Naadapiya Pt Narayan Pandit :

Pt.Narayan Pandit was a top graded violin artist of AIR. He had the opportunity of accompanying and getting associated with many great artists of Hindustani Classical Music. 

Inspired by legendary vocalist Pandit Kumar Gandharva's creative experiments in music, Pt.Narayan Panditji developed his own unique Gayaki. He gave emphasis to subjectivism rather than objectivism in his Gayaki and developed his new theory he named "Bhava Soundarya". Under the pen name 'Nadapiya', he wrote his own bandishes  to suit his unique Gayaki and called his bandishes,  "Abhinava Khayals". These bandishes, with their astounding poetry and incomparable compositional melody have given new dimensions to classical bandish writing. Panditji believed - "Music is the journey from coarseness to subtleness". 

He has contemporized his bandishes with various subjects belonging to physical as well as metaphysical worlds such as love, separation, devotion, indifference, beauty of nature, depiction of seasons etc. One can see a fine carving of poetic as well as melodic sculptures in his bandishes. His bandishes provide insights into the abstract beauties of life. He believed that the raga is the body and the poetry is the soul of music

 

Pt.Ravikiran Manipal :

Pt. Ravikiran Manipal, an A graded Vocalist of All India Radio, Mangalore had his initial training under Pt. Madhava Bhat, Udupi, a well known guru of Agra Gwalior Gharana. Later Ravikiran had his tutelage under Pandit Narayana Pandit.

 

Ravikiran has obtained 'Sangeeth Alankar' from Akhil Bharateeya Gandharv Maha Vidyalay and 'Vidwat' from Karnataka Secondary Education Board.

 

Pt. Ravikiran Manipal has performed in many prestigious music festivals in India and toured gulf countries, Malaysia and Singapore for performances.

 

Ravikiran has presented many lec-dem concerts in various prestigious platforms.