Dhrupad Workshop with Murali Mohana Gowda

The workshop aims at introducing the basic concepts and techniques of Dhrupad. By the end of the workshop, you would have the conceptual and experiential understanding of Dhrupad and Indian music in general. It will be an interactive session that includes exercises and demonstrations. The topics covered are, a) Understanding the basic differences between Dhrupad and others forms of Indian Classical music. b)Origin of Dhrupad. c) How to get started with basic exercises, d)understanding the concept of Ragas, e) compositions.

About the artist Murali started his musical journey a decade ago which took him to various teachers of music from various parts of India. He was trained by Pt.Srinivas Mukashi, a senior disciple Pt.Hariprasad Chaurasia, on the flute, in Bangalore. Later, he discovered his passion for multiple instruments and joined Dhrupad Sansthan, Bhopal where he spent next ten years learning Dhrupad on Rudraveena and Vocals from Pt. Ramakant Gundecha and Pt.Umakant Gundecha. During his stay in Gurukul he made frequent trips to Udaipur and Kolkata to learn the intricacies of Dhrupad from Pt.Rajashekar Vyas and Pt.Asit Kumar Banerjee, respectively. After the sexual harassment allegations against Gundecha Brothers in 2020, Murali disassociated himself from the Gurukul. Murali has travelled to various parts of India and performed at several reputed platforms that includes, NCPA,Mumbai IGNCA, Delhi Ramakrisna Mission, Golpark, Kolkata ICCR, Kolkata Kalakshetra, Chennai Royal Albert Hall, Jaipur Sanskriti Bhavan, Patto, Goa LV Prasad Auditorium, Hyderabad Sevasadan, Bangalore Krishnamurthy Foundation India, Bangalore.