Dear Music Lovers,
Rithwik Foundation is proud to present an exclusive e-Swaranubhuti program, featuring a Slide Guitar recital by Deepak Kshirsagar.
This performance was originally a part of ‘Pratahswar’, a series of programs organised by Pancham Nishad in association with Rithwik Foundation for Performing Arts.
It is freely available on our digital platform ‘Sharada Rangamancha’ as well as on our Youtube channel.
Featuring:Deepak Kshirsagar (Slide Guitar)
Accompanied by: Vibhav Nageshkar (Tabla)
Featured Artist
Deepak Kshirsagar is an Indian Classical Guitarist acclaimed worldwide. He is a Top-graded artist of All India Radio in Classical Guitar and an A- Graded artist in Vocal Music, a feat achieved by very few musicians of the country. He is eminent for developing his unique technique of Gaayki Ang on the Indian Slide Guitar, making it one of the most beautiful and unique techniques in instrumental music.
He belongs to the legacy of Gwalior Gharana in the lineage of Pt. B. N. Kshirsagar and later attained his training in the Indian Slide Guitar from Pt. Satish Khanwalkar. Born and brought up in a culturally and musically enriched environment, he developed an inclination toward classical music from a very early age. He started climbing rungs of the success ladder when he was 18, be it the Radio Auditon, Ministry of Culture scholarship and fellowship or the hit performances at Kolkatta, Pune, Mumbai, Jaipur, Delhi and Ahmedabad.
Deepak Kshirsagar is the recipient of many national and international awards like Yuva Ratna (Delhi, 1998), Sur Mani – Sur Singar Sansad (Mumbai, 1995), Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Academy Award, Kala Award (Jaipur, 2000), Pancham Samman (2009) and Marwar Ratna (Meherangarh Fort, Jodhpur, 2018) to name a few.
He has performed at numerous places including Harvallabh Sangeet Sammelan, Tansen Samaroh, Kurtakoti Sangeet Sammelan, Bhimsen Joshi Mahotsav, and the national broadcast of Akashwani Sangeet Sammelan.
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