Museek Mag September 2016 | Page 38

Museek Mag L V A N Y A My Guruji is Padmashri Dr.Kadri Gopalnath Sir and since my father used to accompany him a lot during our childhood, we were always fascinated by the strong and rich sound of the saxophone and the unique style of my guruji’s performance. I have been learning carnatic music on the saxophone for the past 16 years. When did you start your professional career with the Saxophone? Did you have other teachers other than Kadri Sir… It was in 1999 for the inauguration of the Nadha Mandapa in Mysore Ganapathi Sachithanandha Ashram. That was my first public concert. We were living in Mangalore during those days. Later, I shifted to Chennai to pursue music and now live in Mumbai. I initially started playing the Sax with Raja Sir in Chennai and continue to play and train under different people like Shirish Malhotra who is one of my friends in Mumbai and also I.D.Rao who is a very reputed artist performing in many movies . MINUS LAUNCH ONE PAD MINUS ONE 38