshkar paid tributes to Jog on TwitterI am saddened to hear that the great violinist and musician Prabhakar Jog has passed away today May God grant peace to his soul the 92-year-old singer tweeted in MarathiJogs life and music journey has been summarised in his autobiography Swar Ale Juluni PTI COR MR GK JUR RDS RDS
Pune Oct 31 PTI Noted violinist Prabhakar Jog died at his residence here in Maharashtra on Sunday due to age-related issues sources close to his family said He was 89He had performed more than 80 solo programmes as part of Ganare Violin shows in India and DubaiJog who worked as a musician and composer for more than six decades had made significant contributions to Marathi and Hindi film musicMaharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray condoled his demiseThe music field has lost a true sadhak the CM said in a statementAt the age of 12 Jog started playing violin in music shows as he faced an earn and learn situation following the unexpected death of his fatherHe later worked as an assistant to musician Sudhir Phadke who was popular as Babuji The songs in Geet Ramayana series have the violin tunes of JogHe accompanied Phadke for around 500 shows of Geet RamayanaIn films he got his first break as a violinist in the Marathi movie Shri Gurudevdatta He was a recipient of many awards and honours including the prestigious Gan Samragni Lata Mangeshkar Award for lifetime achievement in 2015Mangeshkar paid tributes to Jog on TwitterI am saddened to hear that the great violinist and musician Prabhakar Jog has passed away today May God grant peace to his soul the 92-year-old singer tweeted in MarathiJogs life and music journey has been summarised in his autobiography Swar Ale Juluni PTI COR MR GK JUR RDS RDS
