thread for write ups on artists URGENT..!

[pravinya p]

pt bhatt : ninad

pt shiv : rishab

jayateerth : hancel

swati : krutika

nancy : sonali

harshada(painting) : meera

sculpture : sumukh

konkani theatre : renuka

yoga : (donno who is coming yet :P )

startin posting the write ups soon. keep them short and to the point.

[Renuka Pai]

* its tiatr (sorry for giving everyone a notification for this :P)

[kanetkar.ninad]

Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt is one of the leading exponents of Hindustani Classical Music. Creator of the MOHAN VEENA and the winner of the GRAMMY AWARD, Pt. V.M. Bhatt has mesmerized the world with his pristine, pure, delicate yet fiery music. It is due to Panditji's maiden mega effort that he rechristened guitar as MOHAN VEENA, his genius creation and has established it at the top most level in the mainstream of Indian Classical Music scenario. Being the foremost disciple of Pt. Ravi Shankar, Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt belongs to that elite body of musicians which traces its origin to the Moughal emperor Akbar's court musician TANSEN and his guru the Hindu Mystic Swami Haridas. He has collaborated with many international artists, and received many accolades, the most prominent one being the Grammy award in 1994 for his album 'A Meeting With the River' with Ry Cooder. He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1998 and the Padma Shri in 2002.

[Rajat Mishra]

i second renuka for that one...
Do we need to have some knowledge of konkani for tiatr ?

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*Rajat Vijay Mishra
2nd Year Undergraduate
BITS Pilani Goa Campus*
*+91 95033 71139*

[pravinya p]

yeah mostly...but the workshops poster has been made with it written as theatre and even on net both words are being used...so i guess its okay..! n anyway we wont expect bits ppl to understand what a tiatr is.. :P 

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P Pravinya
BE (honors)  mechanical engineering | 3rd year
BITS PILANI - KK BIRLA GOA CAMPUS
phn no : +91 8007232743

[Hancel P V]

Jayateerth Mevundi (born 1972), a Hindustani classical vocalist of the Kirana Gharana, is widely recognized as one of the leading performers in this gharana.His music is marked by impeccable taankari, delivered with effortless ease in the style of Bhimsen Joshi. He started his formal training in classical music from Sangeet Ratna Pt. Arjunsa Nakod and presently he is undergoing training from Pt. Shripati Padegar, a disciple of Pt Bhimsen Joshi. Formerly associated with All India Radio, Goa and All India Radio Bangalore, he currently works for All India Radio, Mangalore.His genres are Hindustani Classical,Kannada devotional and Kannada film songs.
                       Here are some of his major achievements :

• Pt. Jasraj Gourav Puraskar in 1995
• Mewati Gharana Sangeet Gourav Puraskar in 2000
• Shanmukhananda Sangeet Shiromani Award in 2005, Mumbai

Jayateerth Mevundi was also awarded the "Young Maestro" award which was personally handed to him by President Abdul Kalam at the second year inauguration of the Indian Music Academy organized by Pt. Jasraj on 9 April 2007 in Delhi.

[Krutika Tawri]

             Bharat Natyam has always been ebulliently characterized as the perfect blend of bhava (emotion), raga (melody) and tala (rhythm). And a renowned Bharat Natyam exponent, Swati Daithankar, has been adding to its beauty for several years now. A graduate in English literature from the Bombay University, Swati entered Nalanda Dance Research Center to pursue her ardent devotion for Bharat Natyam. 

             She has so far given major performances at NCPA, Mumbai, NCL, Pune, Goa Kala Academy, Madras Maharashtra Mandal, Pune Festival, Sur Singar Sansad, Mumbai, Indian dance Festival, New Delhi and USA.She also works as an examiner of classical dance at Pune University, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth and Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva MahaVidyalaya. Through her dance institute, Nritya Sadhana, Swati has been imparting this art to young artists too. 

[Sonali Durga]

Nancy Kulkarni, originally from Canada,  is a classically-trained cellist who has devoted herself to the study and performance of dhrupad music on the cello for the last 28 years.

Brief History:

Before pursuing dhrupad, she was Co-Principal Cellist of the Rome Festival Orchestra and Section Cellist with the Chicago Civic Orchestra and Orchestra del Maggio Musiale Musicale of Florence, Italy.She has been studying dhrupad in India since 1982. She is deeply grateful for the training she received from senior dhrupad vocalist Dr. Ritwik Sanyal, and the renowned veena and vocal brothers Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar and Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar.

Major Achievements:

- Has given over 200 dhrupad recitals and lecture/demonstrations at Western universities and concert halls, and in major cities in India.

- She was twice awarded the Senior Performing Arts Fellowship by the American Institute of Indian Studies. 

- She was the featured artist in the films, "Through My Eyes" by Mani Kaul, and "Vihir" by Umesh Kulkarni. 

- Nancy’s playing has been presented several times on National Public Radio, All-India Radio. 

- She has released three solo CDs.

Style:

Nancy has made several modifications to her cello for Indian music. There are two extra strings that are plucked in the chikari style of the veena. Her four playing strings pass over a sloping elk-horn nut, modeled after the veena to produce a ringing tone. She has adopted the Indian posture, holding the cello while seated on a carpet. She plays without vibrato, so that subtle ornaments are clearly articulated.

Nancy resides in Pune, India, where she continues her dhrupad study and performance.

[rishabh gupta]

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma is the master instrumentalist of the Santoor and is credited for popularizing the instrument.

He has won various distinguished honors including  the Padma Shri and the Padma Vibhushan.He has also teamed up with the renowned flautist Shri Hariprasad Chaurasia to produce the album "Call of the valley" which became the largest selling album of Indian classical music  and the same duo also gave score for the movie "silsila" whose music was again a hit.in his words,he describes his utimate goal as "to play such kind of music which will make the listeners forget to clap;which will make them silent".

ps:any addition,deletion,editing on the writeup can be done as desired.

[Sayali Belsare]

Harshada Kerkar:
Born in 1965, Goa. She has done her Bachelors in Art in Painting from
the S.N.D.T. University, Bombay.
She has many solo and group shows to her credit and has also
participated in the National Lalit Kala Akademi Exhibition, New Delhi.
Whether painting in oils or working with pastels, she captures the
expressions and moods of her subjects with photographic realism. Her
choice of colour also enhances the communicative power of the works
and viewers are left amazed by her ability to freeze and capture
intangibles like innocence, joy and pain.
She now lives and works in Goa.