Pravin Godkhindi (born 28 October 1973) is an Indian classical Hindustani

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) player. He has mastered both the tantrakari and gayaki style of playing on the flute. He was called a top ranking artist in Hindustani

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Biography

* 1st Indian flautist to perform on the 8-foot long

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* "Top Ranking Artiste" in Hindustani bansuri, by Akashvani (AIR) * 1st Indian to represent bansuri at the World Flute Festival in

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* National awards for films '' Beru'' and '' Vimukthi'' * Brand ambassador for AKG microphones * Started toying with a small flute at the age of 3 years * First public performance at the age of 6 * Gurus - Pandit Venkatesh Godkhindi & Vidwan Anoor Ananth Krishna Sharma * Titles: Surmani, Naada-Nidhi, Sur Samrat, Kalapraveena, Aryabhatta, Aasthana Sangeet Vidwan from the Udupi Sri Krishna Mutt * B.E. - electrical & electronics engineering with distinction from SDMCET, Dharwad. * Performed with eminent musicians like

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, Dr. Balmurali Krishna, Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Dr. Kadri Gopinath and

Sivamani Sivamani (1 December 1959), commonly known by his stage name Drums Sivamani, is an Indian percussionist. He plays many instruments including drums, octoban, darbuka, udukai, ghatam and kanjira. He performed drumming during the IPL Championships ...

. * Also starte
''Raagatainment'' series
covering 101 ragas on YouTube.

References

External links

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Pravin Godkhindi - Nadatarangini
{{DEFAULTSORT:Godkhindi Hindustani instrumentalists Bansuri players Kannada film score composers People from Dharwad Living people Indian male classical musicians Musicians from Karnataka Male film score composers 1973 births