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Pt. Keshav Ginde

Flautist

Biography

Pandit Keshav Ginde was taught to play the mridangam by his grandfather, Pandit Damodar Ginde to accompany him in bhajans at a tender age of 6. Enamored by his cousins playing Violin, Sitar, Dilruba and Tabla, young Ginde laid his small hands on these instruments. However, financial constraints prevented him from pursuing his thirst for the music using these instruments. His mother brought a small flute in line with the family worship of "Lord Krishna with flute". The cheapest, tiny small instrument flute was not taken by other family members. His mother envisioned that her son will become a Flute Maestro. During the schooling years, his colleagues and teachers were quite fond of Ginde and encouraged him playing "Jana, Gana, Mana", Vande Mataram on various occasions like 15th August, 1947. On completing his Higher Secondary, he came to Fergusson College, Pune and took general music lessons from Pt. Borkar (Organ player who accompanied Balgandharva and Master Dinanath Mangeshkar in their private drama company).

He took advanced learning under Late Pt. Haripad Choudhari, the first disciple and friend of Pt. Pannalal Ghosh and Late Pt. Devendra Murdeshwar, disciple & son-in-law of Pt. Pannalal Ghosh . Pt. K.L. Ginde was very much under the influence of Pannababuji style. Pt. Ginde's rendering of flute resembles us in Pannababuji in Gayaki (vocalist) style. More so, he is at home equally in Tantkari (Beenkari) style like string instrument while rendering Ragas in Dhrupad - Been style.

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Raag: Shankara - Pt.Keshav Ginde

Raag: Puriya - Pt.Keshav Ginde

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Pt. Keshav Ginde - Versatile Flutist and Innovator

Pt. Keshav Ginde Innovator of this Flute - Kehsav Venu

Pt. Kehsav Ginde with Pt. Bhimsen Joshi

Pt. Keshav Ginde with Dr. Prabha Atre

Pt. Keshav Ginde with Pt. Ronu Mujumdar

Pt. Keshav Ginde with Pt. Arawind Gajendragadkar

Jugalbandi with Ustad Usman Khan(sitar)

Pt. Keshav Ginde Performing at Pt. Pannalal Ghosh Smriti Samaroh

Career

Pt. Keshav Ginde is the author of award winning book on flute - "Venu Vidnyan"

Pt. Keshav Ginde performed on AIR & TV for more than 4 decades.He has performed in numerous National Programmes of Music on AIR & TV with his innovated creative flute - 'Keshav Venu'. He has given a myriad of public performances in the last 4 decades.

Pt. Keshav Ginde performed at Texas in program Voice of Asia. Pt. Keshav Ginde performed in Pt. Pannalal Ghosh Jayanti Samaroh at Pune.

Awards & Achievements

A 'Selection Grade' Artist in All India Radio and Doordarshan.

Awards

*Pt. Ginde has been honored with the Lifetime Achivement Award in 2006 for his contribution to the art of playing Flute by the Sahara India Group, Lucknow, UP.

*Sangeet Natak Academy, New Delhi has already preserved this flute in their National Archives with video demos for the benefit of the future generations.

*Awarded Maharashtra Ratna Bhushan Puraskar by Thane based Organisation for significant contribution in Indian Classical Music.

*He has been recognised as Eminent Citizen for contribution in the field of Music by Pune Municipal Corporation.

*His contribution has been recognized in Limca Book of Records (1998) and Guiness Book of World Records (R&D)

*Life Time Achievement Award by Sahara India

*Senior Fellowship by Ministry of Culture, Govt.Of India

*'Venu Vidwan' By Shri.Shankaracharya of Shrungeri Peeth

*National Award by Fi Foundation, Ichalkaranji

*KeshavVenu - Innovator Pt. Keshav Ginde

About KehsavVenu :-

Pt. Ginde is a versatile flutist and an innovator par excellence. He has designed and developed a new flute christened 'Keshav Venu' that has surpassed the limitations of all extant flutes since the vedic age – about 10,000 years ago.

The technical superiority of Pt. Ginde's flute lies in dispensing off the necessity of second or third base or tweeter flute that is used by all flutists. Keshav Venu can be played in the complete span of 3.5 (+) octaves, as against a range of 2 - 2.5 octaves being achieved by other flutists using a bamboo flute.

The engineering background of Pt. Ginde assisted him in comprehending the limitations of traditional flute - compulsion of using two/three flutes, limitation on production of octaves, loss of matching of tonal quality of two/three flutes, aesthetic limitation of ragas rendered in 2.5 octaves etc. 40 years of relentless research provided him with the final fruit.