Gundecha Brothers Concert and Workshop

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Nad Yoga – Dhrupad Workshop with Gundecha Brothers 
Come and enjoy an intimate workshop with the legendary Dhrupad vocalists
Padmashree Gundecha Brothers
Umakant Gundecha & Ramakant Gundecha

Accompanied by
Akhilesh Gundecha on the Pakhawaj 

Dhrupad workshop with the Gundecha Brothers open to all skill levels for vocalists, instrumentalists (string, wind and bowed) and percussionists. 
Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha will lead the vocal workshop and Akhilesh Gundecha will be teaching pakhāvaj workshop and guiding us in tāla system.
Contents: 
- Lecture on Rāga and Voice in Indian music
- Voice Techniques in Dhrupad and its practice
- Question and Answer
- Tāla (Rhytm) practice and composition 
About Dhrupad
Dhrupad is the oldest surviving form of Indian Classical music and traces its origin to the chanting of vedic hymns and mantras. Though a highly developed classical art with a complex and elaborate grammar and aesthetics, it is also primarily a form of worship, in which offerings are made to the divine through sound or nāda. Dhrupad can be seen at different levels as a meditation, a mantric recitation, a worship , a yoga or tantra based on the knowledge of the nādis and chakras and also purely as a performing art portraying a universe of human emotions.
Gundecha Brothers
Gundecha Brothers are the most active performers of Dhrupad on the world musical scene today. They have made numerous international tours visiting more than 25 countries around the globe and have recorded more than three dozen CD`s from various national and international music labels. In 2012, Umakant and Ramakant, received from the government of India the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honor of India, for their contribution to Indian classical music. Together with Akhilesh, the youngest brother and performer on the barrel drum known as pakhavaj, they operate the Dhrupad Sansthan in Bhopal, India, a unique musical academy patterned on the ancient guru-shishya (teacher- disciple) tradition of education, with students from more than 20 countries, as well as from various parts of India, participating.

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