Prasanth Rao
in Interviews, The Jaipur-Atrauli gharana
MASTERS OF HINDUSTANI CLASSICAL MUSIC: PANDIT RAJSHEKHAR MANSUR: MASTER OF KHAYAAL, JAIPUR ATRAULI GHARANA
Written by Shri Nandu Dhaneshwar – Eminent musician and art critic About Jaipur Atrauli Gharana: The late Ustad Alladiya Khan (1855 to 1946) is venerated as one of the pioneers of Hindustani music. He achieved...
in Publications, The Jaipur-Atrauli gharana
Continuities and Divergences: Pt. Rajshekhar Mansur and his Gayaki
Prof. N Manu Chakravarthy Three things converge, the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana, the great Mallikarjun Mansur and of course Pt. Rajshekhar Mansur. So when...
in Thoughts on Music
Revelations of a Raga: Kukubh Bilawal
I have been teaching Kukubh Bilawal to my disciple, Prasanth, these last three or four days. It’s been a long time that I last sang it. Over these four days, the raga has been, to...
in My Father-Guru
Nature and Quality of his Voice
Although it was not a naturally gifted mellifluous voice, ‘golden voice’ as they say, my father had, through sheer Riyaz, honed it to such perfection that it would reproduce / listen faithfully to what his...
in My Father-Guru
Taans
My father would launch himself into taans in such a manner that they would evolve naturally from the aalap. And the taans too like aalap would follow the structure of the bandish. Depending on the...
in My Father-Guru, Thoughts on Music
Shadja
No swara, for my father, exists by itself, not even the shadja. The shadja of a raga exists in relation to other swaras of the raga, especially to its nearest swaras, either in ascent or...
in My Father-Guru, Thoughts on Music
Religiosity
Most people, even those close to him, knew my father to have been a staunch Veerashaiva, flaunting his faith by wearing the three bhasma stripes chaste of this faith on his forehead and spending long...
in My Father-Guru, Thoughts on Music
Awards and Honours
Most artists indulge in artistic creativity generally to display their works in order to achieve fame and / or money. But great artists do so in order to please themselves by their self-expression. For these...