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Kala Coast presents
Smarananjali - Music Festival
A Tribute to P Dinesh Shenoy
at Kala Coast, Karje
Raag Bhimpalas by Shri Gandhar Ram Deshpande
Harmonium : Shri Abhishek Kathe
Tabla : Shri Vighnesh Kamath
Shri Gandhar Ram Deshpande
Gandhar Deshpande is a son and disciple of the renowned classical vocalist Pt.Dr.Ram Deshpande. Gandhar has training from his mother Smt.Archana Deshpande and also Pt. Dr.Ram Deshpande for Gwalior, Jaipur,& Agra Gharana gayaki by "Gurushishya Parampara".
In 2017 Gandhar collaborated with ‘Justin Tracy’ American Western Musician for “Mumbai Night” album which was selected as an entrant for prestigious “GRAMMY AWARDS”.
Gandhar has received many awards like “HRIDAYESH AWARD” in 2013 which was recieved from great hands of “Gansaraswati Kishori Amonkarji”, "Chaturanga Award 2017", “PT.VISHNU DIGAMBAR PALUSKAR AWARD”,
He played the role of childhood Pt.D.V.Paluskar in the documentary film "Gaanyogi"
directed by Dr.Anjali Kirtane. He has also performed at various national and international music festivals like -“Pt.Jitendra Abhisheki Mohotsav” Pune, “Pancham Nishad Sur Sagar series” Mumbai, "P.L.Deshpande Mohotsav" Mumbai and many others places in India,USA,Canada and Thailand, etc.
Shri Abhishek Kathe
Took up Indian Classical Music at an early age of 8 under the able guidance of Guru Smt. Seema Shirodkar - one of the renowned Harmonium players in the country. Played first public classical music concert at the age of 15, and continuing to do so.
He has accompanied widely acclaimed vocalists Dr. Veena Sahasrabuddhe, Dr. Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande, Pt. Shubhada Paradkar, Kalapini Komkali, Sanjeev Chimmalgi and many more.
Recipient of Pt. Vishwanath Pendharkar Scholarship. Won several awards and prizes in various competitions, notably the Pt. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar Award by Sharda Sangeet Vidyalaya.
Received Ministry of Culture's Scholarship for Harmonium Hindustani Instrumental and is a B+ Graded artiste of All India Radio.
Shri Vighnesh Kamath
A liking for percussion and rhythm since childhood caused Vighnesh to be initiated into Tabla by T. Haridas Pai under whom he trained for a period of 3 years.Further he was trained under Shri Bhimashankar Bidanur, Mysuru for two years.
A Polymer Science Engineer by Qualification, Vighnesh followed his passion for tabla, taking it as a full time profession.Since 2011 he has been receiving Taleem from the illustrious Tabla Maestro, Dr. Aneesh Pradhan, Mumbai.Currently he is pursuing MA in Tabla from Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune.
It has been a blessing for him to have accompanied veteran musicians of Hindustani Classical Music such as Pt. Tulsidas Borkar, Pt. Prabhakar Dharmadhikari, Pt. Murli Manohar Shukla, Archana Kanhere, Shubha Mudgal, Upendra Bhat, Rupak Kulkarni, Devaki Pandit, Sudhir Nayak, Ustad Rafique Khan, Krishnendra Wadikar, Suchismita-Debopriya Chatterjee etc. [b6UHGpYBRME] |