SOME EXCERPTS FROM INDIA'S LEADING NATIONAL PAPERS
Hindustan Times (Khushwant Singh)
I switched on my TV and spent an hour listeniing to her. It was exhilarating. How could one so young in years (24) acquire so much maturity in her voice and flawless rendering of a variety of ragas......................with so much achieved in her 20s, it is a safe bet that by the time she is thirty, Meeta Pandit will be reckoned amongst the best singers of classical Hindustani Music in the country
Upholding a family legacy, and also going beyond it (The Hindu)
Music may be in her blood, but Meeta Pandit, the sixth generation musician from the Gwalior gharana, believes that it can be mastered only through "riyaaz", says P. Anima .... Read full article
24 hours ragas concert - Paris (The Hindu)
Meeta presented her two ragas in their pristine purity and in a voice that seemed to ring like a silver bell.. The joy of chastity of the mode and technique and finished execution was there in Meeta's vocalism....
Grooming Successors in Hindustani music (Sunday Herald)
With her total devotion to music and high artistic level achieved at such a young age, she has become a popular figure, in the music circles
Herald of a new dawn (Hindustan Times)
The launch of Meeta Pandit signifies the revival of the Gwalior Gharana.
Her voice has keen timbre (The Times of India)
Meeta's voice has a finely wrought timbre with a keening edge. She uses this quality with wisdom, getting to the very core of the Raga's essence. The realisation that she is still very young dawns later.
Harballabh Sangeet Sammellan (Indian Express)
..... Her tappa ... brought out the versatility in this future Czarina of Hindustani Music.