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SAPTADASHEEYA SANGEETA SAMAROH | VEDANADA PRATISHTANA
(Jan 2017, held at Sagara, Shimoga, Karnataka)
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Pandit Prasad Khaparade :
Shri Prasad hails from a small town-Ghatanji in Maharashtra. He was born in the year 1973, in a family of music loving educationists. His initial training in music was under the guidance of eminent Gurus D.V Panke, Smt. Suman Choudhari and Ustad Abdul Rashid. He received his Master's degree of Indian classical vocal music in 1997 Amravti University.
He was a scholar of the Music Research Academy of Kolkata and since 1998 he is under the tutelage of Ustad Rashid Khan of Rampur Sahaswan Gharana.
His sonorous and mellifluous voice took the audiences by storm wherever he sang. He worked in Kala Academy Goa, as a Guru. His dedication and hard work has brought him many awards. Currently he has around 16-20 disciples from Russia. He has sung for the Marathi movie "Thaang" by renowned director Amol Palekar.
Pandit Ravindra Yavagal :
Born on 27th November 1959, Sri Ravindra Yavagal was initiated into music by his father Late Ramachandra Yavagal at the age of four. He then continued his training on the tabla with Veeranna Kamkar of Hubli. He later came under the tutelage of Pt. Sheshagiri Hanagal a well known tabla artiste from Dharwad belt, with whom he has been continuing his musical association for almost thirty years now. He has also been blessed to have received guidance from Pt. Lalji Gokhale the disciple of the legendary tabla maestro Ustad Ahmed Jan Thirakhwa.
Considered to be a child prodigy, Ravindra gave his first solo performance at the age of ten at the prestigious Sawai Gandharva Music Festival at Kundagol. A postgraduate in music from Indira Kala Vishvavidyalaya-Khairagarh (M.P) he is one of the most sought after tabla players of the country today and has been able to enthrall the audience through his skillful fingering techniques and creative style which is a result of rigorous training and sincere riyaz. He has been recognized both as a soloist and as a sensitive accompanist.
He has accompanied several top ranking vocalists and instrumentalists in the word of Indian Classical Music such as Pt. Mallikarjun Mansur, Dr. Gangubai Hanagal, Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Pt. Ramarao Naik, Pt. Basavaraj Rajguru, Pt. Jasraj, Pt. C. R. Vyas, and many more.
Ravindra has received honors and felicitations from several organizations for his valuable contribution to the field of music, notable of which is the RAJYOTSAVA AWARD conferred by Karnataka State Government in 1995, in recognition of his talent and service rendered. He is also an able teacher and has been training youngsters in order to share his knowledge with the younger generation.
Presently he is on the staff of All India Radio-Bangalore, as a Selection Grade 1 artiste and has been rendering valuable service to the institution for almost twenty years now.
Dr. Ravindra Katoti :
Born in a family of music lovers in the year 1969, Ravindra started learning Hindustani classical Harmonium at the age of eight. Since then he has been the disciple of Harmonium Legend Pandit Rambhau Bijapure. He performed Guru Pooja on Akshaya Triteeya in the year 1991. The blessings and guidance of his Guru, and his own sincere efforts, have moulded him into a versatile and brilliant Harmonium player. Ravindra's Harmonium solo playing is marked by presentation in gayaki anga along with elaborate exploration of the theme in lucid alap, brilliant layakari, and clear tanakari. Achieving volume control by manipulating bellows is prominently noticeable in his rendition. He is equally proficient in rendering khayal, thumri, dhun, and natyageet.
Rewards and recognition
Karnataka Sangeet Nritya Academy scholarship (1986-1989)
Topped Soth Central Zone Cultural Central youth festival at Ujjain (1993)
Sur Ratna by Bhatkhande Academy, Raipur (1994)
Sangeet Alankar by Akhil Bharateeya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya (1995)
First Hindustani harmonium player to be awarded 'A' grade by Music Audition Board of All India Radio.
He has accompanied many of the top ranking vocalists of the country including Dr. Gangubai Hangal, Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Pt. Jasraj, Pt. Ajoy Chakravarty, Pt. Rajan - Pt. Sajan Mishra, Begum Parveen Sultaana. An M.Com, Ph.D from Karnataka University Dharwad, Ravindra is a faculty member of Dept. of Commerce, Govt. First grade College, Bengaluru.
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