Guruji

Our Guruji -
Pandit Shripad R Gaddi

An eminent musician and teacher of Hindustani Classical Music (Vocal), he hails from Hubli of Karnataka State in India. He has been performing and teaching music for many years now, including more than 20 years at Akashvani (Dharwad Kendra).

Guruji spent more than 25 years as a disciple and student of Late Pandit Fakkiresha Agadi (Haveri), and also learnt from legends like Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, and GaanaYogi TribhashaKavi Paramapoojya Dr. Puttaraja Gavai (Gadag).

He is currently based in Bangalore, India and teaches at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and Purandhara Bhavan, and also has many other disciples / students (like the 3 of us!) whom he guides at home.

A beginning ...

We started our musical journey many years ago, but the formalization of this quest happened quite recently. This blog will attempt to track our progress. Our ? Yes - all 3 of us! Under the tutelage of Guruji Pandit Shripad R Gaddi, and inspired by his Gurus (including Pandit Bhimsen Joshi himself, and Late Pandit Fakkiresha Agadi), the Vittal parivar (Anup, Bipasha and Aditya) are all learning Hindustani Classical Music ... The youngest of this trio of students (Aditya, aged 10 yrs) is also the most competent!

More details soon