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About Keshav Ginde
- Keshav Ginde (born 5 September 1942) is an Indian classical flutist.Ginde was born in Belgaum, Karnataka.
- He comes from a musical family and started his musical training at the age of six.
- He began playing the bansuri during worship of their family deity, Krishna, and later acquired advanced training under the guidance of Devendra Murdeshwar, disciple and son-in-law of Pannalal Ghosh.
- He has won awards and performed on All India Radio and Doordarshan for four decades.
- Ginde is credited with the designing of a new flute, which he named "Keshav Venu", which can produce 3.5 octaves as against the maximum of 2.5 octaves achieved by other flutists.
- This special flute is 42 inches long and has been kept in the Archives of the Sangeet Natak Akademi in Delhi.
- The flute has also been recognized by the Limca Book of Records as the only flute that can produce 3.5 octaves.
- Ginde created Raga AnandSagar.
- And his disciple Azaruddin developed flute which can be played in the Laraj saptak he named it as Anahat Venu.
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