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An audiovisual lec-dem and book reading on the intricacies of the maestro’s contribution to music by Dr. Vishvas M. Kulkarni

An NCPA Library Presentation

Pannalal Ghosh (1911-1960) was a pioneering flautist of India, who innovated with bamboo flutes, making them suitable for playing Hindustani classical music. He added several new ragas and orchestral compositions, introduced the six-stringed tanpura to Hindustani music, popularised the flute in films and thus filled a vacuum in Hindustani music. His music was a balanced blend of gayaki (vocal style) and tantakari (stringed instrument style) without gimmicks. Ghosh’s work in integrating the bansuri with traditionally established instruments in classical music in barely 25 years of musical life is a major landmark in the history of global music.

‘The infinite dimensions of Pannalal Ghosh’s eternal music’ aims to expose the listener to the forgotten intricacies of his unmatched musical works.

Dr. Vishvas M. Kulkarni is a senior scientist at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. Trained in Hindustani classical singing with Shreepat Shastri, Nalini Rokade, Ashok Kulkarni and Nanasaheb Betawadkar, Kulkarni specialised in flute-playing under the tutelage of Keshav Ginde, and V. G. Karnad, who was a distinguished disciple of Ghosh. He continues his efforts to propagate the Pannalal Ghosh tradition of flute-playing by teaching and disseminating information on the musician in association with cultural organisations.

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