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Profile
>> V. G. Karnad |
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Background |
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Shri Venkatsubrao Ganesh
Karnad (born on 22nd September, 1925 in Karnataka) was
brought up in an atmosphere where the soulful songs
of Purandardasa, the greatest poet-saint of the South
were sung everyday. For the young Karnad however, the
bansuri held the greatest attraction – his inspiration
being Palladam Sanjeev Rao, the ace flautist of the
South. Karnad’s desire to play the cylindrical
bamboo then was, to some extent, fulfilled through a
crude prototype made by himself.
A good
job brought Karnad to Bombay, giving him an opportunity
to intensify his search for a guru in the wood wind
instrument. A search that culminated in a fruitful meeting
in February 1949 with the pioneering flute maestro,
Pannalal Ghosh who commenced tuitions in right earnest.
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Style
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Expert tutelage and rigorous
practice, combined with a profound reverence for his
guru, has moulded Karnad into an accomplished artiste.
His deft fingers coax out of his bansuri, music in all
it’s richness of idiom and serenity of expression.
A radio artiste since 1954, Karnad’s talents were
noticed by critics and cognoscenti after his performance
in the Sur-Singar Samsad’s Swami Haridas Sangeet
Sammelan in 1958. Karnad is no stranger to music concerts
and TV. He has also performed extensively during a tour
of European countries in 1960. In the year 1982, Karnad
made a visit to the UK and USA, where he gave 45 concerts
and all were widely appreciated by the connoisseurs.
In 1986,
one of the senior most Guru-bhais of Karnad from Dhaka,
Bangladesh, invited him to perform in a programme organized
to commemorate the 75th birth anniversary of their guru,
the late Shri Pannalal Ghosh. Karnad earned a lot of
appreciation and accolade as a worthy disciple of the
great flute maestro. Two-three flautists of Bangladesh
also became his disciples and make frequent visits to
India to have flute lessons from him even today. Following
this, Karnad made two more visits to Bangladesh in 1987
and 1992 when he entertained the music lovers of Chittagong,
Rajashahi and in a few cultural organizations of Dhaka.
Karnad still continues to give free tuitions to those
genuinely interested in flute as a missionary act, and
freely distributes the knowledge he received from his
guru.
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Contact Details |
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32, Swaroop Park,
Next to Gandhi
Bhavan,
Kothrud,
Pune – 411
029
Maharashtra.
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