Workshop by Pt. Dinkar Panshikar

Workshop by Pt. Dinkar Panshikar

Born in Mumbai in 1936, in a family accomplished in the performing arts Pandit Dinkar Panshikar spent over 10 years studying the intricacies of the Jaipur Atrauli Gharana under Pt. Nivruttibua Sarnaik. Known as a musician and a music scholar, Pt. Dinkar Panshikar has...
Listening session by Dr. Suresh Chandvankar

Listening session by Dr. Suresh Chandvankar

Jaipur Gunijankhana continued its tradition to explore various facets of Indian Classical music through performances, lecture demonstrations. This time we hosted Dr. Suresh Chandanvankar, an passionate and celebrated record collector focusing on recorded music of...
Swarartharamani

Swarartharamani

Jaipur Gunijankhana hosted a two day seminar on “Swarartharamani” a book authored by the legendary Ganasaraswati Kishori Amonkar herself. The seminar featured Smt. Nandini Bedekar – who had been Kishoritai’s disciple for a period spanning over twenty years. The...
Understanding the language of the tanpura

Understanding the language of the tanpura

  The Hindustani tanpura is typically a 4 stringed instrument. The first string is most frequently tuned to Pancham of the lower octave, the middle two strings known as ‘jod’ are tuned to sa of the middle octave while the last string is tuned to sa of the lower...