Bantwal: Memorial of veteran musician Kadri Gopalnath at his birthplace thrown open to public

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December 7, 2020

Mangaluru, Dec 7: Memorial dedicated to Saxophone maestro late Kadri Gopalnath at his birthplace in Bantwal was thrown open to the public.

The memorial, with a statue of the artist holding a saxophone, was dedicated on his 71st birth anniversary on Sunday. The memorial is spread over 2,000 sq. ft, and has a garden.

A plaque in Kannada at the memorial reads: “Music is a language which knows no boundaries of nation and dharma. It is a language of the heart.”

Family members of the late Padma Shri awardee have constructed the memorial in their own land in Bantwal, where he had been buried more than a year ago.

The artist, born on December 6, 1949, had passed away in Mangaluru on October 11, 2019.

His son and music director Manikanth Kadri said the statue was made of ‘Krishna Shile’ (black granite).

Eleven-year-old S Tridhaat from Bengaluru, one of the youngest disciples of the late Kadri Gopalnath, saxophone maestro, was the first to pay a musical tribute to his ‘guru’ with the song Pavana guru in the raga ‘Hamsanandi’ and rendered the two inaugural songs at the instrumental concert organised by the family during the dedication ceremony.

Porkodi Gopalakrishna Jogi, Gopalnath’s first saxophone teacher, was felicitated on the occasion. Sarojini Gopalnath, the wife of the late artiste was also present.

Manikant Kadri said there was a proposal to develop a cultural centre in Mangaluru in memory of the saxophone player. It will be similar to Kalamandalam in Kerala. The cultural centre should be a place for teaching and learning various fine arts, folk dances and music.

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