6:30 - 7:00 pm
Ramesh Gangolli
Kane Hall
University of Washington
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Ramesh Gangolli started his initial training with Sharad Gadre in Seattle. Later he trained as a vocalist under the guidance of several well-known vocalists of India, including Late Pt. K.G. Ginde and Pt. Dinkar Kaikini of the Agra gharana. He has a deep interest in various compositions of Agra Gharana, especially by Pt. S.N. Ratanjankar and has several to his own credit. He has also been engaged in the study of the texts of the oral repertoire of the hereditary lineages of musicians of North India. He has given a number of recitals and lecture demonstrations in the US and in India relating to his work. He also serves at present as President of Ragamala (a volunteer organization based in Seattle, devoted to the Music of India and South Asia), which he helped to found in 1981. Moreoever, he also teaches Indian music in the Ethnomusicology Program in the School of Music at the University of Washington.
Besides music, he is a mathematician by profession. He took his doctoral degree from MIT and taught at University of Washington since 1962. He is currently Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Adjunct Professor of Music at the University of Washington.
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