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Pelva Naik is one of India’s finest young dhrupad singers. In this video she sings mesmerizing Raag Maru set against the sunset over Lake Mulshi in Maharashtra. Pelva is one of India’s few female dhrupad singers, she believes that “gender dissolves once the tanpura starts”.

Pelva Naik will take you on a journey of this ancient musical tradition of India - Dhrupad. This art form precedes the birth of Khayal in Hindustani Classical music and she is by far, the best exponent in her generation.

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More about the Artist:

Pelva Naik was born into a Mumbai family of dancers, writers, and filmmakers, she studied a wide variety of creative forms as a child, including kathak, khayal, miniature painting, and literature in Hindi, Gujarati, and English. At age 17 she found an instant bond with dhrupad when Zia Fariduddin Dagar gave a workshop at her school (“it matched my element…like a rediscovery”). She soon became his disciple, and after school went to study full-time at the Panvel Dhrupad Gurukul.

Today, she continues to build a highly impressive performance resume as well as nurturing a passion for teaching. She is keen to remind listeners that gender has always been more of a barrier to worldly success than to mastery of the music itself: “I still haven’t figured out [why] people say that dhrupad is a masculine art form, or where that idea comes from...It’s just that on the public platform, men had more exposure...Ustad’s grandmother was a veena player. She used to practice veena at home, and teach the children.”

Musician:
Pelva Naik (Dhrupad)
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