Krishna Gundopant Ginde, better known as K.G. Ginde (26 December 1925 – 13 July 1994) was an

Indian classical Indian classical music is the classical music of the Indian subcontinent. It is generally described using terms like ''Shastriya Sangeet'' and ''Marg Sangeet''. It has two major traditions: the North Indian classical music known as '' Hindusta ...

singer and teacher. His guru

S N Ratanjankar Shrikrishna Narayan Ratanjankar (31 December 1899 - 14 February 1974), was a scholar and teacher of Hindustani classical music, from the Agra gharana. Foremost disciple of Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande and Faiyaz Khan of Baroda State, he also remai ...

was his biggest influence.

Biography

Ginde, called "Chhotu" (small) by family members and close friends because he was the 8th among 9 children, was born on December 26, 1925, in

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, near Belgaum. When he was just 11 years old, he moved to

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and started his music training under music scholar

. He moved to Mumbai in 1951 to take up a teaching post with

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. In 1962 he became principal of Vallabh Sangeet Vidyalaya. On his sixtieth birthday, some of the biggest names in Hindustani music, including

Bhimsen Joshi Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (; ; 4 February 1922 – 24 January 2011), also known by the honorific prefix Pandit, was one of the greatest Indian vocalists in the Hindustani classical tradition from the Indian subcontinent. He is known for the ''kha ...

Kumar Gandharva Pandit Kumar Gandharva (pronunciation: umaːɾ ɡən̪d̪ʱəɾʋə Kn: ಕುಮಾರ್ ಗಂಧರ್ವ; 8 April 1924 – 12 January 1992), originally known as Shivaputra Siddharamayya Komkalimath was an Indian classical singer, well kn ...

, and

Purushottam Laxman Deshpande Purushottam Laxman Deshpande (alternatively written as Pu La Deshpande; 8 November 1919 – 12 June 2000), popularly known by his initials ("Pu. La.") or as P. L. Deshpande, was a Marathi writer and humorist from Maharashtra. He was also an ac ...

, graced the function. Ginde died on July 13, 1994, age 68 in

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after suffering a massive heart attack.

References

* http://www.chembur.com/anecdotes/ginde.htm 1925 births 1994 deaths Hindustani singers Singers from Karnataka 20th-century Indian male classical singers Indian music educators Indian male composers Hindustani composers Indian musicologists 20th-century Indian composers People from Belagavi district 20th-century Indian musicologists Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award {{India-singer-stub