User:Srujan - musical creation

Chaitanya Kunte is a multi-dimensioned personality, who has received a great appreciation as a Harmonium player, composer and scholar. Chaitanya has been undergoing extensive training in Indian classical music, especially for Harmonium under able guidance of his Guru Dr. Arawind Thatte. He has also received guidance from Pt. Mohanrao Karve for Hindustani vocal music. Chaitanya is one of the leading young artistes having accompanied maestros such as Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, GaanSaraswati Kishori Amonkar, Dr. Prabha Atre, Pt. Dinkar Kaikini, Pt. Ramashrey Jha, Pt. Balasaheb Punchhawale, Pt. Yashwantbuwa Joshi, Smt. Vasundhara Komkali, Pt. Channulal Mishra and leading artistes such as Rajan Sajan Mishra, Ulhas Kashalkar, Rashid Khan, Shruti Sadolikar, Veena Sahasrabuddhe, Padma Talawalkar, Ashwini Bhide - Deshpande, Arati Ankalikar - Tikekar and many others. He has also accompanied Kathak dancers such as NrityaPanditaa Rohini Bhate and Pt. Birju Maharaj. A graded artiste for All India Radio, he has accompanied on Harmonium for several commercial cassette recordings. He has toured in USA, Australia, New Zealand and Dubai for concerts and lec-dems. Besides being a busy and popular Harmonium accompanist, Chaitanya Kunte is taking huge efforts for Solo Harmonium recitals and has given Solo Harmonium performances. He was honored with ‘Pt. Govindrao Patwardhan Award for Excellence in Harmonium’. After attaining degrees, M.A. (Indology & History) and an M. Phil. (Archaeology), Chaitanya have received fellowship for his research on ‘Tappa’ from Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India. His research work on “Tappa” has been praised by many musicologists that have given him recognition as a young generation musicologist. Many of his research articles on musicology are published in journals, souvenirs & news papers. Chaitanya is a Guru and lecturer at Lalit Kala Kendra, Pune University. In the world of Hindustani Art Music, having created a niche for him as a talented and well appreciated young composer, Chaitanya’s compositions cover a wide range of genre such as Dhrupad, Khayal, Tappa, Tarana, Chataranga, Saadra, Saragam-geet, Thumari, Dadra, Bhajan etc. He has composed Bandishes in variety of popular as well as uncommon Raag-s and Taal-s. For Chaitanya, his Bandishes are the creations by which he tries to keep the tradition flowing. He has presented special concerts of his Bandish-s namely ‘Suran Gaao Saras’ and ‘Samprati’. Chaitanya has creatively contributed for Marathi music especially by his compositions in Thumari – Dadra genre in Marathi Language; along with variety of compositions such as Abhang-Bhajan, Laawani, Bhaaw-geet, and Ghazal. The concerts of his Marathi music compositions are ‘Manarangache Aabhal’, ‘Saaj Thumaricha’, ‘Ramadas Padawali’, ‘Sant-Swar-Wel’, ‘Keshavasut’, ‘Onjalit Swar Tuzech’, and ‘Eka Kawite Saathi’. Chaitanya has scored music for several musicals including ‘Geet-Govindam’, ‘Meghadootam’, ‘Upanishadannche Antaranga’ and Sanskrit Stotras for AIR programs. He has composed music even for Kathak dance and choreographies, such as ‘Amoorta’, ‘Rituchakra’, ‘Krishna Leela Keertan', Oddissi dance ballet ‘Shaakuntal’ and BharatNatyam dance ballets, ‘Wyatha Bolate Kawya Chirantan’ and ‘NrityaSanchit’, ‘Parashuraam-Vijay’, ‘Panchatattwamritam’. ‘Srujan-Prawaah’ is an exclusive performance of Chaitanya’s compositions for Kathak dance. He has presented many theme concerts with crafting of elaborate scripts after research of traditional and contemporary compositions, such as ‘Megh-Rang’, ‘Basant-Rang’, ‘Nayikaa-Bhaav-Tarang’, ‘Laya-Saras-Gaan’, ‘Bhairavi-Darshan’, ‘Kumar Gandharva Darshan’, ‘Kumar-Raag-Wilaas’, ‘Ritu-Chakra’, ‘Kalidas Wilas’, and ‘Pravahee’. E-mail: chaitanyakunte@yahoo.com, keshavchaitanya@gmail.com