Parameshwar Hegde

Sonntag, 06. Mai 1956

Pandit Parameshwar Hegde (born 6 May 1956) is an Indian Hindustani classical vocalist. He belongs to the Kirana, Gwalior and Patiala gharanas Born to Shri Govinda Hegde and Ganapamma Hegde in Uttara Kannnada district of Karanataka, where the colorful Yakshagana opera holds sway, Parameshwar Hegde was drawn into music at a very young age. Under the influence of his father, Shri Govinda Hegde, a dynamic theatre enthusiast himself, he started learning Hindustani music when he was barely ten. Under the guidance of Sri. S.M. Bhat and Sri Pandith Chandrashekar Puranika Math, his interest in music grew into a passion.