Aarya Ambekar

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Born            :-  June 16, 1994 
Genres        :-   Indian classical music
Occupation   :-  Singer
Instruments     :-   Vocal
Years active     :- 2008-present
Father             :-  Samir Ambekar
Mother           :-   Shruti Ambekar

Introduction
Aarya was born in Nagpur to Samir Ambekar, a doctor and Shruti Ambekar, a vocalist. Aarya's grandmother, a classical vocalist, recognized the talent in Aarya when Aarya was 2 years old. Aarya started her formal musical training at the age of five and half years from her Guru and mother, Shruti Ambekar. At the age of six, whilst in first standard, Aarya appeared her first examination in Music

Career

In 2008, Aarya was auditioned for the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi L'il Champs, a competitive music reality show organized by the Zee Marathi television channel. She was one of final 50 who were selected from amongst several thousand children aged between 8 and 14 across Maharashtra. She made her way to the top 10 finalists and then to the Final 5 Mega-Finalists.

Aarya was popularly referred to as the "Pretty Young Girl", during the show.

Aarya sang a wide variety of songs in the competition. She created the record of receiving full marks from the judges many times. Aarya created an unbeatable record when she gotवरचा नी (equivalent to 200%), for her beautifully sung "Paan Khae Saiyyan Hamaro", which remains unbroken in all the 9 Schedules of SA RE GA MA PA and even after two schedules of SA RE GA MA PA for professional singers. Singer Hariharan was the celebrity judge for that episode.

Aarya in performing in a show of 'Z Marathi'

Aarya was also awarded performer of the week in numerous episodes by eminient singing personalities like Mahalaxmi Iyer, Shreya Ghoshal, Hariharan etc. Aarya sings a wide variety of songs ranging from pure classical songs, Natyageet, Bhavgeet, Bhaktigeet to Marathi Chitrapat Sangeet, Hindi songs, folk songs, Lavanis as well.

She sang "Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo" to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the Mumbai terror attacks on November 26, 2008. She also performed the same song at Shivaji Park, Dadar in a program organized by Mumbai Police to pay tribute to the martyrs who laid down their lives fighting the terrorists in that attack. The song was originally sung byLata Mangeshkar after the 1962 India-China War.

During the course of the program, Aarya was also awarded the Manik Varma Scholarship. She is the youngest singer to win the scholarship.

Awards

• 2008 - Youngest to be awarded the "Manik Varma Scholarship" towards her future music studies
• 2009 - Runner-Up of the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi L'il Champs reality-based music competition organized by Zee Marathi
• 2010 - Haribhau Sane Award
• 2010 - Punyaratna - YuvaGaurav Awards
• 2011 - Big Marathi Rising Star Award (Music)