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’...
Shubha Mudgal’s voice is at once primal and contemporary. Her markedly individual style of khayal (a dominant form of North Indian classical vocal music stemming from the Persian word for imagination) freely...
Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar has taken an extraordinarily deep approach to learning. His father was an amateur vocalist and musicologist, and trained his son well enough for him to top Nagpur University’s music...
Veena Sahasrabuddhe (1948-2016) was an esteemed Hindustani classical vocalist, hailing from the Gwalior gharana. Her unique style drew from the Kirana and Jaipur gharanas as well as her university degree in Literature...