Madhuvanti Pal
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Madhuvanti Pal | |
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Madhuvanti performing in Bhopal in 2020 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Madhuvanti Pal |
| Born | 23 March 1992 Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Genres | Indian classical music |
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| Years active | 2012-present |
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| Website | www |
Madhuvanti Pal (born 23 March 1992;.[1] formerly Madhuvanti Murali Mohan[1]), is an Indian classical rudra veena player and builder.[2] an exponent of the Bishnupur Gharana. She was born in Kolkata in 1992 to a family of fourth generation teachers.[1] Pal is a senior disciple of Vidushi Mita Nag of the Bishnupur Gharana, and one of the few female instrumentalists performing dhrupad at a high level in India[3]
Training and career
Pal began her training as a vocalist, before transitioning to instrumental music—first the violin,[4] giving public performances through 2015,[5] and then bansuri before taking up rudra veena. She began her study of dhrupad in the dagarbani style under Pandit Bala Chandar in 2010.[6] Since 2012, Pal has been studying and working under Vidushi Mita Nag, daughter of Padma Shri Pandit Manilal Nag,[7] and regularly performs in dhrupad festivals and concerts throughout India.[8]
Pal constructed her own rudra veena under the guidance of Pandit Rajeshekar Vyas after finding a more traditionally sized veena inadequate for her needs.[6][9] Pal currently plays a veena made under her supervision by Sanat Haldar,[10] whose uncle Tarapada Haldar founded the Dadpur string instrument manufacturing industry.[11]
From 2016 until November 2020, Pal studied and worked at the UNESCO-accredited[12][13] Bhopal Dhrupad Sansthan gurukul,[14] where she taught as a "Professional instrumentalist with deep understanding of many musical instruments and forms."[15] Following the public disclosure of sexual harassment and abuse by senior teachers and Sansthan leaders Ramakant and Akhilesh Gundecha,[13] Pal ended her association with the Sansthan.[16] Since leaving, she has spoken about the difficulty of reconciling the importance of what she was taught about music by the Gundecha Brothers with these revelations of abuse.[17]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Biography". Madhuvanti & the Rudra Veena. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
- ↑ "Program Notes from 6 January 2019". 6 January 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Palroy, Pritikana (23 August 2021). "I'm the instrument and you're the player (trans. Bengali)". Jagobangla. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ↑ "Golden treat for aficionados". The Statesman. 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
- ↑ "Nostalgic tributes to tabla legends". The Statesman. 2015-10-10. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "rudraveena.org". www.rudraveena.org. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
- ↑ "Mita Nag | Darbar". www.darbar.org. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
- ↑ "BENGALURU LIVE- December 14, 2018". Deccan Herald. 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
- ↑ What is a Rudra Veena? The BIGGEST string instrument! Madhuvanti Pal Interview, event occurs at 21:44-24:12, retrieved 2021-09-29
- ↑ "Luthier". Madhuvanti & the Rudra Veena. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
- ↑ Tiwari, Vinita (2020-01-29). "A quaint village in Hooghly becomes manufacturing hub for string instruments". 30 Stades. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
- ↑ Dhrupad Sansthan, Bhopal. "Declaration of Incorporation" (PDF). Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Gundecha brothers caught in sexual abuse row, Dhrupad Sansthan probes". The Indian Express. 2020-09-05. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
- ↑ Mar 15, Aishwarya Shrivastav / TNN /; 2019; Ist, 04:02. "Dhrupad Day: Ek shaam Ustad Zia ke naam | Bhopal News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
- ↑ "Dhrupad Sansthan 2020 Project Framework". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "As students leave, Dhrupad institute says reconstituting probe panel". The Indian Express. 2020-09-13. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
- ↑ What is a Rudra Veena? The BIGGEST string instrument! Madhuvanti Pal Interview, event occurs at 42:15, retrieved 2021-09-29
External links
- Madhuvanti Pal's website
- Madhuvanti Pal's YouTube channel
- Video series on building her Rudra Veena
- Madhuvanti Pal on RudraVeena.org
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