Saturday, March 17, 2012

About Upcoming performing artists.




Guitarist.Abhay Nayampally
      Guitar N.Abhay is disciple of world renowed Mandolin player Padmashri mandolin U.Srinivas who is a Carnatic Classical artist with a slight difference.As yet not an oft used instrument.In this form of music,the electric guitar.N.Abhay has adopted it for the purposes of the Carnatic Classical & its various demands without any modifications to the instrument or its tuning.Nurtured in Classical music both Indian and Western from the age of 6 and having explored vast genres of music in both the fields,he zeroed in on his primary love,Carnatic Classical is his primary love.Carnatic classical music on his favourite instrument,"The Guitar".Though initially a daounting task to get the intricacies and microtonal inflections of a music as demanding as Carnatic Classical form an instrument essentially Western in nature,N.Abhay has managed to develop a style unique in its nature 7 in keeping with the purity of the music in question.Intially developing the techniques & "Gamakas" of Carnatic music on his own on the guitar,he was blessed to find his Guru in Padmashri U.Srinivas who now continues to groom him.




Vocalist.Ruchira Kedar


A multi-talented vocalist Ruchira Kedar has been in the field of music since 1993,winning several awards and accolades over the years along with the hearty applause of connoisseurs & music lovers alike in India & abroad,Ruchira stands strongly committed to her purpose in life-music.
        She started training herself in Hindustani Classical Music at the tender age of 12.Training initailly under her father Sh.Dilip Kale,further she learnt the intricacies Hindustani Classical & Semi-Classical vocal music from the renowned vocalist of Jaipur Gharana,Dr.Alka Deo Marulkar.Thereafter Ruchira became associated as a residential scholar with the prestigious ITC Sangeet Research Academy,Kolkatta & received invaluable "Taleem" from the celebrated Gwalior-Jaipur Gharana Vocalist Pt.Ulhas Kashalkar,she also received significant guidance in Thumri from the doyen of Banaras Gharana,Vidushi.Girija Devi.
              She has won many awards such as Ganvardhan Sanstha Award(Pune),Dewal Club Award(Kolhapur),Ruchira was awarded with The Central Government's Scholarship for young talent s in 2000.She is now 'A' Grade Artist of "All India Radio" and "Doordarshan".Ruchira has been recently awarded with "Surmani" Award by the "Sur Singar Samsad" in Mumbai.



Tabla & Sitar Maestro.Pt.Nayan Ghosh       

Born in 1956 Pandit.Nayan Ghosh is acclaimed in India and around the world as one of the India's  foremost musician with an unusual dimension the only Maestro with superlative command over the two diverted instruments The Sitar and The Tabla.Son and disciple of 20th Century Tabla Wizard Nikhil Ghosh and nephew of Pannalal Ghosh,"The father of the Indian Classical Flute".Nayan has inherited the rich and learned legacy from his five or six predecessors and carries it with a rare dignity and grace.Artistic brilliance,rich repertoire and a magnificence of tone are his hallmarks.Deeply loved by the senior most Stalwarts of the music scene like Ravi Shankar,Yahudi Menuhin,Vilayat Khan the legendary Ahmedjan Thirakwa and many others.Besides enjoying an unusually high level of respect from his contemporaries and younger musicians,he is already held as an important reference source for a whole new generation of music seekers.

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