Famous Personalities - Vishwanath Rao Ringe

Vishwanath Rao Ringe

Born - 1922

Died - 2005

Achievements - An eminent Indian Hindustani classical music stalwart, late Pt. Vishwanath Rao Ringe is credited for composing as many as 2000 bandishs in about 200 ragas. Due to this reason, his name was enlisted in the prestigious Limca Book of Records.

Born on 6 December 1922, Pt. Vishwanath Rao Ringe was a very eminent Indian Hindustani Classical Music vocalist cum composer, who hailed from the Gwalior Gharana. A man with marvelous understanding and passion for music, he even penned a number of books on this topic like Sangitanjali and Swaranjali.

Pt. Vishwanath Rao Ringe was the student of late Pandit Krishnarao Pandit of the Gwalior musical gharana. Vishwanath Rao Ringe was inclined towards music since childhood and as such, began getting his musical training quite early. He went through a rigorous training under the tutelage of Khyal Gayakee from the Gwalior Gharana style. And in the year 1939, Pt. Vishwanath Rao Ringe established a music school called Bhartiya Sangeet Kala Mandir.

Throughout his life history Pt. Vishwanath Rao Ringe composed over 2000 compositions in about 200 ragas and different taals like Ektal, Deepchandi, Tritala, Tilwada, Chanchar, Dadra, Keharva, Jhaptala, Ada-Choutal, Roopak and so on. Pt Ringe had made a Raga Hemashri, which he recited at a programme of the All India Radio. Some of his compositions include Bada Khyal, Chota Khyal, Chaturang, Tarana, Sadra, Sargam, Tillana and Sur Sagar. Pt. Vishwanath Rao Ringe passed away at the age of 83 at his residence in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.