Monday, April 11, 2016

CONCERT: Pravin Godkhindi (Flute)


Sushrut cordially invites you to the year's second concert. 
When: Sunday, 17th April 2016, 6 - 9 pm
Where: Chanakya Mandal Pariwar Sabhagruha, Warje (NOTE NEW VENUE!)
Who: Pravin Godkhindi (Bansuri)
With: Ramdas Palsule (Tabla)


Directions: (Please give yourself sufficient time to reach the new venue.)
1. From Warje exit of Katraj - Dehu Road Bypass Expway:
    > Take the service road going towards CIPLA Palliative Care Center
    > After 1.1 kms (1st turn after Mai Mangeshkar Hospital), turn R (this
       road also goes to CIPLA)
    > After 190 m (2nd turn), turn R towards Trilok Soc
    > After 130 m, you will reach the venue.
2. From Chandni Chowk exit of Katraj - Dehu Road Bypass Expway:
    > Travel 3.4 kms towards Warje on the Expway
    > Turn L onto Service Road & follow signs for CIPLA Palliative Care Center
    > After 190 m (2nd turn), turn R towards Trilok Soc
    > After 130 m, you will reach the venue.

Pravin Godkhindi Performing.jpg
Pravin Godkhindi (Kannadaಪ್ರವೀಣ್ ಗೋಡಖಿಂಡಿ) is a flute (Bansuri) player[1] following the Hindustani style of music. Pravin was born on October 28, to Pt Venkatesh Godkhindi and Padmaja. He is a trained Electrical engineer and an alumnus of SDM College of Engineering and TechnologyDharwad. He plays traditional Hindustani style of flute as well as contemporary. His father "Pt.Venkatesh Godkhindi" is a bansuri maestro,vocalist and A-grade radio artist, serving AIR at Goa, Hyderabad, Delhi, Mangalore and Dharwad. He started learning flute from his father at the age of three. Pandit Venkatesh Godkhindi trained Pravin for decades together.Pravin has mastered his father's own unique style of singing on flute(gayki style).He is a master of thanthrakari style. He has experimented with fusion of both Indian and Western music. He is now learning the deeper aspects of Laya and Layakaari under Mridangam maestro Vidwan Anooru Ananth Krishna Sharma. He has given many solo concerts in India and abroad. He is playing a very significant role in popularizing the Indian Classical Music among the masses[citation needed] . The "3 generations" concert which he performed with his father Pt Venkatesh Godkhindi and son Shadaj Godkhindi caught the attention of flute lovers all over the world. He has also performed at the World Flutes Festival at Mendoza, Argentina in September, 2010.He was awarded the title "Suramani" at the age of 16. He is the first southindian Bansuri artiste to be graded "A-Top". He is also the first Indian to perform on the 8 feet contrabass flute, which he renamed as GOD's BANSI. He has composed music for innumerable popular TV serials such as "Garva", "Malebillu","Preeti illade mele" and so on. He won the Aryabhata award for his composition of title track for Malebillu. He has composed music for films like Beru (A national award winning movie, 2005), Vimukthi and "krishna nee late aagi baaro". He has also composed music for several dance ballets and dramas. He is known for his fusion albums and a raga based TV show "Ragaranjini.". He has performed with veteran musicians like Ustad Zakir Hussain, Dr Balmurali Krishna, Pt. Kadri Gopalnath, Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Vidwan Kumaresh and many others. His album by name "Raaga Rang" in association with saxophone maestro Shri Kadri