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Pandit M. Venkatesh Kumar (born July 1, 1953) is an Indian Hindustani vocalist. He is best known for his rendition of devotional songs composed by Swami Haridas and Kanakadasa. Kumar belongs to the Kirana and Gwalior Gharana. Early life and musical training.
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Kasaravalli started making the film in February 2019, before the pandemic shut the world down. The documentary begins in an unusual place – the green room where Kumar is warming up for an open-air concert at the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore. The hubbub of the audience is yet to be heard. These are moments of quietude and preparation and...
Kumar’s music, which combines the verve of Gwalior gharana and the emotive appeal of Kirana, has an infectiously muscular energy – the lift of the chest and the power of the voice are very reminiscent of Bhimsen Joshi. “It is a quality that gets across the footlights and you see this in theatre as well,” said music critic Shanta Gokhale. “It is not...
The days of struggle extended well beyond the ashram, into his life as a music teacher in schools. It is in his wife’s warm and guileless recollections that we hear this story. At Rs 30 a month, all the couple could afford were two vessels, one to cook rice and the other sambar, says Lakshmi Devi. Finally a job at the University College of Fine Art...
Sep 23, 2021 · Pt. M.Venkatesh Kumar, though displaced in time and space by over five decades from this remark, is also a musician who only sings his music.
Aug 20, 2017 · Hindustani Vocal by Venkatesh Kumar Live at the 8th Annual Music Festival - Sadhguru Thyagaraja Sangeetham, of the Bharatiya Samagana Sabha February 2017, Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Bengaluru ...
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Pandit Venkatesh Kumar sings a varied brand of khayal, incorporating influences from across India. Born in Karnataka, his father was a folk singer and puppeteer who supported his son’s musical inclinations, but lacked the funds to help him pursue it (“we lived in poverty, sometimes meals were a problem”).
Feb 9, 2023 · Venkatesh Kumar is a disciple of the venerated Pt. Puttaraj Gawai of the remarkable Veereshwara Punyashrama, a school in Gadag, Karnataka, founded by the famous Panchakshari Gawai, a...
Dec 14, 2019 · From a nondescript industrial township where he was once pushing the wheelbarrow, Venkatesh has travelled the world with his percussion instruments, performed with leading Indian and international musicians, collaborated with stalwarts of percussion from different parts of the world in multicultural projects, and taught hundreds of students in ...
