Pravin Godkhindi

Pravin Godkhindi is an eclectic classical flautist, performing Hindustani music on the bansuri. He studied under his father Pandit Venkatesh Godkhindi, an exponent of the Kirana gharana, as well as Carnatic mridangist Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma. He incorporates Carnatic rhythm into his playing, and in 2015 became the first to perform Indian classical music on the 8-foot-long contrabass flute.

Pravin Godkhindi notably performed at the Darbar Festival 2017 as part of Darbar’s Ravenna Festival in Italy, where he collaborated with Subhankar Banerjee in a powerful musical performance. In 2023, he returned to the Darbar stage, joining forces with Shashank Subramanyam, Ojas Adhiya, and Ghatam Karthick for a memorable concert that showcased his mastery of the flute alongside other distinguished musicians, delivering a rich and vibrant performance for the audience.

“Just by having distortion effects on stage and loud sound doesn’t make for fusion music. It has to have the right proportion of all the styles of music. The music which has Indian ragas as its base will stand apart and will stay with the audience. It is melody that stays with the audience”

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