Kuldeep Muralidhar Pai (born 9 January 1982), best known as Kuldeep Pai, is an Indian musician, composer, Carnatic music vocalist, and music producer. His videos are mainly performed by children, and are released under his own recording label, 'Chith'.
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Early life and education
Pai was born in Kochi, Kerala to G. Muralidhar Pai and V.S.Vijayakumari. His mother tongue is Konkani.
Pai completed his schooling in St.Jude's school, CCPLM Anglo Indian High School and Pre-university course (PUC) in Cochin College, Kerala. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Applications in BPC College Piravom, Kochi.
He was a gold medalist in Masters of Indian Classical Music at University of Madras and also holds a Diploma in Sound Engineering. Nambudiri, Sudha (19 August 2007). "Kuldeeply Passionate". Indian Express CityExpress Kochi.
He was formally trained by N.P. Ramaswamy, Antony and O.S.Thiagarajan in Carnatic Vocal; Hariharan in Violin and Ramamurthy in Western Classical Piano. He learned Mridangam from four Dennis, Vaikom S Gopakumar, Kalamandalam Krishnankutty and Mannargudi Easwaran. He is a self-taught player of harmonium and flute.
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Career
In 2002, Kuldeep moved Kochi to Chennai along with his family, to begin his career. His voice was praised by P. Vijayambika, though T.T. Narendran said of one concert that "the image of the raga eluded him".
He established a career as a singer of Carnatic music. He has accompanied the singers O.S Arun, S. Janaki, and Vani Jairam on harmonium for nearly 300 concerts since 2014. He has also sung for Indian classical dance performances for almost eleven years. He has also provided vocal support for few Indian jingles. From 2015, he began performing online.
Pai is an Ashtavadhani, His album Adviteeya is an experimental album in Carnatic genre where he has sung to his own live accompaniments of violin, mridangam, ghatam, kanjira, tabla, harmonium and melodica. This album was released by his guru O.S.Thyagarajan on 22 November 2006 in Chennai, and singer S. Janaki received the first copy
Music direction and composition
Kuldeep Pai has composed and rendered four songs for a Switzerland based multi-lingual movie, "Madly in Love". He has composed music for dance dramas like "Jagath Janani" and "Sri Krishna Vaibhavam" produced by Sri Devi Nrithyalaya. He has also composed songs and stotras for his YouTube spiritual music series, 'Vande Guru Paramparaam', including Ganesha Pancharatnam, Shivashtakam, Namo Namo Bharathambe, Shiva Panchaakshara Stotram, Mahalakshmi Ashtakam, Ashtalakshmi Stotram, Bhavani Ashtakam, Rama Ashtakam and few other devotional songs. He is currently pursuing training in Western Classical music.
Pai created Vande Guru Paramparaam, a spiritual musical series in 2015. He introduced Sooryagayathri in the YouTube video "Ganesha Pancharatnam".
Awards and recognition
Kuldeep Pai received the D.K.Pattammal award of excellence from Karthik Fine Arts in 2008
He received the "Yuvakalabharathi" award from Bharath Kalachar in 2007
Pai received the 'Social Harmony Award' in the field of music, arts and culture at the International Convention of Peacemakers for Universal Harmony in Goa.
References
External links
- Official YouTube Channel
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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