Legendary classical singer Prabha Atre passed away following a brief illness at a private hospital here on Saturday, family sources said.
Prabha was 91 and had complained of some breathing issues, but succumbed when she reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest while being rushed to a private hospital this morning.
Conferred the Padmashri (1990), Padma Bhushan (2002) and Padma Bhushan (2022), along with many other national-international honours, Prabha was an exponent of the Kirana Gharana music school, excelling in rendition of khayals, thumris, ghazal, dadri, bhajans and natyasangeet.
Prabha had penned books on music composition: Swarangini and Swaranjanee, is credited with inventing new raagas like Apurva Kalyan, Madhur Kauns, Darbari Kauns, Patdeep-Malhar, Shiv Kali, Tilang Bhairav and Ravi Bhairav. She composed music for a full-length dance recital Natya Prabha, a music composition adapted for jazz by a top Netherlands artist and also created music for musical-dramas or sangeetikas.