The doyen of Hindustani Classical music Pt. Indudhar Nirody is presenting a lecture-demonstration (Lec-Dem) on the “Nuances of Hindustani Classical Music”  under the auspices of Raaga Music Academy on Saturday, the 18th May at Prajna Kuteera Ayurvedic Centre in Kuvempunagar at 5.30 pm.

Pt. Nirody hails from a family of musicians and was initiated to music at the age of 10 by his father Nirody Sunderrao. He learnt under Gawai Pitre Rama Rao and gave his first concert at the age of 12. After moving to Mumbai, he further trained under stalwarts like Pt. Gurudat Heblekar, Acharya SCR Bhat, Acharya KG Ginde, Pt. Dinkar Kaikini and Pt. Chidanand Nagarkar for well over two decades.

He had accompanied his Gurus in concerts, in addition to giving solo performances. He had assimilated and imbibed finer aspects of Raagdari Sangeet. A stickler to tradition, he improvises with great elan. While his forte is Khayal singing, having trained in Agra Gharana style, he is equally at ease in rendering Dhrupad-Dhamars and Thumris. He has performed all over the country including lecture-demonstrations on various aspects of Hindustani music. He is a Visiting Professor at the Karnatak University, Dharwad and Dr. Gangubai Hanagal Music & Performing Arts University, Mysuru.

He has received numerous awards like the Gaurav Prashasthi by the Karnataka Sangeet and Nrutya Academy, Rajya Sangeet Natak Vidwan Puraskar by the Government of Karnataka, Central Sangeet Natak Academy award from the President of India, Honorary Doctorate from Dr. Gangubai Hanagal Music & Performing Arts University, Mysuru.

This A top graded artiste of AIR has successfully completed the project of Audio recording of all the 1,896 compositions which are in the Kramik Pustak Malika, published by the renowned Pt. Vishnu Narayan BhatKhande.

On Saturday, he is being accompanied on the harmonium by Pt. Veerabhadraiah Hiremath and Pt. Ramesh Dhannur on the tabla. A talk by Dr. N.V. Krishnamurthy, Director, Prajna Kuteera on Healthy Living through Ayurveda and Yoga will be held from 4.30 pm to 5.15 pm at the same venue.

For more details contact Ph: 0821-2542069 or Mob:9449703610.

— Veena Arun Kumar