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Spectrum Chart - 549 : Indian Singers & Musicians 1
1. Ustad Ali Akbar Khan (Sarod) - Ali
Akbar Khan was a Hindustani classical musician of the Maihar gharana,
known for his virtuosity in playing the sarod. Khan was instrumental
in popularising Indian classical music in the West, both as a
performer and as a teacher. He composed several classical ragas and
film scores. Khan was accorded India's second highest civilian
honour, the Padma Vibhushan, in 1989. Nominated five times for the
Grammy Award, Khan was a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and
the National Endowment for the Arts's National Heritage Fellowship.
2. Ustad Alla Rakha (Tabla) - Ustad
Allarakha Qureshi popularly known as Alla Rakha, was an Indian tabla
player. He popularised the art of tabla, playing across the globe,
elevating the status and respect of his instrument. He also bridged
the gap between Carnatic music and Hindustani music by playing with
both renowned Carnatic musicians and other Hindustani stalwarts. Alla
Rakha was awarded the Padma Shri in 1977 and the Sangeet Natak
Akademi Award in 1982.
3. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) - Bhimsen
Gururaj Joshi was an Indian vocalist from Karnataka in the Hindustani
classical tradition. He is known for the khayal form of singing, as
well as for his popular renditions of devotional music. In 1998, he
was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour
conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for
Music, Dance and Drama. Subsequently, he received the Bharat Ratna,
India's highest civilian honour, in 2009.
4. Pandit Rajan & Sajan Mishra (Vocal)
- Rajan and Sajan Misra are brothers, renowned singers of the khyal
style of Indian classical music. Rajan and Sajan Mishra are part of a
300-year-old lineage of khyal singing of the Banaras gharana, the
Misra brothers have been performing to audiences all over India and
the world for many years. They were awarded Padma Bhushan in 2007 &
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, jointly in 1998.
5. Dr. Lakshminarayana Subramaniam
(Violin) – Dr. Lakshminarayana Subramaniam is an acclaimed Indian
violinist, composer and conductor, trained in the classical Carnatic
music tradition and Western classical music and renowned for his
virtuoso playing techniques and compositions in orchestral fusion.
6. M. Balamuralikrishna (Vocal) -
Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna is an Indian Carnatic vocalist,
multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer and actor.
Balamuralikrishna has composed over 400 compositions in various
languages like Telugu, Sanskrit, Kannada and Tamil. His compositions
range from Devotional to Varnams, Krithis, Javalis and Thillans, in
all the fundamental 72 melakartha ragas to film music. He was awarded
the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honour, for his
contribution towards Indian Art. He was made Chevalier of the Ordre
des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government in 2005.
7. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (Sarod) - Amjad Ali
Khan is an Indian classical musician who plays the Sarod. Khan was
born into a musical family and has performed internationally since
the 1960's. His family is part of the Bangash lineage and Khan is in
the sixth generation of musicians, his family claims to have invented
the sarod. Khan received Padma Shri in 1975, Padma Bhushan in 1991
and Padma Vibhushan in 2001 and was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Award for 1989 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for 2011.
8. Pandit Pannalal Ghosh (Bansuri) -
Pannalal Ghosh also known as Amal Jyoti Ghosh was an Indian flute
(bansuri) player and composer. He was a disciple of Allauddin Khan
and is credited with popularizing the flute as a concert instrument
in Hindustani classical music. Ghosh realised that a bigger flute's
pitch and sonority would be more appropriate for both classical and
light music. Ghosh experimented with various materials including
metal and different types of wood, and decided on using bamboo. He
finally settled on a flute which was thirty two inches long.
9. Ustad Imrat Khan (Sitar) - Imrat Khan
is an Indian sitar and surbahar player and composer. Imrat Khan is
the senior performer of the Imdadkhani gharana, the school of sitar
and surbahar performance named after his grandfather Imdad Khan. In
1988 Imrat Khan was awarded with Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.
10. Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (Vocal) -
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan was a Hindustani classical vocalist, from the
Kasur Patiala Gharana. Bade Ghulam Ali Khan amalgamated the best of
four traditions his own Patiala-Kasur style, the Behram Khani
elements of Dhrupad, the gyrations of Jaipur, and the behlavas of
Gwalior. His raga expositions were brief contrary to convention and
while he agreed that the beauty of classical music lay in leisurely
improvisation, he believed that the audience would not appreciate
long alaps and he had to sing for the masses and change the music to
what the audience wanted. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Award and Padma Bhushan in 1962.
11. Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor) –
Pandit Shivkumar Sharma is an Indian Santoor player. The Santoor is a
folk instrument from Jammu and Kashmir. Shivkumar Sharma is the
master instrumentalist of the Santoor, after some years as a
vocalist. He is credited with making the Santoor a popular Classical
Instrument. He recorded his first solo album in 1960. Shivkumar is
the recipient of national and international awards, including the
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1986, the Padma Shri in 1991 and the
Padma Vibhushan in 2001.
12. Ustad Amir Khan (Vocal) – Ustad Amir
Khan was a well-known Indian classical vocalist. He is considered one
of the most influential figures in Hindustani classical music and the
founder of the Indore Gharana. Amir Khan had a rich baritone voice
with a three-octave range and could move equally effortlessly in any
octave. He developed his own gayaki known as the Indore Gharana,
blends the spiritual flavor and grandeur of dhrupad with the ornate
vividness of khyal. Amir Khan was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Award in 1967 and the Padma Bhushan in 1971.
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