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4 unusual facts about Hindustani Classical Music


Bhatt Mathuranath Shastri

Shastri wrote many songs in Sanskrit, introducing the popular folk music genre of Ghazal, and Hindustani classical music genres of Thumris, Dadras and Dhrupads into Sanskrit.

Eric Carbonara

Recent years have revealed a departure from his psych/krautrock-influenced work to a kaleidoscopic realm of minimalism, electro-acoustic improvisation, free noise guitar thrashing, the folk music of North Africa and Andalusia and Hindustani classical music.

Marian Zazeela

In 1970, Zazeela began studies in the Kirana school of Hindustani classical music with Pandit Pran Nath, of whom she has been a devoted disciple ever since.

Sarbari Roy Choudhury

, while his elder son Sougata Roy Chowdhury is a practitioner of Hindustani classical music and plays Sarod


Arun Luthra

Luthra has also performed and/or studied with such notable Hindustani and Carnatic music masters as Pandit Trichy Sankaran, Pandit Samir Chatterjee, Krishnan Lalgudi & Vijayalakshmi Lalgudi, Pandit Karaikudi Subramaniam, Steve Gorn, Kiran Ahluwalia, Sufi singer Zila Khan, and the iconic 1970s Indian cross-over star Asha Puthli.

Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande

Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande (born on October 7, 1960) is a Hindustani classical music vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana.

Chetan Joshi

Chetan Joshi is a noted flautist in the Hindustani Classical Music tradition and also the former Senior Headmaster of Delhi Public School, Bokaro.

Chowtal

Chowtal, aside from being the name of a "taal" or meter in Hindustani classical music, is a form of folksong of North India's Bhojpuri region, sung by amateurs during the vernal Phagwa or Holi festival.

Dadra

In this context dadra is a light classical vocal form in Hindustani classical music, mostly performed in Agra and in Bundelkhand region.

G. Devarajan

His music embraced different styles with the Carnatic and Hindusthani melody lines meeting folk idioms and western harmony.

Gayathri Girish

An A-Grade panel artist of AIR Chennai, Gayathri has given quite a number of interesting and non-routine concerts such as Jugalbandis with Hindustani musicians, vocal performances with Thavil accompaniment, one Raga – one Kriti concerts (that call for highest levels of Manodharma) and numerous thematic concerts on topics like Shanmatam and Nava Vidha Bhakthi.

Kesavananda Bharati

He is a great Carnatic and Hindusthani vocalist and master of all sections of Yakshagana, the renowned art form and also has penned many devotional songs and dramas.

Nirmala Devi

Nirmala Devi, also known as Nirmala Arun (died 1996), was a Punjabi Hindustani classical vocalist of the Patiala Gharana, in far northern India.

R. C. Mehta

A distinguished vocalist of the Kirana Gharana Style, he has developed his own style in Khyal and Thumri, and given several vocal concerts of Hindustani Classical Music in music circles, music conferences and over All India Radio.

Vinod Kumar Dwivedi

Vinod Kumar Dwivedi (born 10 May 1961) is an Indian classical Dhrupad-Dhamar singer, belonging to the Dharbhanga gharana.

Walkeshwar Temple

It is currently the site of an annual Hindustani classical music festival, which in 2005 featured musicians like classical singers Rajan and Sajan Mishra, and Santoor maestro Shivkumar Sharma.


see also

Haridas

Swami Haridas, saint-musician and a pioneer in the Hindustani classical music

Himani Dalmia

In addition, she has been a student of Hindustani classical music in the style of the Patiala gharana since the age of six.