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Dhananjay Hegde
August 5, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
$20
IMS is proud to present another young stalwart of Kirana Gharana accompanied by younger generation accompanists
Date: August 5, 2023
Venue: Cullen Hall, Univ of St Thomas
Dhananjay Hegde,
A child prodigy, is a name to reckon with, in the Hindustani music field. He is disciple of Pt. Vinayak Torvi and Pt. Venkatesh Kumar. He has performed in major prestigious music festivals like Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Music festival Pune, Tansen festival Gwalior, Swar Samrat festival Kolkata, Kesarbai Kerkar Sangeet Samaroh Goa, Saptak festival Ahmedabad, to name a few. He has been awarded with Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraksar by Sangeet Natak Akademi, new Delhi and Pt. Basavaraj Rajguru Yuva Puraksar by Gov’t of Karnataka
On Tabla is Pranav Gurav:
A young tabla payer, born to musician parents, Smt. Aparna Gurav and Sri Milind Gurav. Pranav; he had his training under Pt. Nana Muley, Sri Suresh Samant and presently, he is under the tutelage of Pt. Aneesh Pradhan. He has accompanied stalwarts like Pta. Padma Talwalkar, Pt. Ronu Mujumdar, Sri Rahul Deshpande, Pt. Arun Dravid, to name a few. He has performed in various prestigious music festivals in India and abroad.
On Harmonium is Dnyaneshwar Sonawane
He had his training with Sri Bapu Kulkarni and Pt. Sudhir Nayak, a renowned Samuadini player. He has accompanied legendary musicians like Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar, Smt. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande, Smt. Shubha Mudgal, Pt. Venkateshkumar and so on. He has performed in
major music festivals all over India and abroad.
major music festivals all over India and abroad.
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