Devaki Pandit is a trained classical singer with a vast body of work spending over 3 decades. Currently under the tutelage of Pt. Babanrao Haldankar. She is one among the few contemporary artists who can render both classical and light music with equal ease. An individual for whom music is life, she continues to enthrall audiences with her melodious voice and soulful compositions.
In her own words, it is her passion for music that defines the artist the world knows as Devaki. Whether singing or composing, classical or light music, live performances or playback; passion is a given. And it is this passion that has fueled her 30 year journey in the field of music and has seen her admired and appreciated by the classical connoisseur and layman music-lover alike.
Devaki was introduced to the world of music at the age of two, and is a third generation musician from the Pandit household. What began with giving an attentive ear to all musical functions at home, took shape with a formal training and induction to music under her mother’s guidance and led her to her first stage performance at age nine.
True to her passion for music, at the age of 18 Devaki spent hours on end practicing and training her voice doing riyaaz. Such was her zest in the pursuit of perfecting her music that her continuous practice resulted in her losing her voice. The next three years saw her forced into silence, but this incident did not dent her passion for music. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes Devaki overcame all odds and spent those three years practicing the art of listening, beginning with her own breathing, its rhythm; the music in nature, and innumerable compositions of musicians and artists from across the world. She counts this phase of her life among her most rewarding experiences, something that brought her closer to her music spiritually.