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Vid. Kanchana A Ishwara Bhat is an erudite musician and a scholar in the category of Carnatic classical music. He has been acknowledged as a great mridangist and is well known in the Southern part of Karnataka. He was born on 2nd March 1971 to Sri Narayana Bhat and Smt.Parvathi Amma in a small village called Kanchana in Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka. His father, being an agriculturist by profession and a mridangist by vocation, introduced him to the great music maestro Karnataka Kalashree Kanchana V Subbaratnam, at the tender age of 6, and thus paved way for him to learn Carnatic classical music. This was the beginning. Under the tutelage and guidance of his Sadguru and by humbly following his footsteps, Sri Ishwara Bhat mastered the subtle notes of classical music at the music academy. His dedication and devotion to music soon saw him at the level of a Vidwan in the vocal category of Carnatic classical music.

In the mean time, he could no longer resist the struggle of a mridangist residing within himself for a long time. The struggle within was so intense that he was ultimately forced to find a way out. This made him soon to see himself landed at the feet of Karnataka Kalashree Vid. P. G. Lakshminarayana at Mysore. Reverentially and lovingly and with all humbleness he offered himself to the learning of this great percussion and soon found himself performing on the stage with great artistes. The vast experience he had in music found him fit to be honored and acknowledged as an ‘A-grade’ mridangam artiste of All India Radio and Doordarshan Mysore. He has performed with such renowned artistes as: Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna, T V Shankarnarayanan, O S Thyagarajan, Lalgudi G J R Krishnan, T M Krishna, Sanjayasubrhmanya, P Unnikrishnan and many more. Considering his achievements and service to the society in the area of music he has been felicitated by “Kannada Samskriti elakhe”, Mangalore, “Jilla Kannada Sahithya Sammelana”, “J S S Sangeetha Sabha”, Mysore and various other associations and institutions.

On the much formal side, he has had a College education and has obtained a BCom. degree from the University of Mangalore in the year 1991. He has founded a music school called Sunada Sangeetha Kala Shala to impart the knowledge of music to the deserving students. This school has its branches at Puttur, Sullia, Subrahmanya, Kunthur and Kemmara in Dakshina Kannada District where, all put together, more than 500 students learn music. He is also actively engaged in imparting distant education in music to students residing at USA and Dubai. He also has students who are able to give matured live performance on the stages both in the category of mridangam and vocal. The prizes that the students secured in various music competitions held at various levels, the ranks awarded to the students in the examinations conducted by the Government, and the fellowships received by some of the most deserving students are all indicative of the quality of the training being imparted to the students in the school. Each branch of the Sunada Sangeetha Kala Shala celebrates its own annual day every year to give an opportunity for its students to exhibit their talents. These annual day celebrations also provide an opportunity for students to listen to live music concerts presented by renowned musicians of national and international repute. In addition to all these, the school also conducts weekly and monthly music programs under the banner “Sunada Yuva Sangama” and “Sunada Yuvadani” respectively to help students to learn the art of giving stage performance. In this way the school altogether conducts more than 70 music programs every year which amply illustrates the creative ability of the Master.

He advocates his students of the importance of reverence to elders and Guru Bhakthi, the ideals he himself has followed in his life. Sri Ishwara Bhat ascribes equal responsibility for his success to his wife Smt. Vijayashree who is also a student of music. She looks after the household tasks letting her artiste-husband to live completely to music. The couple is blessed with two children; Akshaya narayana and Akanksha. A chip off the old block Akshaya narayana, now in his early teens, is a name to reckon with among the bright upcoming mridangam and vocal artist in the field of Karnataka Classical Music. Daughter is still young and her play is all music to ears and eyes (!)

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