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| 17.1.1909 - 19.3.1984 |
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Ashutosh Bhattacharya
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Ashutosh Bhattacharya
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| 17.1.1941 |
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S. Balachander
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| 18.1.1927 - 13.4.1990 |
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Sawai Gandharva
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| 19.1.1886 - 12.9.1952 |
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Bahadur Khan
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| 19.1.1931 - 3.10.1989 |
Bahadur Khan (1931-1989) was an outstanding, though inadequately recognised, sarodist, trained by his uncle, the legendary Ustad Alauddin Khan (Baba). By kinship and tutelage, Bahadur Khan was a product of the Maihar-Senia lineage, a trailblazer in modern Hindustani instrumental music. Interest in his musicianship has received a fillip in recent years, because of his disciple Tejendra Majumdar’s emergence as a frontranking sarod player.
Bahadur Khan was the son of Ayet Ali Khan, younger brother of Allauddin Khan. Ayet Ali was an exponent of the surbahar (a large-sized bass sitar). A man of withdrawn nature, he eschewed a performing career and devoted his life to teaching and the manufacture of instruments. Baba and Ayet Ali Khan had another brother, Fakir Aftabuddin, who was an accomplished musician but became a religious preacher. Something of a family pattern emerges here: the men had high accomplishments in music, brought up families, but adopted ascetic, non-conformist, or reclusive lifestyles.
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Valayapatti Subramaniam
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Krishnarao Phulambrikar
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T. K. Govinda Rao
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| 21.1.1929 - 18.9.2011 |
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Jasraj
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| 28.1.1930 |
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Padma Talwalkar
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| 28.1.1949 |
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Inderlal Dhandra
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| 26.1.1930 - 28.9.2011 |
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V. V. Sadagopan
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| 29.1.1915 |
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Gajananrao Joshi
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| 30.1.1911 - 28.6.1987 |
Gajananrao became a highly skilled violin player by the time he turned 20 and, by virtue of accompanying stalwarts from different gharana-s, he developed a natural instinct of absorbing the best from everyone. This broadminded attitude made him a scholar of music. With tireless perseverance, he also overcame the handicap with his throat and took lessons from great masters like Ustad Vilayat Hussain Khan of the Agra gharana, Ramkrishnabua Vaze of the Gwalior school and Bhurji Khan of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. Gajananrao was initiated in the gayaki of Gwalior gharana by his father but his quest for more took him to other musicians and he assimilated other styles in his music. He also learnt table under the guidance of Pandit Vinayakrao Ghangrekar. His parallel career was the result of a lifelong association with violin-playing and singing.
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Mohan Maharishi
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| 30.1.1940 |
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Atul Desai
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| 31.1.1934 |
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Buddhadev Das Gupta
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Veteran sarod maestro Buddhadev Das Gupta has the unique distinction of balancing a successful career in engineering along with Hindustani classical music. A recipient of the Padma Bhushan award from the Government of India in 2012, he is one of the artists featured in The Raga Guide CD collection (Nimbus Records), an important learning resource for students of Hindustani music.
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| 1.2.1933 -15.1.2018 |
Veteran sarod maestro Buddhadev Das Gupta has the unique distinction of balancing a successful career in engineering along with Hindustani classical music. A recipient of the Padma Bhushan award from the Government of India in 2012, he is one of the artists featured in The Raga Guide CD collection (Nimbus Records), an important learning resource for students of Hindustani music.
Well into his mid-eighties, the maestro, aided by his son and disciple Anirban Das Gupta, conducted a three-day workshop on Hindustani music for students at the LearnQuest Academy in Waltham, Massachusetts on 19, 22 and 24 July. He guided students of vocal music, sarod, sitar and electronic guitar on aspects of riyaz (regular music practice), the correct method of holding the instrument and spacing fingers while playing musical notes, and techniques for creating taans (quick melodic passages) in several ragas such as Jaijaivanti, Kedar, Malkauns, Chhaya Nat and Khamaj.
In the workshop sessions, Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta stressed on the importance of learning the key phrases that define Indian ragas and bring out their essence. “Riyaz is not performance. Isolate yourself to a quiet spot and practice few phrases relentlessly until you feel happy with the results. Play what you have practiced in front of someone who understands music and has got it right. Aim to deliver musical phrases well, without any mistakes. Devote a small portion of each day for riyaz – continuity is important,” he advised students. His sincere love for classical music (particularly the sarod), his willingness to share his knowledge, and his sense of humour touched the hearts of the workshop attendees.
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FUTURE VOICES FROM KARNATAKA –
Abundant talent
By Charukesi
That there is abundant talent available in Carnatic music in Tamil Nadu's neighbouring states is an accepted fact. Choosing a few among them is a difficult task and the team of Sumitra Nitin, Dr. S. Sundarand Usha Bhardwaj had done a good job of arriving at the best young voices in Karnataka, featured by TAG Corporation headed by Mr RT Chari, and Music Forum of Chennai.
While listening to these young voices, this writer had an open mind and did not indulge in comparisons with the already heard vocal talents, as that would only prejudice his decision.
The opening day’s concert was by Shreya Kolathaya of Puttur. She has a brilliant voice that traversed all three octaves comfortably that evening. While her Sahana alapana (for Evasuda) and Purvikalyani (for Ninuvina mari) was evocative, her elaborate Bhairavi alapana (for Tanayuni brova) was impeccable. The filler Rama mantra japiso and the tukkadas Adum Chidambaramo, Kasturi tilakam and Brindavana dolagaduvadare were quite impressive. Her mellifluous voice is her strong point.
Krishna Pawan Kumar of Mangalore is endowed with abundant manodharma, which was evident in his raga alapana of Todi (for Koluvamaragatha) and Lalita (for Hiranmayeem). He did not try sruti-bhedam and stuck to his chosen ragas. His voice was melodious and comfortable in niraval and swara passages. His fillers included Kakkai chiraginiley in Tamil, which he presented it without any flaw.
Harini Ramesh from Hassan packed her concert with many items, but could manage to accommodate all of them within the stipulated time. Her alapana, for example, in Neelambari, Shanmukhapriya and Bilahari was brisk and brief and could sustain the interest of the rasika.Her rendition of Brihadambikayai in Vasanta and Tayae Tripurasundari in Suddha Saveri was particularly impressive. Her pleasant voice was another attribute to the success of her concert.
The youngest participant Aditi Prahlad who seemed to be good in all the departments of alapana, kriti rendering, niraval-and swaraprastaram. While she has a pliant voice, she also has enormous self-confidence and above all, vidwat to suit her age. Right from the Viriboni varnam to the concluding Yasode amma, she kept the audience in her hold. There was not a dull moment in her recital. Her Madhamavati alapana for Nagupai and Todi preface to Raju vedala stood out for their special pidi-s and manodharma. No wonder she has won a vast number of prizes in classical and light music.
Young Nishanth from Bangalore disappointed with his overemphasis on kanakku. He needs a good mentor to point him in the right direction.The accompanists were:
M. Vijay (violin) and Sunil Subramanya (mridangam) for Shreya.
Shraddha Ravindran (violin) and \Kishore Ramesh (mridangam) for Krishna Pawan.
Vishwajit (violin) and Malola Simha (mridangam) for Harini Ramesh.
Vishwesh Swaminathan (violin) and Nikshith Puttur (mridangam) for Aditi Prahlad
Arushi Ramesh (violin( and L. Subrmanian (mridangam) for Bangalore Nishanth
All the instrumentalists acquitted themselves admirably and supported the vocalists well.
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Tamil translation of Bengaluru Nagarathnamma’s biography released
Thyagarathna—Kapilai Kadalil Sangamithal—a novel based on the life of Bengaluru Nagarathnamma, written by Kalyani Venkataraman, was released on 5 January at Tiruvaiyaru, at the Shrine to Saint Tyaga Brahmam. Bhageerathi, wife of the late Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan and member of the Nagarathnamma Committee, released the book at saint Tyagaraja’s shrine. Published by Nijaguna Foundation, Kollegal, and priced at Rs. 350, it is a translation of the Kannada book titled Kapilé HaridaLu Kadaligé written by Prof.Maleyuru Guruswamy of Mysore.
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R. Rangaramanuja Iyengar
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Madurai Somu
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| 2.2.1919 - 9.12.1989 |
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