Karnataka Ganakala Parishat

Last updated

Karnataka Ganakala Parishat (also Ganakala Parishath) is an annual conference of Carnatic music held in February. The first conference was conducted in the year 1970 under the presidency of Vidwan B.S. Raja Iyengar. Over a period of several days (16 days in 2020), lecture demonstrations are given in the mornings, and four musical performances are given every afternoon and evening. The conference confers the title of "Ganakalabhushana" every year on a veteran musician, and "Ganakalashree" on a young musician. [1]

Since 2004, the conference has been presided over by Vidwan R.K. Padmanabha, who has sought to hold the conference in a variety of locations, including Ramanathapuram, Nanjangud, Holenarasipura, Tumkur, Gadag, Bijapur, and Belur. [2]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kannada Sahitya Parishat</span> Indian Kannada literary organization

Kannada Saahithya Parishath is an Indian non-profit organisation that promotes the Kannada language and its literature. Its headquarters are in the city of Bengaluru in the state of Karnataka, India. It strives to promote Kannada language through publishing books, organising literary seminars and promoting research projects. It also organises an annual conference on Kannada literature called Kannada Sahithya Sammelana. The current president of the parishat is Dr. Mahesh joshi.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kannada Sahitya Sammelana</span> Annual Kannada literature conference

The Kannada Sahitya Sammelana is the premier gathering of writers, poets and Kannadigas. It is held with the aim of preserving and developing the Kannada language, its literature, art, culture and music. It was started in 1915 by H. V. Nanjundaiah and held at Bangalore. It used to be inaugurated by prominent writers and poets from 1915 to 1948. Since then it has been inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Karnataka. The Kannada Sahitya Parishat is responsible for holding the gathering.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kadri Gopalnath</span> Indian saxophonist (1949–2019)

Kadri Gopalnath was an Indian alto saxophonist and one of the pioneers of Carnatic music for that instrument.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Unification of Karnataka</span> Formation of the Indian state of Karnataka

The Unification of Karnataka or Karnataka Ekikarana refers to the formation of the Indian state of Karnataka in 1956 when several Indian states were created by redrawing borders based on linguistic demographics. Decades earlier during British rule, the demand for a state based on Kannada demographics had been made.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Giridhar Udupa</span> Musical artist

Ghatam Giridhar Udupa is an Indian percussionist and a leading exponent of the ghatam. He is one of the members of Layatharanga, a team of Indian classical musicians who have embarked on the task of blending different forms of classical, folk and world music. In 2015 he founded and has since served as the director of The Udupa Foundation, a registered charitable trust with the aim of promoting music, performing arts and culture.

Manakkal Rangarajan was a Carnatic music singer who hailed from the village of Manakkal in Trichy District. His father was the late Santhana Krishna Bhagavathar. He had been singing for more than six decades and was performing even past his 80th year. He died on 26/2/2019 due to old age of 96.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana</span> Musical artist

Mahamahopadhyaya Dr. Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana was a Carnatic musician, a classical vocalist, musicologist, author and teacher, a great administrator and motivator. He was a performer on All India Radio and Doordarshan who participated in Sangeeta Sammelans, outdoor broadcasts and national programmes innumerable times. His radio lessons and Bhakti Ranjanis were very popular. He was awarded Padma Bhushan award by the Government of India in 2010.

Rudrapatna is a small village on the banks of the Kaveri river in Arkalgud taluk of Hassan district in the Indian State of Karnataka.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">R. K. Srikantan</span> Indian Carnatic classical vocalist

Rudrapatna Krishnashastri Srikantan, known as R. K. Srikantan, was a vocalist of the Carnatic musical tradition of South Indian music. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1995.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mysore Manjunath</span> Indian violinist

Mysore Manjunath, is an Indian violinist. The son and disciple of violinist Vidwan S. Mahadevappa, Manjunath performed his first concert at the age of eight in Mysore as a child prodigy storming in to the music world. His musical acumen, technical virtuosity & astounding artistic imagination made him one of the celebrated violinists in classical music scene today & he has created an unrivaled record as a star performer world over. He is one of the Mysore brothers duo enthralling audiences around the world with his mellifluous music and astounding mastery of the violin. As press describing him, he has metamorphosed his prodigious talent to blossom into brand ambassador of Indian classical music. He is honored with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award by government of India, bestowed by the president of India at the Rashtrapathi Bhavan in New Delhi.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mysore Brothers</span> Musical artist

Mysore Brothers are an Indian classical violinist duo: Mysore Nagaraj and Mysore Manjunath. They trained under their father Sri Mahadevappa, a violinist in the tradition of Sri Tyagaraja, composer of Carnatic classical music. They received the Sangeet Natak Akademi award from the government of India in 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Puttaraj Gawai</span> Indian musician

PanditPuttaraj Gawayigalu was an Indian musician in the Hindustani classical tradition, a scholar who authored more than 80 books in Kannada, Sanskrit and Hindi, a music teacher and a social servant. A member of the Gwalior Gharana (school), he is renowned for his ability to play many instruments such as the veena, the tabla, mridangam, violin etc., as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music (bhajans) vachanas.A famous vocalist both in Hindustani and Carnatic Music. He is the recipient of the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour, awarded in 2010.

K. Bhaskaran is an Indian Carnatic music flautist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">A. V. Anand</span> Musical artist

A. V. Anand is a Carnatic musician and mridangam player. Anand was taught to play mridangam by ghatam player K. S. Manjunath from a young age and has worked as an accompanist for Carnatic musicians, including Chowdiah, Chembai, T. R. Mahalingam, S. Balachander. and Doraiswamy Iyengar, since the 1950s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">K. V. Krishna Prasad</span> Musical artist

K. V. Krishna Prasad, also known as KP, is a fraud and Carnatic music vocalist.

Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma is a mridangist from India.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ballary M. Raghavendra</span> Musical artist

Vidwan Ballary M Raghavendra is a Carnatic vocalist from Karnataka. He has a bachelor's degree in commerce and also a master's degree in music from Bangalore University. He has served in various capacities across multiple All India Radio stations in Karnataka. Initially joining as a program executive, he later went on to become the Assistant Station Director in AIR. He had the rare privilege of being an A grade artist in devotional and light classical forms of music apart from Carnatic classical music. He is popularly known for delivering music compositions with lyrical clarity, emotion and good use of rhythmic patterns After his retirement from AIR, he is currently living in Mysore.

Gamaka Vidwan M S Ananthapadmanabha Rao was an Indian Kannada-language poet, writer, and gamaki. He was the author of the magnum opus Karnata Bharatha Kathamanjari containing the last eight parvas of the Kannada translation of the Mahabharatha that Kumaravyasa had left unfinished.

D. Balakrishna is a Carnatic musician who plays veena in the Mysore tradition.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">R. K. Padmanabha</span> Indian Carnatic music vocalist

Rudrapatna Krishnadikshita Padmanabha, commonly known by his initials RKP, is an Indian Carnatic music vocalist, performer, music teacher and author from the state of Karnataka. He established "Sapta Swara Devatha Dhyana Mandira" at native village Rudrapatna, Karnataka, memorializing renowned musicians of Indian classical music. He has been serving as the president of Karnataka Ganakala Parishat since 2004. He received Kempegowda Award and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.

References

  1. Sudeep, Theres (20 January 2020). "Karnataka-focused music Parishat marks 50th year". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. "About Karnataka Ganakala Parishat". Karnataka Ganakala Parishat. Retrieved 11 May 2020.