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Watch Pandit Harish Tiwari exclusive interview part 02. He is most efficient disciple of Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. In devotional music, Joshi was most acclaimed for his Hindi and Marathi and Kannada Bhajan singing. He has recorded bhakti songs in Marathi,Santavani, Kannada Dasavani.
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Watch Pandit Harish Tiwari exclusive interview part 01. Pandit Harish Tiwari is an eminent Hindustani Classical Singer of Kirana Gharana. Kirana gharana is one of the Indian classical khyal gharanas, and is concerned foremost with perfect intonation of notes (swara). The central concern of the Kirana style is swara, or individual notes, in particular precise tuning and expression of notes. In the Kirana Gayaki (singing style), the individual notes (swaras) of the raga are not just random points in the scale, but independent realms of music capable of horizontal expansion. Emotional pukars in the higher octaves form a part of the musical experience. Another unique feature of this gharana is the intricate and ornate use of the sargam taan (weaving patterns with the notations themselves) introduced by Abdul Karim Khan under influence from the Carnatic classical style. He is most efficient disciple of Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi.
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Watch an exclusive interview of Odissi dancer Vani Madhav. She is talking about status of Odissi dance. she is a founder director of Nritya Dhara. She is also a Culture -Head of ASSOCHAM Women's Forum. NRITYA DHARA is a voluntary cultural organization working for the propagation of Indian Art & Culture since 2011 based in Gurugram. A prominent Odissi Exponent conducting Odissi Dance Classes for more than 15 years and is an empaneled artiste of Doordarshan, ICCR and Festival of India- abroad and also a Senior Fellow from Ministry of Culture, Govt.of India.
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#odissidance #vanimadhav
Watch Odissi dancer Vani Madhav's exclusive interview part 02. She is explaining what is Odissi dance, gharana's of Indian classical dance, and Odissi dance costumes. Vani Madhav is an Odissi Dance Exponent, she is the founder-director of Nritya Dhara. She is also a Culture -Head of ASSOCHAM Women's Forum. NRITYA DHARA is a voluntary cultural organization working for the propagation of Indian Art & Culture since 2011 based in Gurugram. A prominent Odissi Exponent conducting Odissi Dance Classes for more than 15 years and is an empaneled artist of Doordarshan, ICCR, and Festival of India- abroad and also a Senior Fellow from Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India.
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#vanimadhav #odissidance #indianclassicaldance
Watch an exclusive interview with Odissi dancer Vani Mashav. Vani Madhav is an Odissi Dance Exponent, she is the founder-director of Nritya Dhara. She is also a Culture -Head of ASSOCHAM Women's Forum. NRITYA DHARA is a voluntary cultural organization working for the propagation of Indian Art & Culture since 2011 based in Gurugram. A prominent Odissi Exponent conducting Odissi Dance Classes for more than 15 years and is an empaneled artist of Doordarshan, ICCR, and Festival of India- abroad and also a Senior Fellow from Ministry of Culture, Govt.of India.
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#mohiniyattam #DeeptiOmcheryBhalla
Watch Mohiniyattam exponent Dr. Deepti Omchery Bhalla exclusive interview second part. Deepti Omchery Bhalla is an artist from India who is versatile in singing and dancing. She was trained in these skills by her mother Leela Omchery, a well-known carnatic singer. She is a leading exponent of Mohiniyattam, a classical dance form from Kerala, India. She learnt Mohiniattam, the female classical solo dance from the great exponent Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma. She is Professor in Carnatic Music at the Faculty of Music and Fine Arts, University of Delhi. She received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2007.
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Dr. Deepti Omchery Bhalla is a versatile artist who is an exponent of Mohiniyattam and Carnatic Music vocals. Renowned as Singer, Dancer, Teacher, Researcher, and Scholar, she is currently working as a Senior Professor of Carnatic Music at the University of Delhi. Having learned Kathakali for 12 years under veteran gurus like late Punnathur Madhava Panikkar, late Guru Gopinath, late Sadanam Nanda Kumar, Nelliyodu Vasudevan Nampoothiri and Sadanam Balakrishnan, Deepti went on to learn Mohiniyattam from the legendry late Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma. A Gold Medalist from the University of Delhi in Carnatic Music, she also has the distinction of topping the University in M.Phil. Deepti over the last two decades, along with the able support of her mother, Dr. Leela Omchery, an eminent musicologist and Padmasri Awardee has been doing intense research on the Traditional music of Kerala. She has contributed much to expanding and enhancing the Mohiniyattam repertoire and style by choreographing her research findings.
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#tabla #pranshuchaturlal #chaturlal
Watch tabla player Pranshu Chatur Lal exclusive interview on Raaggiri. Pranshu Chatur Lal a child prodigy born in New Delhi on August 30, 1992, is a grandson of Legendary Tabla Wizard Late Pandit Chatur Lal and son of Pandit Charanjit Lal.
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#kathak #ShambhaviShukla #kathakdancer
Watch an exclusive interview of Kathak dancer Shambhavi Shukla only on Raaggiri. 'Kathak-Ratna' Dr. Shambhauvi Shukla Mishra is a leading Kathak exponent, Art-writer, Sanskrit scholar, choreographer, & Guru.
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#tablamaestro #tabla #anindochatterjee
Watch tabla maestro Pandit Anindo Chatterjee's exclusive interview part 02. Anindo Chatterjee’s initiation into the tabla came at the tender age of five, while watching his uncle, Biswanath Chatterjee play. Born into a musically inclined Kolkata family in 1953, it was hardly surprising that the child had a prodigious talent. Another uncle, Debiprasad Chatterjee was an eminent sitar player and Anindo’s younger sister Keka is well known for her solo sitar performances.
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Watch an exclusive interview of Farukhabad gharana's tabla maestro Pandit Anindo Chatterjee. He was born into a musical family. Chatterjee is a disciple of Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh. As director of the Farrukhabad Gharana of Tabla, founded by Haji Vilayat Khan Saheb, Chatterjee continues to give new voice to his instrument. In addition to solo performances and recordings, Chatterjee has worked with sitar players Nikhil Banerjee, Imrat Khan, Budhaditya Mukherjee, Rais Khan, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Shahid Parvez, Manilal Nag and Krishna Bhatt; sarod players Buddhadev Das Gupta, Ali Akbar Khan, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, and Tejendra Narayan Majumdar; flutist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia; santoor player Pandit Shivkumar Sharma; and vocalists Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur and Gangubai Hangal.
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#odissi #indianclassicaldance #madhavimudgal Watch an exclusive interview of Padma Shri Madhavi Mudgal part 02 on Raaggiri. Madhavi Mudgal is an Indian classical dancer known for her Odissi dance style. She has won several awards, including the Sanskriti Award, 1984, President of India's award of Padma Shri, 1990, the Orissa State Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, 1996, Grande Medaille de la Ville by Govt. of France, 1997, Central Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, 2000, Delhi State Parishad Samman, 2002 and the title of Nritya Choodamani in 2004.
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#madhavimudgal #odissi #odissidancer Watch an exclusive interview of Odissi exponent Madhavi Mudgal Part 01 only on Raaggiri. Madhavi Mudgal was born to Professor Vinay Chandra Maudgalya, the founder of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya; one of the most famous dance schools for Hindustani music and classical dance in New Delhi. Professor Vinay Chandra Maudgalya is best remembered today for the lyrics of the song Hind Desh ke Niwasi in the animation film Ek Anek Aur Ekta by Vijaya Mulay which won the National Film Award for Best Educational Film. She inherited a deep love for art and dance from her family and under the proper guidance of her guru Shri Harekrishna Behera, the world soon came to know about her extraordinary skills. She gave her first public performance at the age of only 4. Initially, she learned Bharatnatyam and Kathak, but finally, she chose Odissi as her medium of expression. Her Odissi art skills were refined to the finest under the tutelage of legendary Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra.
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Watch Bharata Natyam dancer Padma Shri Pratibha Prahlad exclusive interview part 01 only on Raaggiri. Prathiba Prahlad was born on January 29, 1969, in Mysuru, India. Prahlad's passion for dance allegedly began at the age of four which encouraged her to first join her neighbor's dance class between ages four and eight. She began her dance journey without any formal training but with the support of her parents who realized her talent and encouraged her. She had her early training in dance under U.S Krishna Rao, Kalanidhi Narayanan and V.S. Muthuswamy Pillai and in Kuchipudi under Vempatti Chinna Satya. By the time she was 20, she was an established professional dancer. Her career has taken her to platforms all over India and to festivals in over 50 countries.
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An exclusive interview of Padma Bhushan Pandit Sajan Mishra. Sajan Mishra was born on 1951. He belongs to 300-year-old lineage of khyal singing of the Banaras Gharana. Sajan Mishra's name is always taken with his elder brother Rajan Mishra and their pair is called Mishra Brothers. Rajan (1951 - 2021) and Sajan (born 1956) Mishra were born and brought up in Varanasi. They received their initial musical training from their grandfather's brother, Bade Ram Das Ji Mishra, and also their father, Hanuman Prasad Mishra, and from their uncle, sarangi virtuoso, Gopal Prasad Mishra, and started performing while they were still in their teens. They moved to Ramesh Nagar in Delhi, in 1977, where they continue to live.
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#vocalist #vinayakhegde #classicalsinger
Watch an exclusive interview of Hindustani Classical Vocalist, Vinayak Hegde, only on Raaggiri. Vinayak Hegde is a professional singer based out of Karnataka. He is proficient in classical music (Kirana Gharana). He has been practicing classical music under the guidance of Pandit Shrinivas Bhimsen Joshi, son, and disciple of Bharat Ratna legendary Hindustani classical vocalist, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. Earlier, Vinayak used to practice Hindustani classical music under the guidance of classical vocalists, Pandit Shripad Hegde Somanamane Sirsi and Pandit Jayatirth Mevundi Hubli. Achievements: Karnataka Nrutya Sangeeta Akademi Pratibha Puraskar, 2006 Nishchaya Puraskar, 2006 Ministry of Culture, India Scholarship in Classical Music, 2008-09 Second Prize in Tamanakar Music Competition at Hubli, 2010 Performances: Ragini Utsav at Sirsi in 2005 Classical concert in National Integration camp at Silvasa (Div, Daman), 2006 Kottur Utsav at Kottur in Bellari Dist., 2008 Navaratri Utsav at Swarnavalli in Uttara Kannada Dist., Karnataka, 2008
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Madhup Mudgal was born in New Delhi to Professor Vinay Chandra Maudgalya, a renowned classical musician from the Gwalior gharana. His father started Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, New Delhi in 1939 from their home near Plaza cinema, Connaught Place. Professor Vinay Chandra Maudgalya is best remembered today for the lyrics of the song Hind Desh ke Niwasi in the animation film Ek Anek Aur Ekta by Vijaya Mulay which won the National Film Award for Best Educational Film.[6] Because of his father's interests, Madhup grew up in a musical environment, where veteran musicians like Pt. Omkarnath Thakur and Ali Akbar Khan would come by regularly for sangeet baithaks (musical sittings). The school moved to its present location at Deen Dayal Upadhayaya Marg in 1972 and today houses over 1200 dance and music students and a faculty of 60 teachers. Madhup completed his early schooling at Modern School, New Delhi. He holds an M.A. and a MPhil degree from the Music Faculty of University of Delhi for his research in the structure of Khayal. He received his early training in Hindustani classical music from his father, and went on to learn under the tutelage of musicians like Pandit Vasant Thakar, Pandit Jasraj and finally the musical stalwart Kumar Gandharva.
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Guru Prerana Shrimali exclusive interview part 02 only on Raaggiri. Guru Prerana Shrimali is an eminent Kathak Maestro from Jaipur Gharana of Kathak. She received her training in dance from Guru Shri Kundanlal Gangani Ji and has been honored with many titles, such as Rajasthan Yuva Ratna, Rashtriya Ekta Award, Shrikant Verma Rashtriya Puraskaar, Raza Puraskaar and Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi award etc. Having mastered the grammar and the complexities of the Jaipur style with her grace, innovativeness, and imagination, she ranks among the most illustrious and reputed classical dancers of India today. Equally competent in pure dance and Expression, Prerana Ji has endeavored to expand the Kathak collection by choreographing new and highly acclaimed compositions based on ancient, medieval, and modern poetry by exploring verses of Kalidas, Amaru, Meera, Kabir, Padmakar, and Ghalib, and French poets, etc.
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Guru Prerana Shrimali exclusive interview part 01 only on Raaggiri. Prerana Shrimali a senior dancer of the Jaipur gharana of Kathak, received her training in dance from Guru Shri Kundanlal Gangani. Having mastered the complexities of the Jaipur style with her grace, innovativeness and imagination, she ranks amongst the most illustrious and reputed classical dancers of India today. Equally competent in pure dance (nritta) and abhinaya (expression), Ms. Shrimali has endeavoured to expand her Kathak repertoire by choreographing new and highly acclaimed compositions based on poetry, ancient, medieval, and modern; and by exploring verses of Kalidas, Amaru, Meera, Kabir, Padmakar, Ghalib, the French poet Yves Bonnefoy, and others. She fuses lyricism in virtuosity, blends expressiveness with new insights, invents new gestures, and intensifies her abhinaya with subtle imagination. She firmly believes in the open-ended possibilities that Kathak offers, particularly of new and complex experiments within the tradition, and also believes that experiments must not be ephemeral but should survive in tradition itself. Widely travelled both in India and abroad, she has featured in all the major dance festivals in India, such as at Khajuraho and in many international festivals, such as Festival D’Avignon, France. She taught Kathak in Delhi for many years; has written on ‘Kathak and Abstraction’ for which she got a Senior Fellowship from the Government of India; and has worked as the Repertory Chief of Kathak Kendra, Delhi, for two years. She is a recipient of the Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1993) and the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2010). Prerana Shrimali lives and works in Delhi
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Flute Maestro Pravin Godkhindi exclusive interview part 02 only on Raaggiri. Pravin Godkhindi is an Indian classical Hindustani flute player. He has mastered both the tantrakari and gayaki style of playing on the flute. He was called a top ranking artist in Hindustani bansuri, by Akashvani (AIR). He is the 1st Indian flautist to perform on the 8-foot long contrabass flute. 1st Indian to represent bansuri at the World Flute Festival in Mendoza, Argentina. He won National awards for films Beru and Vimukthi.
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