Related Research Articles
Hariprasad Chaurasia is an Indian music director and classical flautist, who plays the bansuri, an Indian bamboo flute, in the Hindustani classical tradition.
Pandit Ritwik Sanyal is an Indian classical singer and the Dhrupad maestro from Varanasi, and a professor of vocal music and Ex Dean at the faculty of performing arts at Banaras Hindu University. Pandit Ritwik Sanyal received the highest award for music in India, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award from President of India Hon. Shri Pranab Mukherji, 2013
Damayanti Joshi was a noted Indian classical dancer in the Kathak dance form. She began in the 1930s dancing in Madame Menaka's troupe, which travelled to many parts of the world. She learnt Kathak from Sitaram Prasad of Jaipur Gharana and became an adept dancer at a very young age, and later trained under from Acchan Maharaj, Lacchu Maharaj and Shambhu Maharaj of Lucknow gharana, thus imbibing nuances from both the traditions. She became independent in the 1950s and achieved prominence in the 1960s, before turning into a guru at her dance school in Mumbai.
Johar Ali Khan is an Indian classical violinist. He is the son and disciple of Gohar Ali Khan of Rampur, and belongs to the Patiala Gharana of Rampur. His grandfather was Ali Baksh, the founder of Patiala Gharana.
Nityanand Haldipur is a performer and teacher of the Indian bamboo flute, known in India as the bansuri. He is a purist in the true Maihar Gharana tradition and learned from Ma Annapurna Devi, in Mumbai, India. He has been rated as a "Top Grade" artist by the All India Radio and was awarded the prestigious Sangeet Natak Academi award in 2010.
Pandit Samta Prasad was an Indian classical musician and tabla player from the Benares gharana. He played tabla in many Hindi films including, Meri Surat Teri Ankhen (1963) and Sholay (1975), and film music composer Rahul Dev Burman was one of his disciples.
Pandit Mani Prasad is an Indian classical vocalist from the Kirana gharana.
Sumati Mutatkar was an Indian classical music vocalist and musicologist from the Agra gharana of Hindustani classical music, and a Professor of Department of Music in University of Delhi.
Debopriya Chatterjee and Suchismita Chatterjee are sisters by birth, popularly known as the "flute sisters". They are Indian Hindustani music artists who play instrumental Indian flute music.
Pandit Gopal Krishan Sharma (1926-2004) was an exponent of Vichitra Veena, an ancient Indian musical instrument.
Pandit Raghunath Prasanna was an Indian classical shehnai and flute player. He was known for using the techniques of shehnai in flute playing, also inspired by vocal music.
Meenu Thakur is an Indian Kuchipudi dance exponent. She runs an institution ‘SURAMYA’ for teaching Kuchipudi to young learners in Delhi NCR.
N. Kesi was an Indian Carnatic flautist and was a student of T. R. Mahalingam.
Dr. Meeta Pandit is a Hindustani Classical vocalist and a leading exponent of the Gwalior Gharana. She is the granddaughter and disciple of Krishnarao Shankar Pandit and daughter of Laxman Krishnarao Pandit. She is the sixth in the unbroken lineage and the first woman in the family to have taken up music as a profession.
Abhisek Lahiri is an Indian classical sarod player with training in the three major gharanas of sarod which are Shahjahanpur, Maihar gharana and Senia Bangash (Gwalior) from his father and guru Pt Alok Lahiri. Primarily he belongs to the Maihar gharana
Rajat Prasanna is an Indian Classical Flautist from the Beneres Gharana. He is the grandson of the late Pandit Raghunath Prasanna and the nephew of the late Pandit Bholanath Prasanna.
Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi is a key branch of the Uttar Pradesh state government's Department of Culture. Each year the Academy Awards for excellence in performance of music, art and literature are awarded at the Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi.
Avirbhav Verma is an Indian tabla player and percussionist who performs Hindustani classical music. He is the disciple and son of Pawan Kumar Verma, and grandson of Pandit Lachman Singh Seen of Punjab Gharana.
Indrani Mukherjee is a Hindustani classical vocalist and Thumri exponent in India. Her singing repertoire covers Khyal and Thumri.
Lokesh Anand is an Indian Shehnai Player. Lokesh has been learning under Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj, Hence belongs to Mewati Gharana. He is empanelled with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. The key characteristics of Anand's Shehnai playing are neat fingering techniques, command over tempo along with richness and clarity in sound. Lokesh performs solo and in duet and also does fusion.
References
- ↑ Prasad, Niranjan. "Bhola Nath and Niranjan Prasad on Flute". Raga Puriya Kalyan. Last FM.
- ↑ "Death anniv of Pandit Niranjan Prasad on Mar 31" Hindustan Times 26 Mar 201 "World-renowned flautist Pandit Niranjan Prasad would be remembered on his first death anniversary in the state capital on March 31"
- ↑ "Niranjan Smriti, 2014, Lucknow".
- ↑ "धूमधाम से मनाई गई 'निरजंन स्मृति'". Amar Ujala. 1 April 2014.