Aaj Khelo Shyaam Sang Holi II Pandit M. Venkateshkumar,Dharwad ll Sangeet Bharati Utsav 2020 ll

Aaj Khelo Shyaam Sang Holi
Vocal - Padmashri. Pandit M. Venkateshkumar, Dharwad
Harmonium - Sri Narendra L Nayak, Mangalore
Tabla - Sri Keshav Joshi

Sangeet Bharati Utsav 2020
Sangeet Bharati Foundation (R), Mangalore

Pt. Venkatesh Kumar
Prof. M Venkatesh Kumar received his training in Hindustani Classical music under his Holiness Padmabhushan Dr. Puttaraj Gawai of Veereshwar Punyashram, Gadag Karnataka according to Gurukul system for eleven years.
As a vocalist, since forty years he has performed in several prestigious concerts all over India and abroad. He has broadcast widely for AIR since 1979 including National programme of music and concerts. Many of his classical music and devotional music albums are very popular and appreciated by the music lovers.
Received many state level awards like Rajyotsava award,Sangeet Nitya Academy Award. The Government of India has honoured him with ”Padmashri Award“ in 2016.

Sri Narendra L Nayak
Narendra L Nayak is one of the great Harmonium player of southern India and he has accompanied many well known musicians like Jayateerth Mevundi, Pt.Venkatesh kumar, and has given performances in most of the prestigious music festivals in India. He is the vice president of a Hindustani Classical music organization," Sangeet Bharati Foundation". Under his guidance top level programmes have already been conducted in Mangalore including the performances by legends like Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pt. Shivkumar Sharma, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pt. Vishwamohan Bhatt, Ustad Rashid Khan, Ustad Sultan Khan, Ghazal singer Hariharan and many more. He is also a very successful entrepreneur and has been giving education to thousands of young students through “Expert PU College”.

Sri Keshav Joshi
Sri Keshav Joshi, Tabla accompanist
Keshav Joshi, picked up playing tabala at the age of eight under the tutelage of Pandit R. H. More, Late Pandit Karveer Mallapur ,eminent tabalist of the Banaras Gharana Pt. Ishwarlal Mishra and Pandit Suraj Purandare of Dharwad. . He is a ‘B High’ grade Artiste of the All India Radio.
Over the years, he has accompanied eminent artists in tabla including Padmashree Pandit M. Venkatesh Kumar, Pandit Jayteerth Mevundi, Pandit Rajan Mishra and Pandit Sajan Mishra, Vidushi Ashwini Bhide, Vidushi Arathi Ankalikar, Vidushi Kalpana Zokarkar, Sri Raghunandan Phanashikar, Pandit Ganapathi Bhat, Pandit Kaivalya Kumar Gurav, Pandit Praveen Godkhindi, Ustad Faiyaz Khan, Ustad Shafiq Khan, Ustad Rafiq Khan, Pandit Anand Bhate, Pandit Niladri Kumar, Smt. Sangeeta Katti, Sri Sriram Parashuram, Smt. Anuradha Sriram, Pandit Vinayak Torvi, Sri. Ananth Kulkarni, Sri. Puttur Narasimha Naik, Sri. Vidhyabhushana and many others.
He has been awarded the various state level awards including ’Pandit Basavaraj Rajguru Rashtreeya Yuva Puraskar 2019’ and many more. He also has founded and runs the ‘Avartan Sangeet Sabha’, a forum to encourage and promote classical music and upcoming musicians.