Gundecha Brothers

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Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha (24 November 1962 - 8 November 2019), known as the Gundecha Brothers, are Dagarvani dhrupad singers. Together they have been awarded Padma Shri for 2012 in the field of Art - Indian Classical Music - Vocal - Madhya Pradesh. They studied at the local Madhav Music College. Umakant has a post-graduate degree in music and economics and Ramakant in music and commerce. They moved to Bhopal in 1981, for training under Zia Fariddudin Dagar and his brother Zia Mohiuddin Dagar. These gurus were second cousins of the two major forces in the second half of the 20th Century, two duos known as the senior Dagar Brothers (Nasir Moinuddin & Nasir Aminuddin) and the junior Dagar Brothers (Nasir Zahiruddin & Nasir Faiyazuddin). Ramakant Gundecha died in Bhopal on 8 November 2019 from a heart attack. After training for four years, they performed in public for the first time in May 1985, at the Uttaradhikar dance and music festival in Bhopal. They have worked to expand the dhrupad repertoire by incorporating texts by Hindi poets such as Tulsidas, Padmakar and Nirala. The Gundecha Brothers also sing the Dhrupad compositions of India's senior Kathak exponent Mahamahopadhyay Dr. Pandit Puru Dadheech, in particular, his famous Shankar Pralayankar composition. They have set up a Dhrupad institute outside Bhopal where they teach students from all over the world. They run a music school in the Dhrupad tradition, according to the guru-shishya style of teaching that was

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