Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya is a leading sarod maestro from Kolkata. He started training under his sitar-playing father Shyam Sundar Bhattacharya before taking up the sarod under Pandit Ravi Laha. He went on...
Harmeet Virdee is a leading British-based sitar exponent. He has performed on the BBC and at a range of leading festivals, and is also committed to teaching students and newcomers, leading Darbar’s...
Harjinderpal Singh Matharu is among Europe’s leading santoor players. He studied Punjab gharana tabla in his youth, but after impressing Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh Ji Maharaj, the leader of the Namdhari Sikhs,...
Dhruv Bedi is one of India’s most promising young sitarists. The son of sitar and surbahar exponent Pandit Jagdeep Singh Bedi, he also receives training from Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee in the traditional...
Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya is both a radical and a traditionalist. Like many Hindustani stars, he was born into a long cultural lineage. He traces his family back through 76 generations of artists,...
Pandit Bharat Bhushan Goswami has mastered the expressive versatility of classical sarangi. His grandfather, Pandit Anmol Chand Goswami, was a noted exponent of Haveli Sangeet, an ancient form of North Indian devotional...
Ayan Sengupta’s sitar style expertly blends the vocalistic turns of his gurus, who include singers such as Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty as well as esteemed sitarists Pandit Manilal Nag, Pandit Partha Chatterjee, and...
Arshad Khan is a leading exponent of the esraj, a rare bowed-fretted instrument from Bengal, long associated with Sikh devotional music. The esraj has been declining in popularity for decades, but is...
Anupama Bhagwat’s sitar style exemplifies the best elements of the Imdadkhani gharana – structured alap (rhythmless introduction) playing, rapid taans (melodic elaborations), and a detailed mastery of gayaki ang (singing style). Her...