Gopal Chandra Panda

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| occupations = Odissi music Guru, musicologist, vocalist & composer

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| birth_place = Ramakrusnapura, Bhadrak, Odisha

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Pandit Gopal Chandra Panda ({{Langx|or|ଗୋପାଳ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର ପଣ୍ଡା|translit=Gopāḷa Chandra Paṇḍā}}, {{IPA|or|gopaːɭɔ t͡ʃɔnd̪ɾɔ pɔɳɖaː|lang|LL-Q33810 (ori)-Prateek Pattanaik-ଗୋପାଳ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର ପଣ୍ଡା.wav}}; born 1940) is a Guru of Odissi classical music, vocalist, researcher and composer. A disciple of Singhari Shyamsundar Kar, he has authored several books such as Odissi Raga Ratnabali & Odissi Raga Darpana,{{Cite web|title=Awardee Details : Gopal Chandra Panda|url=https://www.srjan.com/gkcmawardee.php|access-date=2020-11-26|website=srjan.com}} and is acclaimed for his efforts to collect & document several traditional Odissi ragas from the hinterlands. Panda served as a lecturer and head of department in the Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya for nearly three decades. He has performed in music festivals across the country{{Cite book|last=Panda|first=Pt. Gopal Chandra|title=Odisi Raga Ratnabali|year=2004|location=Bhubaneswar|language=hi|script-title=hi:ओडिसी राग रत्नावली}} and is the founder of the Gopal Panda Odissi Academy. In 2011, Panda received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for his contributions to Odissi music.{{Cite web|title=Sangeet Natak Akademi : Gopal Chandra Panda|url=https://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/citation_popup.php?id=616&at=2|access-date=26 November 2020}}{{Cite news|date=9 October 2012|title=Gopal Ch. Panda to receive Sangeet Natak Akademi award|work=OdishaTV|url=https://odishatv.in/odisha-news/gopal-ch-panda-to-receive-sangeet-natak-akademi-award-15760|access-date=26 November 2020}}

Panda started his initial training in Odissi music from his father Nilamani Panda and his elder brother Nandakishore Panda. He continued his training under Guru Damodar Panda and Adiguru Singhari Shyamsundar Kar. He served as a lecturer in the Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya from 1972 onwards, and as the head of the Odissi music department from 1984 to 1998.{{Cite book|last=Parhi|first=Kirtan Narayan|title=Odisi Sangitara Itihasa|publisher=Jayadev Foundation Trust|year=2005|location=Bhubaneswar|language=or}} Panda's disciples are among the foremost exponents of Odissi music in the present times, including Guru Ramhari Das,{{Cite web|title=About Guru Ramhari Das|url=http://www.odissigurukul.org/about-gurugi.html|access-date=26 November 2020|website=Ramahari Das Odishi Gurukul Trust}} Mitali Chinara and Binod Bihari Panda. His daughters Sangita Panda and Sarita Panda are renowned vocalists.

He has collected and documented traditional compositions in over a hundred Ragas in his published works. Panda's compositions are widely sung in Odissi music recitals and employed in Odissi dance. He has worked closely with the founding Gurus of Odissi dance, including Guru Deba Prasad Das and toured around the globe as the chief singer for recitals of Indrani Rahman, one of the first professional Odissi dancers.{{Cite news|date=16 October 2014|title=Book to popularise Odissi ragas - Gopal Chandra Panda brings out his 40 years of research on music|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/odisha/book-to-popularise-odissi-ragas-gopal-chandra-panda-brings-out-his-40-years-of-research-on-music/cid/1592023|access-date=26 November 2020}} Panda has also composed all the ashtapadis of Jayadeva's Gitagovinda following the original Raga-Tala indications of the 12th-century poet, in an attempt to approximate a reconstruction of the same.

Life

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Gopal Chandra Panda was born in the village of Ramakrusnapura in the Bhadrak district of Odisha in 1940. His father Nilamani Panda initiated him into Odissi music, and his elder brother Nandakishore Panda continued his musical training. He further learned Odissi music under Guru Damodar Panda and Gayakaratna Guru Singhari Shyamsundar Kar. Panda also learned Hindustani music from Pt. Kundala Adinarayana and Pt. Gobind Chandra Paluskar.{{Cite book|last=Panda|first=Pt. Gopal Chandra|title=Odisi Raga Darpana|date=December 2011|location=Bhubaneswar|language=or}}{{Cite web|last=Venkataraman|first=Leela|date=22 April 2019|title=Odishi Raga Utsav - Taalam|url=https://narthaki.com/info/taalam/taalam88.html|access-date=2020-11-26|website=narthaki.com}}

He received a Senior Research Fellowship from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India for his research on Odissi music.

Research & institution

{{Odissi Classical Music sidebar}}Panda established the Gopal Panda Odissi Academy, through which he imparts training in Odissi classical music to students. The academy has brought out several volumes of his research publications and accompanying audio recorded renditions by vocalists.{{Cite news|last=Ganesh|first=Deepa|date=2019-11-28|title=From the land of Jagannatha|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/from-the-land-of-jagannatha/article30107130.ece|access-date=2020-11-26|issn=0971-751X}}

= Annual festival =

Every year, the academy organises an annual festival showcasing solo & group recitals of traditional Odissi ragas, Odissi dance performances and a comparative recital of a selected Raga by eminent musicians of the three streams of Indian classical music : Odissi, Hindustani & Carnatic. Guru Singhari Samman and Bhagabati Smruti Samman awards are conferred to musicians and musicologists. Nationally renowned artistes of Odissi music,{{Cite news|last=Sinha|first=Manjari|date=2018-11-09|title=For the love of Odissi ragas|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/for-the-love-of-odissi-ragas/article25443301.ece|access-date=2020-11-26|issn=0971-751X}} such as Guru Ramhari Das, Guru Dhaneswar Swain (Odissi Mardala), Guru Sachidananda Das (Odissi Mardala) and of Hindustani & Carnatic music, such as Pt Vidyadhar Vyas, Pt K Vageesh, Sudha Raghunathan have performed in the festival. Among the dancers who have presented in the festival are Kumkum Mohanty, Madhavi Mudgal, Sujata Mahapatra, Meera Das, Ileana Citaristi, Ranjana Gauhar, Aloka Kanungo, Ramli Ibrahim, Durga Charan Mohanty, Leena Mohanty, Niranjan Rout.{{Cite news|last=Sinha|first=Manjari|date=3 May 2019|title=In solidarity with Odissi|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/in-solidarity-with-odissi/article27009714.ece|access-date=26 November 2020}}{{Cite web|date=15 October 2014|title=Odissi ragas take centre stage at concert|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Odissi-ragas-take-centre-stage-at-concert/articleshow/44822422.cms|access-date=2020-11-26|website=The Times of India|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2017-12-09|title=Guru Gopal Panda Odissi Academy to honour Minati Mishra, Lata Gosh & Srinivas Satapathy|url=https://indiawhispers.com/2017/12/09/guru-gopal-panda-odissi-academy-honour-minati-mishra-lata-gosh-srinivas-satapathy/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=India Whispers|language=en-US}}

Among the ragas elaborated in past editions of the annual festival are Abhiri, Bangala, Basanta, Bichitra Desakhya, Chinta Kamodi, Debakiri, Dhanasri, Goudi, Khambabati, Khanda Kamodi, Krusna Kedara, Madhukiri, Malaba, Mangala Kamodi, Mohana Kedara, Punnagabaradi, Ramakiri, Sindhu Kamodi, Tara.

Among the dance items presented in past editions of the festival are :

Duet based on Ragas Mangala Gujjari, Lalitaa and Chakrakeli by Datuk Ramli Ibrahim and Gitika Shree (Malaysia)
Saabari Pallavi and abhinaya based on Raga Madhu Saranga by Guru Meera Das
Krusnakedara Pallavi, based on the Raga Krusna Kedara and cycling through all the important talas of Odissi music, by Guru Ileana Citaristi
Gundakeri Pallavi and abhinaya based on Raga Rasa Manjari by Guru Madhavi Mudgal
Ragavilasini based on Ragas Khambabati, Goudi, Desakhya by Jyoti Srivastava, Sushant Maharana

== Recipients of ''Guru Singhari Samman'' ==

Source:

Shyamamani Devi (2014)
Minati Mishra (2017)
Harmohan Khuntia (2018)
Ramhari Das (2019)
Ramesh Chandra Das (2020)

== Recipients of ''Bhagabati Smruti Samman'' ==

Source:

Arati Mishra (2014)
Lata Ghosh (2017)
Chapala Mishra (2018)
Binapani Nayak (2019)
Bhanumati Sahu (2020)

== Recipients of ''Guru Gopal Panda Yuva Pratibha Samman'' ==

Srinivas Satpathy (2017)
Lingaraj Pradhan (2018)
Rupak Kumar Parida (2019)
Ajay Kumar Dash (2020)

Awards and honours

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2011)
Orissa Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2000){{Cite journal|date=2011|title=Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademy Award Winners (1970-2012)|url=http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/104-108.pdf|journal=Odisha Reference Annual - 2011|publisher=Government of Odisha|pages=104–108}}
Srjan Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award (2009)
Sangeet Saraswati Samman by Sangita Sudhakara Balakrushna Dash Foundation
Ila Panda Smaraki Sangeet Samman{{Cite web|date=2016-10-26|title=Noted singer Dr Gopal Chandra Panda felicitated with Ila Panda Smaraki Sangeet Samman {{!}} OTV News|url=https://odishatv.in/breaking-news/noted-singer-dr-gopal-chandra-panda-felicitated-with-ila-panda-smaraki-sangeet-samman-172940|access-date=2020-11-28|website=OdishaTV|language=en-US}}
KAMS Charity Lifetime Achievement Award (2021)

References

External links

[https://odishimusic.in/ Website of Guru Gopal Panda Odissi Academy]
[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOPXluyk_OsYZc0UkOSeGsA YouTube channel of Guru Gopal Panda Odissi Academy]
[https://www.facebook.com/Guru-Gopal-Panda-Odishi-Akademy-100786558376351 Facebook page of Guru Gopal Panda Odissi Academy]
Performances of Odissi Ragas by Guru Gopal Panda and his students, Guru Gopal Panda Odissi Academy :
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flWm0AJbHBk Abhiri]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R5weRhkgI0 Ananda]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXIponuTr2c Bangala]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULZfo-0NBws Basanta]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5xrN1kyuRQ Bichitra Desakhya]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5xrN1kyuRQ Kamoda]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd5Z2HE5keM Krusna Kedara]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQEeA4zlagA Khanda Kamodi]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSU5KhKeBeY Khambabati]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R5weRhkgI0 Gundakeri]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5fbF_mZsHw Goudi]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R5weRhkgI0 Chakrakeli]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXKooQWjoik Chinta Kamodi]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J5YZaI4sBM&feature=youtu.be Debakiri]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6LfZtrvHYI Dhanasri]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zjb58TrERQ Tara]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlj5f8BC1dI Madhukeri]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu8Pai2w8ZQ Madhyamadi]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIriAcURx_U Mangala Dhanasri]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFvd2TY9QK8 Mangala Kamodi]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvLTbeKN5O0 Mohana Kedara]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXI7L9DtAbk Punnaga Baradi]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5bLHKuqYFg Ramakeri]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj924vhQhpo Sindhu Kamodi]