Flautist Pandit Rupak Kulkarni Hindustani musical concert at sahyadri
23-Sep-2015
Flautist Pandit Rupak Kulkarni in association with the SPIC MACAY, Mangalore Chapter gave a Hindustani musical concert in the Campus mesmerizing the audience with his musical flavor and unique creativity. The future musicians of Sahyadri were deeply touched by the soothing rhythm and the audience greatly appreciated the concert and the finesse of the flautist.
Pandit Rupak Kulkarni has had the privilege to be the disciple of the great flautist Padmavibhushan Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. Pandit Rupak Kulkarni, has given this “Maihar Gharana” tradition a brand new flavour with his unique creativity. Where others have performed ragas, Rupak has recreated ragas. Rupak with arduous training and hard work has mastered Dhrupad, Khayal and Tantrakari styles equally well. No wonder his concerts are loved and lauded not only by common music lovers but even by connoisseurs and music maestros such as Pt. Ravishankar and Pt. Bhimsen Joshi. He has performed in major music festivals in international concerts as well as in India. His flute concerts are regularly aired on All India Radio, World Space Radio and various TV channels such as Doordarshan, STAR TV, Zee TV, and CNN-IBN, and In Sync. He has worked with many Hollywood and Bollywood music directors to score background music for their films.
SPIC MACAY is an affirmation of the need to conserve and promote an awareness of the rich cultural tapestry of India among the youth, through focus on the classical arts with its rituals, mythology and philosophy and to facilitate an appreciation of their deeper values. It is driven by the need for an inspired perspective in a world bombarded with too much information with solid, value based education, which involves the absorption of aesthetics and spirituality in an increasingly technical, mundane competitive world. The movement is educational in spirit and character and locates itself in educational institutions.
