Mysore/Mysuru: Swarasankula Sangeetha Sabha, Mysuru, has organised Art Patron K.V. Murthy Memorial Hindustani Classical Vocal Concert by Poorvi Garud at Veene Seshanna Bhavan in Kuvempunagar on May 17 at 6.15 pm. She will be accompanied by Gurucharan Garud on tabla and Veerabhadraiah Hiremath on harmonium.

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Poorvi Garud belongs to a family of musicians. She is the granddaughter of late Pandit D.S. Garud, a senior tabla artiste and Hindustani Classical musician of Karnataka. Her father Gurucharan Garud is a tabla artiste.

Poorvi began learning the basics of classical vocal music at the age of 4 from her mother Shubha Garud. She later began formal training in Hindustani Classical music from Vidu. Vedavathi Gopalaswamy and Pt. Keerthikumar Badasheshi.

In 2006, she started learning from Surmani Dr. Dattatreya L. Velankar, a well-known Hindustani classical vocalist and trained rigorously under him for 16 years.

After completing her B.Tech in Electronics and Communications with distinction, Poorvi has dedicated herself to music. Poorvi secured first place in State-level ‘Pratibha Karanji’ competitions  (Hindustani Classical vocal music) organised by the Karnataka State Government in 2014.

She has also performed at various places including Dharwad, Karwar, Mangaluru, Madikeri and Chikkamagaluru apart from several concerts in Bengaluru including a concert at the prestigious Bangalore Kidney Foundation (BKF) Dhwani Music Festival. Her recent performance at Bali, Indonesia, was much appreciated.

She has been trained in Kirana-Gwalior tradition, known for melodious Raga Vistar and exploration of gripping Layakari (rhythmic) possibilities. Poorvi has been awarded National-level Young Musician Scholarship by the prestigious National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai, for 2023-25 in the category of Hindustani Classical Khayal vocal music.