Born on:18-07-1978.Bapu completed his 4 yrs Tool engineering,from the Government Tool room and Training Center{An Indo Danish Project} in Hospet,(Karnatak).It is one of the prestigious institutes in India.
Am very glad to say that he is my cousin and i do love his music very much.
Most of his music, he has learnt on his own. For the last three years he have been fortunate to come under the tutelage of the esteemed Hariprasad Chaurasia.Bapu began his musical journey at the age of 16 by learning the harmonium independently.His grand father N.Bheem Rao was a well known harmonium player at that time. He learnt several Raagas under his benign influence.After gaining some proficiency in harmonium, He was attracted towards playing the Flute.At that time he was 18 years old . It was completely by accident that this came to pass. He was returning home from a mela (a fair) when his sister bought him a really cheap flute (the kind that are to be customarily found in fairs in India. When he discovered that he could create "melodious" sounds from this instrument he began to try out the "classical" melodies.
After this, he referred to different canonic texts , met a variety of flautists and took guidance from them. He practiced raagas by listening to Pt.Hariprasad Chaurasiaji's audio cassettes and trying to emulate his style.
Finally at the age of 20, by the grace of god, he was able to go to Bombay and was able to meet Pt.Hariprasad Chaurasiaji and play before him. Hariji presented him a flute of his and immediately took him on as his student.His Guruji also awarded him the Panna Devi music scholarship .
Music :
http://www.unsigned.com/bapupadmanabha
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=515887
Videos :
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=padmanabha+bapu&aq=f
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