| Name(s) |
GOPAL SHANKAR MISRA |
| Date of
Birth |
1957 (Date not
known) - in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. |
| Date of
Death |
August 13, 1999
- in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. |
|
Identity |
Indian musician and music
teacher, who played the vichitra
veena. |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- His father, Lalmani Misra, was a
singer and instrumentalist who
performed dhrupad and khyal, and
played the tabla, and sitar; he also
revived the vichitra veena by
creating playing-technique for it.
- At the age of 22 he was
appointed lecturer in music at
Banares Hindu University and shortly
afterward became Doctor of Music in
Sitar.
- Over the years he became a
"Grade A" Indian musician, making
several radio recordings and giving
concerts, while encouraging a number
of students to take up veena.
- It was through him that the
vichitra veena finally found wider
international fame.
- The veena is associated with
Saraswati, the Goddess of learning
in Hindu mythology.
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