Nityanand Haldipur, the disciple of the legendary Annapoorna Devi, and the head of The Annapoorna Devi Foundation, Mumbai, was in Bengaluru recently to confer the Gurumaa Annapoorna Devi Award to Vidushi Lalith J. Rao, senior exponent of the Agra gharana. Schooled in the Agra-Atrauli Gharana, Lalithji’s music is marked by a methodical exposition of the raag and meticulous presentation of …
Around 1,300 musicians played Vande Mataram on tabla on Monday to enter the Guinness World Record for the “largest table ensemble” during the ongoing 99th International Tansen Mahotsav in Gwalior. In his book ‘Bhartiya Sangeet ke Mahan Sangeetkar : Shankar Pandit’, Tushar Pandit said that “Jayaji Rao king of Gwalior once escorted Ustad Haddu Hassu, Nathu Khan to Jaipur, where …
