Vinayak Torvi
| Pandit Vinayak Malharrao Torvi | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Vinayak |
| Also known as | Pandit Vinayak Torvi |
| Born |
September 4, 1948 Ranebennur, Karnataka, India |
| Genres | Hindustani Classical Music |
| Occupation(s) | Vocalist |
| Years active | 1960 - present |
Pandit Vinayak Malharrao Torvi, (born : 4 September 1948) is an Indian Classical (Hindustani) Vocalist. He belongs to the Gwalior and Kirana Gharana, school of music.
Pandit Vinayak Torvi was born on 4 September 1948 in Ranebennur, in Karnataka. His father Malharrao Torvi was a Harikatha (musical discourse) exponent. He developed a passion for music, while listening to and accompanying his father during discourses. He started formal musical education at the age of 9.
He received training in Hindustani Classical Vocal music for 15 years in Gurukul(a traditional system of learning employed in various disciplines throughout India) system, first from Gayanacharya Gururao Deshpande, and later from Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi.
Inspired by his father Malharrao Torvi, he started learning music from Pt Tammanna Gurav at age of 9,later he continued his lessons with Pt. Narayanacharya Dandapur. At the age of 11, when he joined Pt Narayanrao Mujumdar he took music as his passion of life. In 1964 he joined Gayanacharya Gururao Deshpande, doyen of Gwalior Gharana for advance and performance oriented training. Torviji is also had a very large influence on the life on his nephew, Raveendra Torvi.
Torviji received further reinforcement from musical greats such as Gangubai Hangal, Mallikarjun Mansur and Basavraj Rajguru during his PG studies in music at Karnataka university, Dharwad. Later he received extensive training from Bharatratna Pt Bhimsen Joshi for the period of 10 years which placed his firmly at the very heart of Kirana gharana, and made him the heir-apparent to Pandit Bhimsen Joshi.
Torvi's career started as early as 1960, as he started performing in music concerts and winning various state and national level music competitions. In early 1970s he earned a bachelor's degree in music from Karnataka University Dharwad.
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