Keshav Ginde

Who is Keshav Ginde?

Keshav Ginde 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 sir created Raga AnandSagar. And his disciple Azaruddin developed flute which can be played in the Laraj saptak he named it as Anahat Venu.