Garba music artist
Kirtidan Gadhvi
Folk singer · Live performer
A Gujarati folk performer who has discussed classical training and bringing folk music to wider audiences.
Kirtidan Gadhvi’s 2017 interview describes classical music study at MS University in Vadodara and a continuing ambition to bring Gujarati folk music to a wider audience. He discussed Ladkee, composed by Sachin-Jigar, as one example of a collaboration reaching beyond his established listeners.S17
Why he belongs in this series
His account helps place folk experience and formal musical study in the same career. Neither has to cancel the other. It also makes room for a distinction between an artist’s musical background and the genre of a specific recording.
For a Garba listener, that distinction is practical: the same performer’s name on different programmes may lead to very different evenings. Read the programme and follow individual recordings rather than expecting every appearance to be a continuous dance set.
Explore the connections
Start with Dayro and Garba, then meet Bhikhudan Gadhvi and Aditya Gadhvi. They are separate artists, each with their own performance history.
Sources
- SpeakBindas — Interview of Kirtidan Gadhvi, 25 March 2017. Checked 2026-10-05. ↩