Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta (1 February 1933 – 15 January 2018) was a distinguished sarod maestro of the Senia Shahjahanpur gharana, born in Bhagalpur, Bihar. Though he came from a non-musical family,...
Author: Jameela Siddiqi Amir Khusrau Dehlavi (1253-1325) Variously spelt Khusro, Khusrou, Khusraw – was India’s first Muslim musicologist, and has become an iconic figure in the history of Indian culture. He made...
Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (13 January 1938 – 10 May 2022) was an iconic santoor maestro whose innovation transformed the instrument into a respected voice of Hindustani classical music. Born in Jammu, he began...
Pandit Jasraj (born January 28, 1930 – August 17, 2020) was a legendary Hindustani classical vocalist of the Mewati gharana, renowned for his expansive range and devotional depth. Born into a musically gifted family in Pili Mandori, Haryana,...
Pandit Debojyoti Bose (b. December 20, 1962, Kolkata) hails from a fourth-generation musical family rooted in both percussion and melody—his father, Pandit Biswanath Bose, was a respected tabla exponent of the Benaras gharana, and...
Professor Pandit Swapan Siva is a renowned tabla maestro and educator from Kolkata, deeply rooted in the Farrukhabad gharana. As a disciple of Ustad Karamatullah Khan, he began his musical journey early, immersing...
Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar (born 17 May 1961 in Kolkata) is a leading sarod virtuoso of the Maihar gharana, tracing his musical lineage to his grandfather, Bibhuti Ranjan Majumdar, and father, Ranjan Majumdar. Initially...
Rimpa Siva (b. 1986) is one of India’s most celebrated female tabla prodigies, hailing from a musical lineage rooted in the Farukhabad gharana. Taught by her father, Prof. Swapan Siva, she displayed remarkable...
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia (born July 1, 1938, in Allahabad) is a revered Indian flautist who transformed the bansuri into a premier instrument of Hindustani classical music. Initially trained in vocal music by...
Pandit Suresh Talwalkar (born 1948, Chembur, Mumbai) hails from a musical Keertankar family with early exposure to devotional performance traditions. He began tabla training under his father, Dattatray Talwalkar, and later advanced his craft...