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Ustad, on and off the stage: Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia

An angelic presence has gone from our lives and I am grappling with that loss. Ustad, on and off the stage: Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia When I first heard of his ill-health, I told myself, ‘He’s in the US, surrounded by state-of-the-art healthcare and the best doctors, surely he’ll pull through; he has to…’ Even now, though it’s been some hours …

Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty and Purbayan Chatterjee present the nuances of Hindustani music

Purbayan Chatterjee showcased the melodic potential of the sitar to its fullest, offering an aesthetic experience for connoisseurs of music. Purbayan left the audience awe-struck with the popular chota khayal bandish ‘Payaliya jhankar mori’ in Purya Dhanashree. In a rare gesture of a guru acknowledging his inspirational debt to his sishya, Purbayan rendered a captivating ‘dhun’ from the Benaras region …

How Pt. Vishnu Digambar Jayanti continues to uphold the Hindustani music tradition

Vishnu Digambar Jayanti music festival is always an eagerly awaited event in Delhi’s cultural calendar. Kalyanjit’s bolkaari and clarity of taans and Kaushik layakaari were notable In the drut section, Ram Kumar’s ‘na dhin dhin dha’ played with one finger, a speciality of his grandfather Pt. Appropriately, he sang a composition in raag Mian Malhar ‘karim naam tero,’ inextricably linked …

There are some musicians who have left an indelible impression on the minds of music-lovers, who would want to remain connected to their art. Every year, on Guru Purnima, his foremost disciple, Pt Arvind Parikh, makes it a point to bring together admirers of the Ustad and musicians who follow his style of music. At the Guru Purnima event, addressing …

How the musical paths of stalwarts Pt. C.R. Vyas and Pt. Ram Marathe crossed

Delhi’s India International Centre recently hosted the centenary celebrations of two great vocalists — Pt. Jagannathbua Purohit, called ‘Gunidas’, who learnt from several gurus, notable among them being Ustad Vilayat Hussain Khan of the Agra gharana. Pt Ram Marathe was one of the most popular actors and Natya Sangeet singers of his time, in addition to being a classical vocalist …

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Legendary tabla player Ustad Zakir Hussain is all set to perform on stage after five years with Pt. The duo would be performing for the first time at a concert ‘Melody Rhythm’ at Shilpakala Vedika on February 18th, at 6.30 pm. I also shot my first movie here - so history goes way back,” he says, adding that he has …

Renowned tabla artiste Pt Subhankar Banerjee dies of Covid-19 at 54 in Kolkata

Renowned percussionist Pt Subhankar Banerjee died after battling Covid-19 for two months at a private hospital in Kolkata, his family said on Thursday. Several classical musicians from Pt Tejendra Narayan Majumder, Pt Purbayan Chatterjee, Ustad Rashid Khan, Pt Bickram Ghosh are slated to attend Banerjee's last journey with Covid-19 protocols on Thursday from Sangeet Research Academy where his body was …