ICMDS Concert Series: Shardiya Bansuri:Pandit Rupak Kulkarni & Hindole Majumdar

Pandit Rupak Kulkarni is one of today’s finest bansuri exponents, with a style rooted in the Maihar gharana. He is the leading student of Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, having been accepted as the great master’s disciple after rigorous early training with his father Pandit Malhar Rao Kulkarni.

Rupak ji has since sought to expand his guru’s pioneering approach, notably through looking to the work of surbahar legend Maa Annapurna Devi and through studying the layakari (rhythmic interplay) of Pandit Shivkumar Sharma. He has created new ragas – including Rang Malhar and Sonakshi – and even new flutes to aid in his quest, including the huge bass-toned adbhut bansuri (flute of wonder).

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PT. HINDOLE MAJUMDAR occupies a commendable position amongst the young tabla players of his generation. Inspired by his maternal grandfather, Late Sri Chittaranjan Roy, an ardent music lover, and his mother, Late Sunanda Majumdar, a teacher by profession and a Kathak dancer disciple of Pandit RamgopalMishra of the Jaipur gharana

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