Dr. S.Pinakapani

sumram99 · Post by **sumram99** » 03 May 2006, 23:06

Does anybody have a recording of Dr. Pinakapani? I remember attending his concert at Sri Shanmukhananda Sabha, Mumbai when i was a kid. If anybody does have any recording of his, please do post the same. In the meanwhile I have asked my father to contact somebody in the sabha and try to get the recording if they have it.

sumram99 · Post by **sumram99** » 08 May 2006, 19:38

PARAM, KJI, : DO U HAVE ANY RECORDING OF DR. PINAKAPANI?

pinkchry · Post by **pinkchry** » 08 May 2006, 21:47

LINKS REMOVED BY MODERATOR AS THEY ARE COMMERCIAL

padren68 · Post by **padren68** » 08 May 2006, 22:39

Sri Dr. Pinakapani's concert has been rel as a commercial recording sometime last year end/begining this year. So pls remove the links from this subject.
For info, this concert was held in Music Academy (the year he was awarded Sangeetha Kalanidhi) and the main piece is an awesome Kalyani (Ninnu vina - Subbaraya Sastry) and a Pallavi in Sankarabaranam.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 08 May 2006, 23:27

Pity

pinkchry · Post by **pinkchry** » 09 May 2006, 08:55

Oops, did not realize that the recording was commercial.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 03 Oct 2007, 12:20

Worldspace pulled off a coup by interviewing the nonagenarian over the telephone. The clarity of his communication even at this age (94!) was just amazing! So was his elaboration of Mohanam (MV Krithi)...

I salute Sruthi for taking the trouble to highlight the works of towering musical genius even though I suspect that a majority of CM listeners would probably never even have heard of him...Alas I missed most of the interview since I switched it on late. Could someone please provide either notes or the schedule for a repeat broadcast, is that's going to happen

sumram99 · Post by **sumram99** » 03 Oct 2007, 15:50

Vijay, you might want to read this: http://songtales.blogspot.com/ on Dr. Pinakapani

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 03 Oct 2007, 16:43

sumram thanks a lot!

matterwaves · Post by **matterwaves** » 03 Oct 2007, 21:04

I remember having read somewhere that nedanuri(krishnamurthy) was tutored by Dr Pinakapani. Is that right?
Im amazed that such a musical great is not well known in musical circles..
All the more reason for me to buy worldpace radio now

SSK · Post by **SSK** » 03 Oct 2007, 23:51

Yes. Vidwan Nedhanuri is a desciple of Dr. Pinakapani

shishya · Post by **shishya** » 04 Oct 2007, 00:19

And so were Late Voleti, Late Srirangam Gopalaratnam and also Sri Nookala

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 29 Jul 2008, 17:42

Here is a recording http://www.sangeethapriya.org/Downloads ... index.html

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 02 Dec 2008, 15:00

A certain G.N.S.Raghavan was Dr.Pinakapani's admirer. He made several visits to Dr. Pani's house and recorded many valuable hours of the Dr's renditions of varnas, songs, padams and javalis. he has also spoken about carnatic music, the aesthetics involved etc, besides singing slokams in ragamalika. They were sung a capella, with no accompaniment except tambura shruthi. These tapes were released in Delhi roughly a decade ago.
If anyone is acquainted with G.N.S.Raghavan, please tell me how I can contact him or his family. Dr Pani is as eager to re-establish contact with GNS, so you will win the gratitude of a maha-nobody(me) and a mahavidvan(Dr. Pani)

sramaswamy · Post by **sramaswamy** » 02 Dec 2008, 23:44

keerthi

I have sent your inquiry to my parents who live in Delhi. Let us wait and see whether they get some useful information.

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 03 Dec 2008, 18:48

sramaswamy,
Thanks in advance for your efforts.

sramaswamy · Post by **sramaswamy** » 17 Dec 2008, 00:27

keerthi

Sorry! I have not been able to get any information so far. I will keep trying.

sampoorna · Post by **sampoorna** » 23 Dec 2008, 16:55

Keerthi garu,

There is a series of 14 tapes, named "Music of Pinakapani". These tapes start with music appreciation, some talks and demonstrations, and then go on to individual raga demonstrations. I am not sure whether you are referring to these tapes. On these tapes it says:

Copies from:
S. Kameswara Rao
40/806
Srinivasa Nagar
Kurnool-518004

I am not sure if this information will help with reestablishing contact, but it may be worth a try.

Best Regards.

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 24 Dec 2008, 12:01

Sampoorna garu,

These are the tapes I am talking about. The Kameswara Rao mentioned is Dr. Pani's eldest son. I went to Kurnool in august this year. They only have one copy of the tapes with them now. If you have the tapes and can convert them to mp3 or some such format and share it with me, I would be grateful. Dr. Pani also has written a set of books Sangeetha-sara-sangrahamu, published by the TTD people. No reprint. I would be grateful to get access to the same.

neelotpal.m.s · Post by **neelotpal.m.s** » 18 Aug 2009, 21:30

August 3rd is the birthday of Pani garu.He has turned 97 this year.Here's hoping a vedic century for a Musician's Musician.[born.1913,august 3rd in SRIKAKULAM , ANDHRA]

knandago2001 · Post by **knandago2001** » 19 Aug 2009, 08:03

"intha proddaaya ninka vaademi"

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 19 Aug 2009, 09:15

neelotpal.m.s wrote:August 3rd is the birthday of Pani garu.He has turned 97 this year.Here's hoping a vedic century for a Musician's Musician.[born.1913,august 3rd in SRIKAKULAM , ANDHRA]

The Dr is an living example of the phrase 'music is the best medicine'!

vidya · Post by **vidya** » 20 Aug 2009, 09:30

Nandagopal,
Thanks for the link. That Padam was lovely and seemed to be in the same mould as the Calamu Varnam.
Keerthi,
Just noticing a post of yours made a year back, Are you referring to Sangeetha Sowrabhamu - which was/is available with archive.org and the CD/Delhi university digital libraries or is there another text by the name you mention?

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 20 Aug 2009, 11:08

The beemp3.com link points to sangeethapriya. http://sangeethapriya.org/Downloads/drpinakapani/

knandago2001 · Post by **knandago2001** » 20 Aug 2009, 12:18

vidya: my pleasure; vk: thanks for the "new" link!

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 21 Aug 2009, 08:59

vidya,
I discovered the archive.org sangeetha saurabhamu a while ago.. should have come back here and posted so.. incidentally I also managed to get hold of 3 of the 4 volumes, in a proper cellulose version..

which varNa are you referring to ..? Is it celiya nA pai of tyagayyar..?

vidya · Post by **vidya** » 25 Aug 2009, 19:25

Keerthi,
I was referring to the Varnam Calamu Jesiti of Ponniah (TQ)

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 25 Aug 2009, 20:03

Aaahh...
I had never heard/seen this one, till I saw your post.. went and dredged my books, found the Ponnaiah varnam..

some quotes from the doyen -

about kAla-pramAnaM in music :

'Music is the dance of sound.. how can you dance, when you are running!'

about padam singing :

' Neraval singing demands intellectual maturity; padam singing requires emotional maturity'

Gamakam · Post by **Gamakam** » 07 Dec 2009, 10:16

I had the fortune of interviewing Dr.Pinakapani and spending one full day with genius in August.

My interview here: http://carnaticmusicreview.wordpress.co ... %e0%ae%be/

Part 2: http://carnaticmusicreview.wordpress.co ... 0%ae%be-2/

Music · Post by **Music** » 07 Dec 2009, 20:16

Thank you for sharing the interview, gamakam. Rare pictures too!

Can someone post an English translation please?

latha.musiclover · Post by **latha.musiclover** » 09 Dec 2009, 22:25

should have been a wonderful time interviewing !

Gamakam · Post by **Gamakam** » 10 Dec 2009, 12:31

latha.musiclover wrote:should have been a wonderful time interviewing !

Ofcourse! I would treasure the time I spent with him throughout my life.

rahul_narayan · Post by **rahul_narayan** » 30 Dec 2009, 15:58

An intresting piece of info...the playback singer Chinmayee is the grand daughter of Pinakapani sir.....

Gamakam · Post by **Gamakam** » 03 Aug 2010, 22:09

Itz the legend's 98th B'day.

Prayers and Wishes for his century. Hope to meet him a few more times in the coming years.

http://carnaticmusicreview.wordpress.com/

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 26 Nov 2010, 13:17

As a physician, I can vouchsafe that music is a breathing exercise where breath control is the keyword....Read more
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/11/26/stor ... 330200.htm

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 26 Nov 2010, 22:17

rajeshnat wrote:As a physician, I can vouchsafe that music is a breathing exercise where breath control is the keyword....Read more http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/11/26/stor ... 330200.htm

Wonderful, isn't it?

isramesh · Post by **isramesh** » 08 Aug 2011, 12:52

Tributes to the great by Malladi Brothers - excellent article.
http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article2321658.ece

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 08 Aug 2011, 14:56

Thank you isramesh, a very well written one .
THere is a mention in the above article that "He believed that before the infusion of sahitya into a raga, one had to master its swaras. ". May I know how does that work, can other forumites throw some more light on that statement.

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 08 Aug 2011, 20:16

rajeshnat wrote:Thank you isramesh, a very well written one .
THere is a mention in the above article that "He believed that before the infusion of sahitya into a raga, one had to master its swaras. ". May I know how does that work, can other forumites throw some more light on that statement.

There have been discussions on whether rendering Ragas & Sahityams is more dependent on Bhavam; MMI felt (according to Dr. SAK DURGA) that CORRECT swarams& swarasthansams- IN ADDITION TO LAYA SUDDHAM- to were ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL to our music. She made the flat statement that ragas like Jayanthasena, Valaji and many other ragas cannot be rendered for any length of time in innovative& interesting ways without repetition without this factor. My complaint against many of today's artists is precisely this. While NEW ragas, 4 hour concerts etc are rendered they are mostly REPETITIONS endlessly......In his teaching MMI apparently used to insist that everything be sung in terms of swaras & even while singing kritis he would stop & ask what swara & swarasthanam that particular situation was....VKV

Ramasubramanian M.K · Post by **Ramasubramanian M.K** » 09 Aug 2011, 04:18

I fully concur with VKV on this-- I may mention that when I was young, I was simply bambozzled by artistes like BMK rendering raga alapanas of 4 swara ragas and I used to admire the dexterity with which he rendered the same. However as one matures in one's listening habits and one tries his hand at expounding rare ragas,one will discover the limitations and the repetitions that are inevitable. I have tried ragas like Garudhadhwani(it is simply a reverse of Sankarabharanam on the ascent and Mohanam on the descent) and yet the need to distinguish it constantly from Sankarabharanam lest we stray into some thing else will force a hurried presentation(I know forumites will say it may be due to MY own limitations and that a TNS can do adequate justice to it much better than I can!). But the fact remains that it is the rasika who should be the ultimate arbiter of what is being presented. Likewise Jayanthasri- a brief swara exposition in a ragamalika will be elegant but an elaborate raga delineation woould be monotonous because of the need to ensure that the Sa Ni Dha Ma Pa Ma Ga Sa is stressed in the rendering to distinguish from Hindolam.

GNB used to do such expositions with exquisite taste--one of his Kutcheris--which I am sure will be floating around in the internet--he expounds keeranavali(the opening phrase will be Sa Pa whereas most musicians I have seen will start with Sa Ri in the lower octave as if they are leading upto keeravani--because the arohanam is Keeravani but the descent is Sa Pa Ma ga Ri sa so that one has to frequently touch the sa Pa sequence and it becomes montotonous(ofcourse this is MY opinion-Loko Binna Ruchihih). Same with Chenchukambodhi.

jlvina · Post by **jlvina** » 11 Aug 2011, 19:10

My husband TVSekhar has many hours of music of his uncle ,as he used to make yearly visits to kurnool and record his music with tambura ,(later i became his student), spend time with the great Dr Pani . who taught me so much to advance my repertoire when i went to kurnool to learn and spend time with him and the family.
GNS Raghvan also used to make several visits to Kurnool and record Dr 's music with only the tambura.
we are willing to share this treasure with anyone who is genuinely interested. We did make a trip in the 80's to delhi, only to meet GNS and he kindly gave us all the spools he had for us to make copies provided we returned the original , which we did soon after.

BTW, Dr turned 99 (not 97) on Aug 3rd and I was lucky enough to be present to have his blessings and listen to him sing and speak.. it was a memorable experience. A real 'Nada yogi' as the article of Malladi brothers in Hindu aug 5th 2011 is titled .

my mail id is [email protected] and Sekhar 's is [email protected] .
To actually appreciate his music, one has to listen over and over again several times and then get hooked to it. my opinion .

kunthalavarali · Post by **kunthalavarali** » 18 Feb 2012, 03:59

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/che ... 904492.ece.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 03 Aug 2012, 08:46

Happy 99th Birthday to the legend Dr S. Pinakapani !

http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article3717249.ece
and
http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article3717211.ece

and some recollections from his star student Neduneri garu:
http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article3717254.ece

isramesh · Post by **isramesh** » 03 Aug 2012, 09:42

Happy 100th Birth day to Sri Dr. Pinakapani.

Music · Post by **Music** » 04 Aug 2012, 07:58

Happy Birthday to Dr. Pani garu!

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 04 Aug 2012, 08:37

TTD honour for Dr SP. http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/and ... 724471.ece

There is confusion about his age with some saying he is 100. Most sources acknowledge that his birth date is 3 August 1913 which means he has just turned 99 and is commencing his 100th year.

varsha · Post by **varsha** » 04 Aug 2012, 08:51

There is confusion about his age

No confusion in my mind . He is ageless and immortal in his own time

http://www.mediafire.com/?41y67o754fbkdpj
http://www.mediafire.com/?napxkg1lgyt4tmn

isramesh · Post by **isramesh** » 04 Aug 2012, 10:10

mohan wrote:TTD honour for Dr SP. http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/and ... 724471.ece

There is confusion about his age with some saying he is 100. Most sources acknowledge that his birth date is 3 August 1913 which means he has just turned 99 and is commencing his 100th year.

I was also thinking that he turned 100 yesterday - but rechecked once I saw your post. You are right! His age is 99. They have celebrated his 100th birthday yesterday- And as Varsha said, he is ageless. Yesterday he was shown on the TV for a few minutes. He talked a little and sang a few lines. Though the diction was not clear due to the old age, the voice is still strong.

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 05 Aug 2012, 12:40

Sripada Pinakapani to turn 100 on August 3
Special Correspondent

The city of two rivers will host a rare event on August 3 when its illustrious son and Carnatic music exponent Sripada Pinakapani will celebrate his birth centenary in full flesh and blood. He will turn 100.

The State government has decided to honour the ace-vocalist with a golden wrist ornament and a purse of Rs.10,01,116 from the TTD. The function would be organised at the residence of Sri Pinakapani at Nehrunagar as he has been terminally sick. Yet his mental faculties are stable. Apart from the elected representatives from the district, Chairman of State Cultural Council Ramanamurthy, honorary advisor K.V. Ramanachari, TTD EO L.V. Subramanyam, Director Rallabandi Kavita Prasad and others will attend the function.

In the evening, a never before music concert will be conducted by celebrated artistes among the disciples of Sripada Pinakapani such as Nedunuri Krishnamurthy, Nukalachina Satyanarayana, Malladi brothers, IAS Officer Jayanti Natarajan and others.

Collector C. Sudharshan Reddy will officiate the programme in his capacity as Chairman of the District Cultural Council.
By: Rathan Chandu...Chairman of sai minarals....

A RTP..Sankarabaranam by the Dr.

Sripada_Pinakapani_08_Ragam_Tanam_Pallavi_Shankarabharanam_Chaturasra_Ata.mp3 - 34.0 Mb

sivakami · Post by **sivakami** » 05 Aug 2012, 23:01

with my humble pranaams to the stalwart,

Our golden moments at Kurnool on the 3rd Aug…

After coming to know about the Centenary celebrations of Poojya Dr. Pinakapani garu, I decided to go to Kurnool, to have a Darshan of the Doyen, the “Gnana-Pazham”. Residing in a nearby city Hyderabad, just a few hours away in the same state, this was the only thing that could think of, as a pamara, but a parama rasika. With the usual hurdles (when one is on the way to do any good thing) of the super-deluxe bus crawling like a super-lax bus and the heavy monsoon rains enroute, I reached his house at around 5.30 PM ( the function at home was from 4 PM). While wondering whether it will be possible to have a glimpse, I spotted the Hyd Sisters and other vidwans and vidushis getting ready to leave the house, to the City auditorium at the Collectorate complex, for the formal felicitation function. But when I went inside, I was also glad to find many others surrounding his bed taking his blessings. I too joined the crowd. I have given below, just what I saw during the few minutes that I was there. Perhaps many others who must have spent longer time, may have many other interesting stories to describe..

It was amazing to watch him, listening intently to the people singing around him...When a young girl was rendering ‘ Kayarohanesam’ in Karnataka devagandhari , he was appreciating every sangathi, with a nice smile, a sabhash-sabhash, ‘bale-bale’., asking questions about her voice, sruthi etc., Next, it looked like as if he was asking for the kriti, when Malladi Ravikumar and his wife rendered “Sri Raghuvara aprameya” in Kambhoji . He was enjoying his ‘Bani’ being truly followed, stopping them on and off, telling them something(I was standing faraway and could not hear well)’with a broad smile, and humming in between along with them, putting thalam; he started to clap cheerfully when the kriti was over. Nothing can be equated to what we witnessed that day, there. After some more songs,slowly the crowd as well as many of his family members went away to attend the felicitation function; few of us decided to spend some more time. Then he was asking for a kriti in Sriranjani, and when the young musicians nearby were thinking about which one, HE started singing “brochevarevare”.. HE constantly kept reminding them of the lyrics of the Sriranjani kriti, humming what had to be sung next. On and off, when they found him closing his eyes, they thought that he was asleep and tried to stop singing. Immediately we found him looking towards them asking to continue.. It went on like this for a while, when finally his sons had to come and remind him saying “ Naanagaru, meeru poddhuna ninchi emi food theesuko ledhu; ippudaina emaina food, tharavtha koncham vishranthi theesukovaali” i. e “you have not had anything from morning, so you have to take some food followed by some rest, atleast now”. Apparently, there had been singing throughout the day at his bedside, with a constant of visitors seeking his blessings, almost nonstop..
All of us made our way out half heartedly, to the Auditorium to attend the formal function..

After the formal speeches, awarding the Virudhu patra, there were renditions of Pinakapani garu’s favorite kirtanas as well as Annamachrya kritis tuned by him, by his many disciples. Led by the 86-yr old Sri. Nedunuri garu, the concert went on for more than an hour, where Sri. Malladi Suribabu garu, Smt. Saraswathi Vidyarthi , her daughter , Smt. Uma, Smt. Seshulatha,Smt. Neetha Chandrasekar and the IAS officer(collector at Gujarat state; not sure whether her name is Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan!), the Malladi Bros, till the younger disciples such as the Engg. Student Mounika and ~16 yr. old grand-daughters of Pani garu sang a kriti each, concluding with the Suratti kriti ‘ Inthakkante Ghanam ika ledhu’..
Yes, what else can I ask for, in my life….

On the previous day, the 2nd Aug, SVBC had telecast a concert of Dr.’s compositions and Annamacharya kritis tuned by him, rendered by the disciples of the Hyd. Sisters on the Nadaneerajanam programme. Also, as this is rare proud moment for the AP state, the State Dept. of culture has also planned to conduct a one-day seminar on Poojya Dr.Pinakapani garu on this coming Tuesday, the 7th of august at the Ravindra Bharathi auditorium here at Hyd, is what I heard… All are welcome…

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