Dr.Arun Shridhar Apte

Dr.Arun Shridhar Apte, was appointed as the Principal and CEO for Shri P.K.Salve Kala Pratishthan on 17^th Jan 2005.

Dr Arun Apte is a registered medical practitioner in music therapy by INDIAN BOARD OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES registered by the government of west Bengal with the open INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COMPLIMENTARY MEDICINES. He is internationally as expert in the field of music therapy through spiritual yoga method. A specialist in singing Hindustani classical ragas and semi classical music like Thumari, bhajans, Stage music(natya sangeet) Marathi bhavgeet, he has composed and set to music many devotional bandishis and developed new and innovative techniques if “Medicinal Indian Vocal Music Therapy”. Born to musically talented parents, it was his mother Late Mrs.Mangala Apte( a disciple of Pt.D.V.paluskar of Gwalior Gharana) who gave him the classical vocal training. Later on he got a chance to learn from pt.jitendra Abhisheki for 10years.

In 1993 Dr. Arun met an unparallel master of yoga, H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi. He received his Self Realization from her and was initiated into her teachings of a Sahaja yoga. This experience was to be pivotal in his musical career, as it gave him unique insights into music through his holistic understanding, which opened up new horizons in his research, science and application of music in various fields.

Dr. Arun Apte gave lectures and demonstrations explaining therapeutic and curative powers of sound in several parts of India, Italy, France, Austria, Russia, various parts of UK i.e. London , York, Leeds, Cardiff, Bath, Bristol and Scotland. The Times of India spoke of his music as a “Journey Sublime”. Dr.Apte’s integral participation along with other seminars and workshops (University of Leeds, University of York), has been enlightening and awe-inspiring to the listeners. His performance on BBC program Music Live spread his “Musical Message”.

 Dr. Arun  Apte’s Medicinal Indian vocal Music therapy is a culmination of 10 years of research on the effects of Indian music based on a combination of multiple sciences . It  is not only therapeutic for physical, mental and emotional disorders, but it also elevates the participant to a new spiritual dimension effortlessly.