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Music Profile of Flutist RAVI

Sri Ravindranath, also called Ravi, was born in 1974 in a south indian Hindu orthodox well educated brahmin family at Bhimavaram in Andhra pradesh state. Ravi started his artistic lifestyle while learning Classical Kuchipudi Dance of South India under the great tutelage of Dr. Vempati Chinasatyam from Sidhendra Kalakshetram, kuchpudi, Andhra Pradesh. At the age of 13, he was also initiated into the world of music as a vocalist. After practicing both vocal and instrument (Harmonium) for a few years, he started to study flute under the teaching of Vidwan Sri K P Upadhyaya, a famous karnatic flute player in Mysore. The sensitive techniques in the Indian classical flute he acquired after he became the close disciple of Flute maestro Pandit Rajendra Prasanna from the legendary Benaras Gharana family in New Delhi. This legendary family has been training all the distinguished flutists in India including Pt.Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pt. Ronu mojumdar etc..for the last 200 years in guru-shishya parampara. Ravi learnt the lessons of Indian Classical 'Gayaki Ang' (Vocal based Flute) from the Santoor maestro Padmashri Pandit Bhajan Sopori from Kashmiri Gharana which finally flourished the young artist. Today he is one of a few in India who can use both south Indian and north Indian flutes in the same concert.

In October 2004 Ravi performed his first international concert at the SOUTH KOREAN FESTIVAL in Jeonju, South Korea. This made him to know more about the western classical music. There he introduced for the first time the multiple flute playing, by playing both Carnatic and Indian classical music on 3 different flutes with the flute holes ranging from 6 to 8. Ravi has been playing his flute for the last 15years. He learnt both South Indian and North Indian Classical Music. He performed many concerts and accompanied top class musicians both in India and Abroad.

Ravi aquired his flute diploma qualification in 2005 from PRAYAG SANGEET SAMITI, Allahabad. Besides the music, Ravi studied the medical therapeutics of Yoga, Music Therapy, Naturopathy and Ayurveda (Indian Medicine) from GUJARAT AYURVED UNIVERSITY, JAMNAGAR. Ravi combines his music skills with yoga therapy and ayurveda teachings. Ravi has also released his music albums like TIMELY TUNES, Flute music for Yoga and Healing etc.. Ravi has been training classical Music, Dance and Yoga to hundreds of the visiting foreign students since 1988 in India.

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