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Pandit Kumar Gandharva (pronunciation: [kumaːɾ ɡən̪d̪ʱəɾʋə], Kn: ಕುಮಾರ್ ಗಂಧರ್ವ; 8 April 1924 – 12 January 1992), originally known as Shivaputra Siddharamayya Komkalimath was an Indian classical singer, well known for his unique vocal style and for his refusal to be bound by the tradition of any gharana.
Jan 12, 1992 · Pandit Kumar Gandharva was one of the most famous Hindustani classical singers in India. Known for his unique singing style, Kumar broke the traditional method of singing the gharana (a form of classical music). He, in fact, deviated from the age-old norm and came up with his own style of classical music.
Through his epic life of sixty-seven years, Kumar Gandharva created a staggeringly prolific body of work.
Apr 5, 2024 · Kumar Gandharva, born near Belgaum as Shivputra Komakali on the 8th of April a hundred years ago, achieved the same feat in music by distilling the sounds of nature and folk music into raaga...
Apr 7, 2024 · Celebrating the radical musician Kumar Gandharva, who reshaped Indian classical music with his innovative approach and compositions.
Apr 1, 2024 · Three quarters of a century after Kumar Gandharva discovered its identity and infused those elements into Hindustani classical, Malwai folk music continues to uphold its innate values that...
Apr 15, 1984 · Always controversial in an art where tradition and orthodoxy have peremptorily controlled tastes, Kumar Gandharva has eschewed the standard definition of the parampara. Trained under the well-known musicologist and savant Professor Deodhar, Kumar soon went beyond his teachers. In the self-evident power and authority of his style he questioned ...
May 4, 2023 · April 8 flagged off the birth centenary year of Kumar Gandharva. Fittingly, given the force of nature that he was, the date seemed to signal a marked shift in the season too. Everything...
Aug 20, 2021 · Pt. Kumar Gandharva was one such pathbreaker. Kumarji was a child prodigy, trained by the well-known Guru B.R. Deodhar, and broke the tradition of gharana music to develop his own individual style and idiom.
Apr 8, 2023 · Kumar Gandharva passed away in 1992, but his music continues to be popular on YouTube and other channels. For more than 30 years, his music has kept him alive posthumously. It is a music that has enthralled not just ordinary rasikas but also poets, architects, painters, filmmakers, theatre artists and so on.
