Sangeetha Katti (Kulkarni) (Kannada: ಸಂಗೀತ ಕಟ್ಟಿ (ಕುಲಕರ್ಣಿ)) popularly known as Sangeetha Katti is a Hindustani classical vocalist in India. Sangeeta is one of the leading Hindustani Classical Vocalists amongst the young brigade of artists of India.
Background
Sangeeta Katti was born in Dharwad, Karnataka. She is a daughter of Dr. H. A . Katti and Smt Bharati Katti, Sangeeta Katti was born in Dharwad, an abode of Music, significantly on the Saraswati pooja day of Dasara as a child prodigy in music, on 7 October 1970.
Born into a family of musicians, Sangeetha Katti received initial lessons from her father.At the age of 4, she met Naushad Ali which she considered a turning point in her life. Naushad Ali asked her to sing some ragas and was impressed by the child prodigy and since then she became his student. Trained initially under Sri Sheshagiri Dandapur and Pt. Chanderashekhar Puranikmath, Sangeeta received advanced training in classical vocals from Padmabhushan Pt. Basavaraj Rajguru of Kirana & Gwalior Gharana for about 12 years. She is presently under the tutelage of Padmavibushana Gana Sarswati Smt Kishori Amonkar of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana
Career
Sangeeta Katti has a rich performance experience in Hindustani Vocal as well as Bhajans, Vachanas, Dasavani, Abhangs, Bhavageet, Folk Music and Playback singing.
Sangeeta Katti is a distinct student in Chemistry Graduation and well versed in several languages like Kannada, Hindi, English, Marathi etc.
Sangeeta Katti has bagged several meritorious awards for her melodious compositions and albums. Leading recording companies like Master Rec. Co., Chennai, HMV, Lahari Rec. Co and Sangeet Sagar etc.have released a good number of Audio Cassettes and CD's of Sangeeta.
Sangeeta Katti has the privilege of having worked with the leading Music directors like Upendra Kumar, M.Ranga Rao, Vijay-Bhaskar, MM Keerawani, C Ashwath, Hamsalekha and Others and sung with leading maestros of India like Dr. M Balamurali Krishna, Dr.S.P.Balasubramanyam, Dr. K.J. Yesudas, Dr. Rajkumar, Dr. P.B Srinivas and others. Sangeeta is a 'A' grade artist in Classical and Light Music both on AIR and Television, as a rich experience of singing 9 different Lanugages.
Having successfully toured abroad, all over UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Gulf and Canada, Sangeeta is the most popular figure there too.
Sangeetha to date has over 2500 concerts to her credit, her very first performance being at the age of 4. She has also performed in the United States, UK, and Canada. She is a regular feature in most of the important music festivals in India. She was a teaching faculty in Hindustani Vocal music at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Bengaluru.