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Ramesh Laxman Nadkarni (1921–1995)〔(Ramesh Nadkarni and his Photo )〕〔( Nadkarni in Indian classical music )〕〔(Center for research and promotion of Indian music - Pandit Arvind Mulgaonkar and Nadkarni )〕 was a Hindustani classical music singer from Jogeshwari. Nadkarni a disciple of Aman Ali Khan had composed over 250 melodies and Ragas. He was honored for his dedicated lifelong service to classical music and was awarded a fellowship by Sursingar Sansad, Mumbai. He was part of BHENDI BAZAR GHARANA.〔(Bendi Bazar Blues - The Times of India )〕 Ramesh was born in Mumbai in 1921 to a Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family from Bankikodla-Hanehalli. His father Laxman Nadkarni was an employee of the mint (coin) facility at Hyderabad. Ramesh spent his childhood in Bankikodla. After completing his middle school, he came to Mumbai to study music. His mother Uma a devotional singer inspired young Ramesh to study Hindustani music. After graduating from the University of Mumbai, he continued his music interest to earn ''Sangeeta Pravaeena''. Nadkarni had already become a disciple of Aman Ali Khan. Ramesh was married to Sushila Balwally from Ankola. At the age of 30, Ramesh came back to his village and served as a music teacher of the A. H. School, Bankikodla a school at his village until 1957. During his stay at Bankikodla, he taught English, and sanskrit including music at school; he kept himself busy in music programs of All India Radio (AIR), Dharwar. At the age of 37, AIR hired Ramesh Nadkarni as a music producer in Cuttack. He spent almost two decades working for AIR at various places including Indore, Bhopal, New Delhi, Dharwar and Mumbai (1970–1981) where he retired as a director of AIR. Nadkarni wrote a biography of Mallikarjun Mansur in Kannada titled ''Nanna Ras Yatre''. ==His life and style== Nadkarni was a Music Guru of a different type. Nadkarni, though basically followed BHENDI BAZAR GHARANA style of singing was very broad and open minded. He himself was appreciative of nice points in different gharanas and always encouraged his disciples to listen to different music styles, appreciate the good points in different styles, and make efforts to imbibe them in ones style of singing. He maintained that this approach of consciously imbibing the best that is available in the vast field of music would make one a more enriched and enlightened musician than being with a particular traditional style. Nadkarni was a devotee of Bhagawan Nityananda and wrote a biography of Bhagawan Nityananda in Kannada and other languages. Ramesh Nadkarni was simple, generous human being; he was a performer, producer, director and a teacher of classical music. Though he had modest academic qualifications, he was so well read that, apart from music, he could authoritatively speak on diverse subjects in English, hindi, urdu and kannada literature. Nadkarni was handicapped with Asthma but he knew how to get his own way. He dedicated his life for writing and singing Ragas and melodies and died on September 7, 1995; he was 74. Nadkarni is survived by his wife, two children who live in Mumbai and disciples like Sairam Iyer, Sakuntala Narsimhan, Devendra Murdeshwar, Mahendra Kapoor and Shaila Piplapure.〔http://www.clicmusic.be/index.php?page=Piplapure_Bio_Engl.php Nadkarni's Disciple Shaila A. Piplapure〕〔http://swaramandakini.com/Lineage.aspx - The generations of Bhendibazaar gharana〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ramesh L. Nadkarni」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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