Master of the Indian slide guitar plays in Leitrim

The master of the Indian slide guitar, Manish Pingle, is playing at The Glens Centre on Sunday, November 5, at 8pm.

Born in a family of music lovers, Manish was introduced to Indian classical music by his parents. After a few years of learning the basics of classical vocals, he started his initial training in Indian slide guitar from Late Shri Vishnu Waliwadekar.

Manish is one of the senior disciples of Ustad Shahid Parvez, the famous sitar maestro of Itawa gharana.

Throughout his musical career, Manish has achieved several accomplishments, such as the title of 'Surmani', a recipient of the Manohar Madgaonkar Music Excellence Award in 2019 and an exclusive honour from the 'World Book of Records'. 

In addition to his many performances, he has begun to share his knowledge of the slide guitar with online classes and workshops. 

In 2018, Manish Pingle performed with SAA-uk in the concert Hum Teen: Us Three, a trio performance with the renowned tabla player Gurdain Rayatt and talented guitarist Jack Jennings.

Manish is also a highly qualified sound engineer and has even made modifications to his slide guitar. 

Manish always expressed the strong need to introduce a different right-hand picking style to the slide guitar using the index finger and thumb on the main melody strings. 

The advantage of doing this gave him tremendous speed while playing, and Manish has also added a base string to the instrument, which helps him attain an additional half lower octave.

He is currently one of the finest slide guitar players (also known as Mohan Veena) around. 

Tickets for Manish's concert at The Glens Centre Monorhamilton are available at https://glenscentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873650865. Admissions are €15/13.