Pandit Madhav Gudi

Madhav Gudi (Kannada:ಮಾಧವ ಗುಡಿ, Devanagari:माधव गुडि)(1941 – 22 April 2011) was a Hindustani classical vocalist, specialising in Khayal and light forms

Early life and background

Madhava Gudi was born in Dharwad, Karnataka into a family of keertankars and harikatha (devotional) musicians.
Madhava Gudi was introduced to music at a very early age. His initial training was under Pandit Nageshrao Deshpande and later from the great maestro of Gwalior gharana, Pandit Basavaraj Rajguru. He finally received his most important training from the Kirana scion Pandit Bhimsen Joshi in a guru-shishya milieu which lasted well over twenty six years.

Singing career

Gudi's voice suited for Hindustani classical as well as light classical (dasavani and abhang) music. A top-grade All India Radio artiste, he toured all over India and performed with Pt. Bhimsen Joshi in several centers in India and overseas.

Awards

Among several accolades that he received were the Sangeeta Nritya Academy award from the Government of Karnataka, Surashri, Gaana Bhaskar, Smt Vatsala Tai Joshi Award, Gaana Kala Tilaka and the Yashavant Rao Chauhan Samata Gaurav Puraskar.

Ustad Mushtaq Ali Khan

Ustad Mushtaq Ali Khan , a resident of Rampur ,was exellent in Khayall singing. He used to sing Khayaal in a very disciplined mannar and it used to be very emotional. But he never let emotions dominate his well-organised singing. His songs were a reflection of his character and literary feelings.

Ustad Mushtaq Hussain Khan said that to get self-respect and the pride of singing, a singer should have feelings like self discipline and self-sacrifice, Similarly, he said a self reliant singer is always an emotional man to the core and encroachment of emotions in music is entirely wrong. He always used to sing his songs based on popular ragas.

Born in 1880, he was very fortunate that he was taught by a knowledgeable teacher like Inayat Khan. In 1924-25, he participated in the All India Musical Conference. He also worked at the India Art Centre.