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Title
K. Sridhar - Master of the Sarod
Description
wo music traditions co-exist in India, that of the North (Hindustani) and of the South (Carnatic). They share the same basic systems but differ greatly in the instruments used, by the Ragas played, and by the concept of musical expression. It is very rare for musicians to master both traditions; Sridhar has done so.
K.Sridhar was, from very early childhood, initiated into the Carnatic music tradition by his mother, a descendent of fourteen generations of musicians including Narasimha Bhagavater, a master of Carnatic music in Tanjore. From the age of five Sridhar was the pupil of Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar of the Dagar School, the foremost master of the rudra veena and specialist in the traditionally classical and devotional Dhrupad Dhamar style of the North.
The sarod is an instrument of great complexity and few musicians choose to play it. Sridhar's study of Hindustani music was long, rigorous and disciplined, in the old style of learning. There are no pupils learning this way now in India.
Contact
- Nada Yoga Productions
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- United States 27514-5001
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