Avadhoot phadake–breathing music: #lifeismusic presents a special interview

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PHADAKE, THE 21-YEAR-OLD FLUTIST FROM MUMBAI’S SATELLITE TOWN DOMBIVLI IS A TALENT THAT YOU CANNOT IGNORE BY YOSHITA SENGUPTA Shy, dedicated, realistic, humble and extremely soft-spoken,

Avadhoot Phadake, the 21-year-old flutist from Mumbai’s satellite town Dombivli is a talent that you cannot ignore and a young role model you’d hope kids in the future have. (Avadhoot Phadke

is 21-year-old Flutist and a student of Pt. Rupak Kulkarni. He has been playing the Flute for the last 8 years. Avadhoot started learning from Shri Raghavendra Baliga and also took vocal

lessons from his mother, who is a Hindustani Classical vocalist. He followed this by taking Sitar lessons from Pandit Shankar Abhyankar.) Excerpts from an interview; CLICK HERE TO KNOW WHAT

#LIFEISMUSIC IS ALL ABOUT! FLUTE IS A DIFFICULT INSTRUMENT TO PLAY AND NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE PLAY IT. HOW DID YOU TAKE IT UP? I was around eight years-old. There was a flute at home; a plain

bamboo one. I just picked it up and tried to play it and I liked the sound of it. I was fascinated by the sound. It got me intrigued, so I started learning. DO YOU HAVE A MUSICIAN IN THE

FAMILY? My mother and my grandmother are Hindustani Classical vocalists. I grew up listening to them. SO THAT PLAYED A PART, YOU THINK? Yes. Actually what would happen is that I used to

listen to music and singing at home and try and play parts of it on the flute – the basic exercises you know, the sa re ga ma … called the alankar. I started playing those on flute. My

mother noticed that. I also then told her that I wanted to play the flute. That’s when I started learning. READ FULL INTERVIEW ALSO READ: