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Today, on this very special episode of Talkative – A Video Podcast, We welcome Shri Ganakalabhushana R K Padmanabha Also known as Rudrapatna Krishnadikshita Padmanabha (ಆರ್. ಕೆ. ಪದ್ಮನಾಭ), commonly known by his initials RKP, is an Indian Carnatic music vocalist, performer, music teacher and author from the state of Karnataka.
He established "Sapta Swara Devatha Dhyana Mandira" at native village Rudrapatna, Karnataka, memorializing renowned musicians of Indian classical music. He has been serving as the president of Karnataka Ganakala Parishat since 2004. He received Kempegowda Award and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. Padmanabha was born in Rudrapatna village, Hassan district, Mysore State (now in Karnataka) where he received secondary education. Padmanabha moved to Bangalore and started working at State Bank of India in early 1970s. In 1974, he joined Vijaya College of Music in Bangalore to learn music, and debuted on-stage in 1975.
He trained from his guru, H. V. Krishnamurthy Proficient in tanams (one of the methods of raga improvisation), he conducted 500 concerts, as of July 2011, where group learning and singing is performed. He also teaches music – 99% of his students who learn goshti gayanam (transl. group singing) are women. Known for teaching music to financially underprivileged students free of cost, he organizes free teaching classes at some of his gatherings in Bangalore, and held free music concerts in several towns across Karnataka – Belur, Bijapur, Gadag-Betageri, Holenarasipura, Mandya, Nanjangud, Ramanathapura and Tumkur. In 1990, he established a music school, Sharada Kala Kendra, at his house in Jayaprakash Nagar, Bangalore. Manasi Prasad , a recipient of Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar from the Sangeet Natak Akademi, is his disciple.
He established a cultural centre near Indian Institute of Management Bangalore where he organizes an event of goshti gayanam with his students. As of June 2013, he wrote 80 compositions, tuned 100 kritis (a format of composition in Carnatic music) of Vadiraja Tirtha. He strives to bring awareness about music among people. In March 2013, he organized a six-hour walking tour singing all the way from Bannerghatta road until Nisarga Extension near Bannerghatta National Park in Bangalore covering a distance of 16 kilometres (9.9 mi). He has involved himself in activism to improve the welfare of Arkalgud taluk, the sub-district which his native village Rudrapatna is a part of. In 2020, he was part of an expert committee formed by Kannada University to investigate the birth place of Purandara Dasa, one of the chief founding-proponents of Carnatic music. Padmanabha established a housing society, "Naada Loka", at Rudrapatna for musicians. In 2001, he presided as the chairman of the Experts Committee of Karnataka Ganakala Parishat and eventually became the organization's president in 2004 and has been since serving as such. Since 2002, Padmanabha organizes an annual music festival in May "Sangeetha Sammelanam" and "Gana Sharardham" at Rudrapatna commemorating the memories of Tyagaraja, a composer and vocalist of Carnatic music. He founded Rudrapatna Sangeetotsava Samiti Trust, which has been organizing a music festival in the village since early 2000s, and acts as its managing trustee. Proceeds from these events are used as aid in the village. He also established Vadiraja Kala Bhavana through which he organizes music festivals and conducts workshops in gurukula format.
His authored books
Anantha Naada (Geya Kadambari) (in Kannada).
Prism Publications. 1 January 2011.
Mela Maala (in Kannada). Prism Publications. 1 January 2012, along with his own compositions to neophytes of music. The book contains the lyrics and notations and the CD includes his voice recordings. Naadabindu (in Kanna
da). Darpan. 2014. Nenapinangaladalli (in Kannada). Prism Publications. 1 January 2010.
Purnadara Dasaru - Karnataka Sangeeta Pitamahare (in Kannada). Sampada Publications. 2015.
Samarpana (in Kannada). Prism Publications. 2010. Vipra Vikrama
Padmanabha was conferred with Kempegowda Award in 2013 by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, the administrative body of Bangalore. He received Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest civilian award in the country given to performing artists, by the Government of India.
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