Career
Vijay Koparkar started taking singing lessons at the age of eight. Initially he learned from Madhusudan Patwardhan for eight years, followed by training under renowned artiste of yesteryear, Vasantrao Deshpande for five years and then under Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki for seven years. He has a Master’s degree in Engineering (Metallurgy) from the College of Engineering, Pune and runs a small-scale manufacturing plant.
Vijay Koparkar has been trained by gurus belonging to different gharanas (schools of music), and it reflects in his singing.
He has received several honors including a scholarship given by Master Sudhir Phadke Through ‘Surashree Pratishthan’ for six years from 1983 to 1990 and the ‘Pandit Ramkrishna Vaze Puraskar’ by Gandharva Mahamandal. Vijay Koparkar has performed all over the world, including the United States of America, Canada, the Middle East, Paris and United Kingdom. He performed twice at the prestigious ‘Sawai Gandharva Music Festival’ held in Pune, India every year.
He is a graded artiste at All India Radio and Indian Television.
