Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran, hailed as the ”Mozart of Indian Music” by the global media, made his debut at the age of two and “Gave a new meaning to the word, prodigy” (NPR, USA), inspiring sitar maestro Pt Ravi Shankar to declare, “If you don’t believe in God, look at Ravikiran”. Ajoy Chakrabarty ji.This apart, Nupur is a B.Sc in Mathematics, Statistics and Economics from St.Xavier’s College, Mumbai and a MA in Economics from the University of Mumbai. She has been selected thrice for the ‘Guru in Residence Workshop’ at the NCPA, Mumbai, conducted by renowned musician Pt. Nupur has won many prizes at various festivals and has performed at many venues throughout the country.Some of her concerts include those at the prestigious Saptak festival, Ahmedabad, Bhavan’s Andheri BCCA, Mumbai, Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai, Aurobindo Ashram, Vadodara,`Udat Abeel Gulal’ performances at the well- known Sangeet Kala Mandir, Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad at Kolkata, and also at Shantiniketan.
She has been training students in both beginner and advanced levels in India and abroad. Vikas Kashalkar and Shalmalee Joshi in Hindustani classical music and in Carnatic classical music by Shri Chitravina Ravikiran for the past many years. Nupur Joshi is an Indian classical vocalist, based in Mumbai. Amba kamakshi -Yadukulakambhoji Swarajathi - Shyama Sastri.Shree govinda – Shankarabharanam – Geetham.Kamala sulochani – Anandabhairavi – Geetam.Perfecting Carnatic Music Level 1 Syllabus Udajagopa – Umabharanam - Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi.Sudhamayi – Amritavarshini - Muthiah Bhagavatar.Shreemannarayana – Bowli - Annamacharya.Senapate – Gowla - Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi.Saravanabhava – Kannada - Papanasam Sivan.Sarasaksha – Pantuvarali - Swati Tirunal.Garudagamana – Nagaswaravali - Patnam Subramanya Iyer.Gajananayutam- Vegavahini - Muthuswamy Dikshitar.Bhajare gopalam – Hindolam - Sadasiva Brahmendra.Baagumeera – Shankarabharanam - Veenai Kuappaiyer.Perfecting Carnatic Music Level 2 Krithis Shankarabharanam Varnam – Saami ninne -Veenai Kuppaiyer.Devamanohari Varnam – Manchi Samayamide - Chitravina N Ravikiran.Perfecting Carnatic Music Level 2 Syllabus They are also recipients of 'The Shanmukhananda Bharat Ratna MS Subbulakshmi Fellowship' from Sri Shanmukhananda Sangeetha Sabha, Mumbai and one of the youngest recipients of 'Asthana Vidwans' title from Sringeri Sharada Peetham. Being one of the youngest recipients of 'A' grade by All India Radio (age of 18), they have performed in various prestigious organizations and festivals in the country and abroad. The brothers are on their way in creating a new dimension to the art of playing carnatic classical flute duets.
Their music naturally demonstrates depth and proximity to the lyrical aspect of composition, representing the 'gayaki style' of music. The duo is well appreciated for their innovative approach, perfect synchronization, shruthi shuddham (perfect pitching), tonal quality and the blend which makes the rasikas feel at times as if they are listening to a single flute. Heramb Hemanth have developed a unique, refined fingering and blowing technique, which enables them to switch between wide range of flutes, including the difficult bass and double-bass flutes. They started learning carnatic flute at the age of 6 under the renowned flautist, Sri Mysore AV Prakash and are currently under the tutelage of well-known carnatic vocalist, Kalaimamani Sri Neyveli Santhanagopalan. Heramb Hemanth, the twin brothers, affectionately called as the Flute Brothers, are two of the most sought after flautists and the only twin flute duo in the carnatic music scenario today.
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