Hailing from Vishakhapatnam, India,
Gorinka is an accomplished vocal
artiste. Gorinka's escapade with music
began at an early age when she trained
with her mother, Smt. Aparna
Hattangadi, who specialized in Rabindra
Sangeet, a musical style developed by
the epochal Bengali poet Rabindranath
Tagore. She later learned the
Hindustani classical tradition from Smt.
Sneha Ketkar. Presently, she is a
student of the acclaimed Ghazal
maestro Sri. Vittal Rao of Hyderabad.
Her musical repertoire includes vocal
music in English, Hindi, Telugu, and
Bengali in pop, classical, and Indian
styles.
Click here for a newspaper article about
Gorinka that appeared in a national
Indian newspaper.
- Launch of the first original Ghazal CD, "Woh Hum Safar Tha" (2005)
- India TV competition winner, Chicago, Illinois
- American Telugu association 1st prize winner (singing competition),
Chicago, Illinois - Sang opening prayer song in the felicitation ceremony of Smt. Asha
Bhonsle by the Modi group of Industries, New Delhi, India - Duet singer with Hari Haran for the movie Bollywood Calling
- Duet singer for the Telugu movie Manasuto
- and others...
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