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Pandit Ramdas Palsule | |
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| Birth name | Ramdas |
| Born | 30 March 1963 Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| Genres | Indian Classical Music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Tabla |
Pandit Ramdas Palsule (born 30 March 1963) is a Tabla virtuoso from Pune, India. He is also an A grade artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan. [1]
Ramdas was born in well-educated family in Pune. His father Dr. G. B. Palsule was a recipient of the prestigious President’s Award, Kalidas Puraskar, K.K. Birla Award and many more for his work in Sanskrit literature and for his Sanskrit epic – ‘Vainaayakam’ on Swaatantryaveer Savarkar. [2]
Ramdas is an alumnus of Jnana Prabodhini Prashala and College of Engineering, Pune (COEP). He was introduced to Tabla by Pt. G. L. Samant in his school days. After achieving his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, he chose his passion over an assured career in engineering at the age of twenty-three. He became a disciple of Tabla Maestro Taalyogi Pt. Suresh Talwalkar.
As a solo artist, Ramdas developed his own style of presenting traditional compositions with a new perspective and fresh thought-process. He mastered the craft of “Jod-Taal” and “Jaati-Bhed” and earned the praise of connoisseurs and patriarchs alike with his refreshingly vivid style of presentation and with his trademark subtle contemporary touch. Ramdas is aptly known in the music fraternity as a riyaazi (hard-working) musician.
Ramdas has performed with Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki, Pandit Jasraj, Vidushi Prabha Atre, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pandit Birju Maharaj, Ustad Sultan Khan, Begum Parveen Sultana, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Vidwan L. Subramanyam, Vidwan M. Balamuralikrishna, Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar, Pandit Venkatesh Kumar, Pandit Ronu Majumdar. Ramdas has also shared stage with Kadri Gopalnath, Mysore Nagraj and Mysore Manjunath, Sridhar Parthasarathy, Kumaresh Rajagopalan, Jayanthi Kumaresh and many more.
Ramdas performed solo at the Barsi of Ustad Alla Rakha Khansaheb in February 2018. Other solo performances include the Sawai Gandharva Sangeet Mahotsav (Pune), Saptak Festival (Ahmedabad), national music conferences of the All India Radio, SPIC MACAY, Isha Foundation’s Yaksha 2020, Dussehra Festival (Mysuru), All Bengal Festival (Kolkata), Tansen Mahotsav (Gwalior), Kalidas Festival (Ujjain), Pt. Abhisheki Mahotsav (Goa). He is a Guru at The Lalit Kala Kendra Center for Performing Arts of University of Pune since 1995, and at Bharti Vidyapeeth School of Performing Arts since 2008.
Since 2001, Ramdas has been arranging concerts and propagating Hindustani Classical Music in North America and Europe.
He is an empaneled musician of ICCR since 1988 and a committee member of CFPGS (Cultural Functions and Production Grant Scheme) of Ministry of Culture, Government of India since 2018.
Ramdas is a founder member and a Guru at Avartan Gurukul - a unique institution for studying Hindustani music in Pune, India. His rich educational background helps him understand the nuances of the pedagogical aspects of Hindustani music. Ramdas is ably carrying forward his Guru Pandit Suresh Talwalkar ji's legacy by imparting knowledge to music students through the Guru-Shishya tradition, without any remuneration, for which his Guru feels proud of him. Students from all over India and abroad have been learning from him, many of whom have made their mark in the field of Classical Music as performers. Saleel Tambe (UK), Harshad Kanetkar (USA), Nikhil Harishchandrakar (Australia), Ganesh Tanawade, Einav Baram (Israel), Pablo Llambias (Chile) and many more of his students are spread across the globe.
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