by Enayet Hossain | Aug 30, 2024 | Artist
Tarapada Chakraborty (1909 – 1975), hailed as the first Pan-Indian Khayal singer from Bengal, was a pioneering figure in Indian classical music. Alauddin Khan, the guru of Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan, honored him with the title “The Bengal Tiger of...
by Enayet Hossain | Jul 1, 2024 | Artist
Vishnu Govind Jog (1922 – 2004), also known as V.G. Jog is often hailed as a pioneering figure in the realm of Hindustani classical violin, was a musician whose name became almost synonymous with the instrument in the genre. His illustrious career, spanning...
by Enayet Hossain | Jul 1, 2024 | Artist
Karamatullah Khan (1917 – 2 December 1977), was a legendary tabla maestro from the Farrukhabad Gharana, one of the six prominent tabla traditions in North Indian classical music. Born in 1917 in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, he was part of a lineage that dates back to the...
by Enayet Hossain | Jul 1, 2024 | Artist
Kamal Sabri, a gifted musician and son of the legendary Sarangi maestro Ustad Sabri Khan, is a torchbearer of the rich legacy of the Senia and Moradabad Gharanas. As the seventh generation of a distinguished lineage of traditional musicians, Kamal Sabri has...
by Enayet Hossain | Jul 1, 2024 | Artist
Radhika Mohan Maitra (1917–1981), one of the most distinguished Sarod players of the 20th century, was born in 1917 into a noble Zamindar family in Rajshahi, which is now part of Bangladesh. The Maitra family, known for their patronage of the arts, played a crucial...
by Enayet Hossain | May 30, 2024 | Artist
Samta Prasad (20 July 1921 – 31 May 1994) born in Benares (now Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, hailed from a distinguished lineage of tabla and pakhwaj players. His ancestral roots were deeply embedded in the Purab Baaj tradition of tabla playing, with many of his forebears...
