Vijay Ghate

Vijay Ghate (born October 18, 1964) is an Indian tabla player. Ghate was born in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. He started learning his art at an early age of three in Jabalpur. He then moved to Mumbai, and learned for over twelve years under Suresh Talwalkar. Ghate accompanied Indian classical musicians, including Hariprasad Chaurasia, Vilayat Khan,Continue reading “Vijay Ghate”

Rahul Sharma

Rahul Sharma (born 25 September 1972) is an Indian classical musician of Hindustani classical music. He plays santoor and is also a vocalist. Rahul Sharma was born in Mumbai to the Dogra Brahman family of santoor player Shivkumar Sharma[1] and Manorama, from a family steeped in the tradition of Kashmir. His grandfather, Uma Dutt Sharma,Continue reading “Rahul Sharma”

Pt. Vijay Sardeshmukh

Pt. Vijay Sardeshmukh, born in June 1952 was initiated into music by his father, Vitthalrao Sardeshmukh. Vitthalrao was a Sanskrit pandit, a vocalist (disciple of Sureshbabu Mane of Kirana Gharana) and an accomplished harmonium player. He accompanied many vocalists of renown including Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Pt. Kumar Gandharva and others. Kumar Gandharva, who was a good friend of Vitthalrao, later became Vijay’s Guru.Continue reading “Pt. Vijay Sardeshmukh”

Firoz Dastur

Firoz Dastur also Feroze Dastur (30 September 1919 – 9 May 2008) was an eminent vocalist of Kirana Gharana and a film actor. Dastur was part of Indian Film Industry in 1930s, acting in a few films by Wadia Movietone and other film banners. In 1933, when Wadia Movietone under JBH Wadia, released its firstContinue reading “Firoz Dastur”

Ambi Subramaniam

Lakshminarayana Ambi Subramaniam (born 5 August 1991) is an Indian/American violinist, pianist and singer.[1][2] He began performing at the age of six, and was proclaimed the ‘New King of Indian Classical Music’ by the Times of India at age sixteen. Parforming With Father L. Subramaniam Ambi Subramaniam was born in Los Angeles, California, to Dr.Continue reading “Ambi Subramaniam”

Malini Rajurkar

Malini Rajurkar is a noted Hindustani classical singer of Gwalior Gharana. Malini has performed in major music festivals in India, including Gunidas Sammelan (Mumbai), Tansen Samaroh (Gwalior), Sawai Gandharva Festival (Pune), and Shankar Lal Festival (Delhi). Malini is noted especially for her command over the Tappa genre. She has also sung lighter music. Her renditionsContinue reading “Malini Rajurkar”

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia (Hindi: पण्डित हरिप्रसाद चौरसिया; born 1 July 1938) is an Indian classical flautist. More information – http://www.hariprasadchaurasia.com/ Award The Sangeet Natak Academy Award-1984 The Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar-1990 Padma Bhushan-1992 Konark Samman-1992 Yash Bharti Samman-1994 Kalidas Samman-1999 Padma Vibhushan- 2000 Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan Award-2000 Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Award-2004 Officier in de OrdeContinue reading “Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia”

Next theme – Masters of Classical Music

The Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav, the biggest festival of classical music in India. http://sawaigandharvabhimsenmahotsav.com/ I had attended fist in 2007. it’s amazing festival in Pune. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi stared Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav in 1962. Below text from – sawaigandharvabhimsenmahotsav.com The Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav, the biggest festival of classical music in India, organized everyContinue reading “Next theme – Masters of Classical Music”