My interest in Annapurna Devi grew more recently when a friend brought her music to my attention and pointed it out to me as mysterious;
Tagore also was influenced by Sri Bishnu Chandra Chakravarty and Sri Srikantha Sinha. He spent a considerable period in association with Sri Radhika Prasad Goswami.
Khetramohan Goswami (1813-1893) was one of the first-generation musicians of Bishnupur, who trained under Ramshankar Bhattacharya (1761-1853), one of the "founders" of the Bishnupur gharana.
Tarapada Chakraborty was revered by all his peers in the field of Hindustani classical vocal music. “The Nation” magazine, after his performance at the All
Now, he was an associate producer of Indian music for BBC radio programmes, with a mandate to create short episodes introducing Indian music to the
On the one hand, The Disciple is a tribute to Hindustani classical music. On the other, it is a tribute to the guru-shishya parampara.
The early morning riyaz or the ‘Kharaj Riyaz’ is a highly recommended practice tip for Hindustani Classical Music vocalists.
I have had the opportunity to be with him on stage with the Tanpura. He was not only my musical Guru, he was my idol.
Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan was born exactly 120 years ago in Kasur (now in Pakistan) on 2nd April 1902. His father Ali Baksh and
Sisirkana Dhar Choudhury was ahead of her times. She picked up the violin at an age when women were known largely to practice vocal music.
It was around the same time that I managed to listen to her duet with Ravi Shankar performed in the mid-fifties where they played Yaman
