Possibly the most famous exponent of the esraj has been Pandit Ranadhir Ray, who died in 1988.Kalipada Ghoshal(1906-1995).
In the year 1920 Kalipada went to Jorasanko thakurbari (the residence of Rabindranath Tagore) with Nandalal Bose where he met the art teacher Abanindranath Tagore.