Gundecha Brothers
Gundecha Brothers
Vocalist
8 Renditions • 2 h 35 m
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GHARANA
Dagar (Dhrupad)
GURUS
Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar
Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
DISCIPLE
Janhavi Phansalkar
AWARDS
Padma Shri2012
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award2017
Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha, the Gundecha Brothers, are leading exponents of the dhrupad style of music and among its most active performers in India and internationally. Born in Ujjain in Central India, the brothers were initiated into music by their parents. Alongside a conventional university education, they learned dhrupad vocal art under Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar and also with Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, the rudra veena performer, in the guru-shishya parampara at Dhrupad Kendra, Bhopal. The brothers have sung Hindi poetry by Tulsidas, Kabir, Padmakar and Nirala in dhrupad style. They have recorded about 50 cassettes and CDs for H.M.V, Music Today, Rhythm House, Times Music, Sony, Senseworld Music, Sundaram Records, IPPNW Concerts Berlin, Navras and Audio Rec London, have sung for many Indian television channels, and have been broadcast on British, U.S., German, French, Japanese and Australian radio. Besides India's prestigious music festivals, they have performed and conducted workshops at international festivals and institutions in about 25 countries, including in Europe, the U.S.A., Australia, Japan, Egypt, Singapore, Bangladesh, the U.A.E. and Hong Kong. For their contribution to dhrupad and Indian classical music, they received the Padma Shri in 2012 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2017 from the Government of India.