Pandit Ganapati Bhat, popularly known as Ganapati Bhat Hasanagi, is an Indian

Hindustani classical Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, sita ...

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. He belongs to Kirana -

Gwalior Gharana The Gwalior Gharana (Gwalior school of classical music) is one of the oldest Khyal Gharana in Indian classical music. The rise of the Gwalior Gharana started with the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar (1542–1605). The favourite singers of t ...

. He is a resident guru at Dr.

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Gurukul Trust in Hubli. He was born and brought up in Hasanagi, a small village in the state of

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Career

Pandit Ganapati Bhat is a disciple of

Basavaraj Rajguru Pandit Basavraj Rajguru (24 August 1920 – 1991) was a leading Indian classical vocalist in the Kirana gharana (singing style). Early life and training Basavraj was born into a family of scholars, astrologers and musicians in Yaliwal, a ...

, the maestro from

Dharwad Dharwad (), also known as Dharwar, is a city located in the north western part of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of the Dharwad district of Karnataka and forms a contiguous urban area with the city of Hubballi. It was merge ...

whose ''gayaki'' (singing style) is based on the Kirana, the

Gwalior Gwalior() is a major city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh; it lies in northern part of Madhya Pradesh and is one of the Counter-magnet cities. Located south of Delhi, the capital city of India, from Agra and from Bhopal, the s ...

and the

Patiala gharana The Patiala ''gharana'' (, ) is one of the vocal (tradition, school, or style of music) of Hindustani classical music, named after the city of Patiala in Punjab, India where it was established. The ''gharana'' was founded in the mid to late 19th ...

s. Bhat trained under Rajguru from 1966 to 1991. Bhat started his training in music as a

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, but was drawn to Hindustani vocal music. Later, he studied with

C. R. Vyas Chintaman Raghunath Vyas (9 November 1924 – 10 January 2002), popularly known as C. R. Vyas, was an Indian classical singer. He was known for singing khyal style. Early life Vyas was born in Osmanabad, Maharashtra, into a family of San ...

, an exponent of the Gwalior Gharana Pandit Ganapati Bhat was recognised as a B-High grade artist of the All India Radio in 1979. Thereafter, he was recognised with the highest, A-Grade in 1988. Pandit Ganapati Bhat was Member of Karnataka Sangeet Nritya Academy, Karnataka Government, from 1995 to 1998. He was recognised as a research supervisor in music by the Kannada University, Hampi, in 2001. He was member of the HRD Music Expert Committee, Government of India, New Delhi, from 2001 to 2003. He is also a member of the Akashvani Audition Committee, All India Radio, Dharwad and a member of the examination committee, Post Graduate Music Department, Karnataka University, Dharwad, 2007. In 2011, he was selected to the position of the Guru, of the Dr. Gangubai Hangal National Gurukul, Hubli, along with noted Hindustani musicians, Pt. Maniprasad, Pt. Kedar Narayan Bodas, Vid. Vijaya Jadhav Gatlewar, and Pt. Kaivalya Kumar Gurav.

Music pedagogy

Since 1980, Pandit Ganapati Bhat has been imparting Hindustani music training in the traditional Gurukual method in his village Hasanagi in Uttar Kannada District, Karnataka.

Awards and recognition

* Karnataka Rajyotsava Award in 1993 by the Government of Karnataka *Karnataka Sangeeta Nritya Akademi Award in 2007, by the Karnataka Sangeeta Nritya Akademi, Government of Karnataka *Vatsalabai Bhimsen Joshi Award in 2006 by the Arya Prasarak Mandal Pune, headed by Pt. Bhimsen Joshi *Puttaraj Gawai award in 2015 * Sawai Gandharva Puraskar in 2016 * Nijaguna Purandara Award in 2017 *Pandit Basavaraj Rajguru National Award in 2020, by the Pt. Basavaraj Rajguru National Memorial Trust

References

External links

Interview with Bhat

The Hindu 1 December 2006 Award

Smt. Vatsalataayi Bhimsen Joshi Puraskar Award 2006

The Hindu 5 March 2015 Putturaj Gawai Award

Indian Express 4 February 2016

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