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He also has performed jugalbandis with eminent
Hindustani vocalists in musical concerts. Raghavendra has presented numerous illustrative talks and demonstrations on music. He has toured Europe and Canada along with TAS R Mani Ensemble. He has been very successful in establishing and promoting classical music in remote areas of Karnataka where the classical form of music was non-existent.
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bringing rare concerts to the public; and recognizing the efforts of individuals striving to propagate music in society. An annual event called
Vishesha Utsava is also conducted under the banner of Vishesha Fine Arts where various artists render their performance. The organization was inaugurated on 29 January 2011 and Sri Mysore Sateesh is the trustee of this organization.
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Hindustani vocal music from Pandit Chandrashekar Puranikmath a renowned Hindustani musician from Gwalior Gharana who retired from AIR Radio Dharwad. Raghavendra often uses expressions of Hindustani music in his concerts especially while delivering devotional compositions of Haridasas.
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Traditions in rendering and concert packaging were passed on quite well to
Raghavendra. Ballary school of Music has the rare distinction of nurturing pathantara of time-honoured clarity, a technique that gathered fine distinctions and gradations with the influence of approaches from the Karnataka,
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A villager used to go atop a mountain in
Challakere in order to catch the radio signals and record the episodes of Swarasangama. He then used to make his fellow villagers listen to the music lessons regularly. 35 such villagers in Challakere and Arsikere, were not just able to listen to Carnatic
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Raghavendra started giving stage performances at a very young age. He gave his first stage performance at the age of 9 years. Raghavendra has produced many music-based programmes such as
Aaswaada (on music appreciation), Swarasangama (on teaching music) and many other musical features, which are
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Raghavendra's initial training was under the tutelage of his uncle
Ballary M. Sheshagiri Achar who went on to create 400 kritis. He was also greatly influenced by his father Ballary M. Venkatesh Achar. Raghavendra considers himself lucky that he had two gurus who constantly took him on the right
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Vishesha Fine Arts a not-for-profit charitable trust is run under the guidance of
Artists like Vani Sateesh, Mysore M. Nagaraj, Mysore M. Manjunath, painters B.K.S. Varma, G.N. Seetharamiah and Sri Ballary M Raghavendra. It is started with an intention to provide Fine arts education in schools;
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vocalist, who had given her first concert at the age of 10. She is "A" grade artist of All India Radio in
Carnatic Classical Vocal. Vani's core strength and love has always been bhakti and singing compositions filled with bhakti rasa. Vani was in the US after her marriage and started performing
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extensively outside of India. Since mid-90s, Vani has performed in various reputed Sabhas in US and India. Vani
Sateesh is a regular performer for both All India Radio, Doordarshan and various TV Channels. Vani has also had her initial music training from her brother Sri Ballary M Raghavendra.
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His father Sri Ballary M Venkateshachar has been conferred with 'Sangeeta Vidyanidhi' award from Mysore JSS Sangeeta Sabha, 'Ashthana Vidwan' award from Shri Ganapathi Sacchidananda Ashrama's avadhoota datta peetha, 'Karnataka Kalashri' award from Karnataka state sangeeta nritya academy.
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Tamil Nadu and interior Andhra music schools. Another style of the Ballary school of Music is, the raga taken up for the warm-up varna would be there for raga tana pallavi. Taking off a piece from anupallavi is yet another style of the Ballary school of Music.
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My gurus would run to a hotel everyday to listen to the radio airing classical music. It mirrors their extraordinary focus and commitment. Today we have everything so easy, but still we pale in front of these
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district. Later Raghavendrachar left Mundragi village and settled in Ballary. Raghavendrachar was a musician well versed in many disciplines of music and was a professor of music at Queen Mary college in
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classical music. He is popularly known for delivering music compositions with lyrical clarity, emotion and good use of rhythmic patterns After his retirement from AIR, he is currently living in
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music but they were even able to pass the Junior music exams with high distinction through this programme. This incidence was really a satisfying moment in my career in AIR!
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Raghavendra is a dedicated music teacher who has a rare ability to identify and groom music students based on their individual strengths. Popular singer
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