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11 unusual facts about gharana


Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande

Because of her strong influences from the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharanas, Dr. Bhide-Deshpande, has created her own musical style that respects the vocal culture and presentation aesthetics of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana.

Since then, Dr. Bhide-Deshpande has been under the tutelage of her mother Smt. Manik Bhide, who has been instilling in her the intricacies and traditions of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana.

Dr. Bhide-Deshpande also received guidance from one of the stalwarts of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana, Pt. Ratnakar Pai until his death in 2009.

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

Dhondutai Kulkarni

Dhondutai Kulkarni, (born 23 July 1927) is perhaps the last living icon of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana.

The legendary Alladiya Khan, who founded the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana, made this Gharana unique by its full-throated singing, its complicated Taans, and its vast repertoire of Raags, which Dhondutai Kulkarni represents very well.

Gharana

Anindo Chatterjee, Pandit Abhijit Banerjee,Ustad Sabir Khan, Pandit Nayan Ghosh, Ustad Amir Hussain Khan, Pt Pandharinath Nageshkar, Pandit Bickram Ghosh

Ghulam Hassan Shaggan

Ghulam Hassan Shaggan (born 1928, Amritsar) is a Pakistani classical singer of the Gwalior Gharana.

Ikram Khan

He hails from a family of musicians belonging to the Sikar Gharana.

Irshad Khan

As one of the foremost representatives of the Imdadkhani Etawa Gharana, Irshad Khan is internationally recognized as one a leading sitar players and as the leading surbahar (bass sitar) exponent of his generation.

Mallikarjun Mansur

Sometime later, he was introduced to classical Hindustani music under Nilkanth Bua Alurmath of Miraj who belonged to the Gwalior Gharana.


Agra gharana

This is the only Gharana that has still continued to sing Dhrupad-Dhamar along with Nom-Tom Alap, Khayal, Thumri, Tappa, Tarana, Hori, Dadra, Ghazal, Kaul, Rasiya etc.

Amanat Ali

Amanat Ali Khan (1922–1974), Pakistani classical/ghazal singer, from the Patiala gharana

Shafqat Amanat Ali (born 1965), Pakistani classical singer belonging to Patiala Gharana

Bhendibazaar gharana

The Bhendibazaar gharana is one of the vocal gharanas of Indian classical music, which originated in Bhendi Bazaar area of Mumbai in 1890.

Bishnupur Gharana

The Bishnupur Gharana (alternatively spelt Vishnupur Gharana) (pronounced as /biʃ.nu.pur gʱɔ.ra.na/) is a form of singing that follows the Dhrupad tradition of Hindustani music, one of the two forms of Indian classical music.

Cassius Khan

Khan has also collaborated with the inventor of the Mohan Veena, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Ustad Aashish Khan the great Sarode player of the Maihar Gharana, Satvik Veena exponent Pandit Salil Bhatt, Kathak Danceuse/Harmonium soloist Amika Kushwaha, amongst other greats of Indian classical music and Ghazal singers.

Gangubai

Gangubai Hangal, Gangubai Hangal ( Hindi: गंगुबाई हंगल) a Noted Indian classical singer of the Kirana Gharana.

Gulubhai Jasdanwalla

From a Parsi entrepreneurial family, Gulubhai Jasdanwalla was a race horse breeder and a collector of Raags and compositions signature of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana.

Iqbal Khan

Iqbal Ahmad Khan, Indian classical vocalist from the Dilli Gharana

Johar Ali Khan

His grandfather was Ustad Ali Baksh, the founder of Patiala Gharana, who has produced a number of great musicians like Bade Fateh Ali Khan, Amanat Ali Khan, Asad Amanat Ali Khan, and Hamid Ali Khan.

Kalyan Mukherjea

Kalyan Kumar Mukherjea (1943–2010) was an authority on Indian classical music, particularly the Senia Shahjahanpur Gharana (school) of Sarod.

Kasur

Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, A Hindustani classical vocalist, from the Patiala gharana (Born in Kasur, later migrated to India after partition)

Maihar gharana

Prominent musicians belonging to the Maihar gharana include sitarists late Ravi Shankar and late Nikhil Banerjee, Allauddin Khan's son sarod player late Ali Akbar Khan, daughter Annapurna Devi and grandsons Aashish Khan and late Dhyanesh Khan.

Namrata Rai

She completed her bachelor’s degree from Bhatkhande Music Institute, Lucknow and Master’s degree from Indira Kala Sangeet University, Khairagarh, Madhya Pradesh in the form of Lucknow Gharana, of which the Doyen is Padma Vibhushan Pt.

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.