Manjusha Kulkarni-Patil was born into the Maharashtra village of Sangli, famous for producing superb musicians. She learned to sing under Chintubua Mhaiskar, DV Kanebua, Pandit Narendra Kanekar, and Pandit Vikas Kashalkar, and...
Meeta Pandit is a renowned khayal singer from the Gwalior gharana. Her grandfather Pandit Krishna Rao Shankar and father Pandit Laxmanrao Krishnarao were her first gurus – she is the sixth generation...
Nina Burmi sings in the Kirana gharana style, tackling khayal, thumri, bhajan, and other forms. Currently living in the UK, she trained under the esteemed husband-wife pairing of Ustad Dilshad Khan and...
Omkar Dadarkar is an ‘edgy, comtemporary, and up-and-coming’ Hindustani classical vocalist, specialising in khayal, and is an exponent of the Gwalior Gharana tradition. Born in Mumbai in 1977, to Shrikant Dadarkar and...
Begum Parveen Sultana’s voice is renowned for its extraordinary range, clarity, and versatility. Spanning nearly four octaves, she can swoop from patient meditations to powerful evocations of the divine in an instant....
Dr. Prabha Atre, a distinguished vocalist of the Kirana gharana, began her musical journey at the age of eight, inspired by her mother’s recovery through classical singing lessons. Under the tutelage of...
Pandit Rajan Mishra (1951-2021) & Pandit Sajan Mishra grew up in Varanasi, living, breathing, and singing the essence of this deeply spiritual Indian city situated on the bank of the holy Ganges...
Ramakant Gaikwad is a promising young khayal singer who fuses the Kirana and Patiala gharanas. He started learning aged four at his father’s music school, also training with his mother Sangita and...
Shashwati Mandal upholds the finest aspects of the Gwalior gharana, the oldest surviving style of khayal singing. She was born into a family of successful musicians – her grandfather Balabhau Umdekar ‘Kundalguru’...