Deepak Ram

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Deepak Ram
Born11 May 1960[ citation needed ]
Origin South Africa
Genres Hindustani classical music
Occupation(s) Composer, flute player, Music producer
Instrument bansuri
Website www.deepakram.com

Deepak Ram (born 1960)[ citation needed ] is a South African born flautist, composer, keyboard player and producer of Indian origin. Deepak is considered a master of bansuri, an Indian flute of ancient origin made from bamboo. He is a senior disciple of world renowned bansuri maestro Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia under whom he studied Indian classical music. Deepak's versatile playing and breadth of musical repertoire melds classical and improvisational techniques of Indian Raga, Jazz, Blues and Flamenco into a fusion that has garnered critical acclaim internationally. Deepak was awarded a SAMA (South African Music Award) in 2000 for 'Best Instrumental Album', Searching for Satyam. [1] He has contributed on Shango and Labyrinth albums by the trance group Juno Reactor which was featured as the title soundtrack for The Matrix - Revolutions, Dead Bees on a Cake album by Jazz artist David Sylvian among others.

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Early life

Deepak Ram's great-grandparents were brought to South Africa to work on sugar cane plantations as indentured labourers. He was thus born in South Africa to second generation immigrants during the apartheid era in the 60s. A few weeks after his birth the family home in Sophiatown, a racially mixed area, was bulldozed under Group Areas Act for effecting racial segregation in Apartheid South Africa. His family were forcibly resettled in Lenasia - an undeveloped township south of Johannesburg earmarked for those of Indian origin. His earliest influences were the Jazz records his brothers listened to and the Bollywood and Indian music his parents listened to. His first flute was fashioned out of a drainpipe with six holes drilled arbitrarily on the sides. [2]

Career

Deepak Ram first travelled to India at the age of 16 where he received training in classical Indian music under the tutelage renowned flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and the late Shri Suryakant Limaye. [3] Before passing away, the latter bequeathed a collection of flutes to Ram. [2]

Discography

Solo albums

DVD

Live in California with Pandit Anindo Chatterjee (includes interviews with Deepak Ram and Pt. Anindo Chatterjee

Production

Contributions

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References

  1. ↑ "Deepak Ram - Searching For Satyam". melt.co.za. 7 January 2000. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Golden Horn Records :: Deepak Ram - Steps". goldenhorn.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
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