Chart 550 - Indian Singers & Musicians 2

Indian Singers & Musicians 2 Chart

Spectrum Chart - 550 : Indian Singers & Musicians 2

1. Pandit Ravi Shankar (Sitar) - Pandit Ravi Shankar was a known Indian musician and a composer of Hindustani classical music. He was one of the best-known exponents of the sitar in the second half of the 20th century and influenced many other musicians throughout the world. Shankar developed a style distinct from that of his contemporaries and incorporated influences from rhythm practices of Carnatic music. Shankar has been considered one of the top sitar players of the second half of the 20th century. He was awarded with the highest Indian civilian award 'Bharat Ratna' in 1999.

2. Ustad Bismillah Khan (Shenai) - Bismillah Khan often referred to by the honorific title Ustad, was an Indian musician credited with popularising the shehnai, a subcontinental wind instrument of the oboe class. While the shehnai had long held importance as a folk instrument played primarily during traditional ceremonies, Khan is credited with elevating its status and bringing it to the concert stage. He was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 2001.

3. Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia (Bansuri) – Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia is an Indian classical flutist. Apart from classical music, he has made a mark as a music director for Indian films along with Shivkumar Sharma, forming a group called Shiv-Hari. He has collaborated with world musicians in experimental cross-cultural performances, including the fusion group Shakti. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan, second highest civilian award by Indian Government in 2000.

4. Gangubai Hangal (Vocal) - Gangubai Hangal was an Indian singer of the khyal genre of Hindustani classical music, who was known for her deep and powerful voice. Hangal belonged to the Kirana gharana. Gangubai Hangal received a number of awards, which include Padma Bhushan in 1971, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1973, Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 1996, Padma Vibhushan in 2002.

5. Pandit Ram Narayan (Sarangi) - Pandit Ram Narayan is an Indian musician who popularised the bowed instrument sarangi as a solo concert instrument in Hindustani classical music and became the first internationally successful sarangi player. Narayan is associated with the Kirana gharana through Abdul Wahid Khan, but his performance style is not strongly connected to it. Narayan received the national awards Padma Shri in 1976, Padma Bhushan in 1991 and Padma Vibhushan in 2005.

6. Pandit Jasraj (Vocal) – Pandit Jasraj is an Indian classical vocalist. He belongs to the Mewati gharana of Hindustani classical music. Jasraj's vocal range extends three-and-a-half octaves and uses precise diction, a trademark of the Mewati gharana's style of khayal. He has also done extensive research in Haveli Sangeet to create numerous innovative bandish (composition).

7. Pandit Kishan Maharaj (Tabla) - Pandit Kishan Maharaj was an Indian tabla player who belonged to the Benares gharana of Hindustani classical music. Maharaj had the ability to play cross-rhythms and produce complex calculations, particularly in tihai patterns. Known as an excellent accompanist, Maharaj was extremely versatile and capable of playing with any accompaniment, be it with the Sitar, Sarod, Dhrupad, Dhamar or even dance. Kishan Maharaj won the Padma Shri in 1973 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2002.

8. Ustad Zakir Hussain (Tabla) - Zakir Hussain is an Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor and composer. Hussain is a founding member of Bill Laswell's 'World Music Supergroup' Tabla Beat Science. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1988 and the Padma Bhushan in 2002, by the Government of India. In 1999, he was awarded the United States National Endowment for the Arts's National Heritage Fellowship, the highest award given to traditional artists and musicians.

9. Pandit Chhannulal Mishra (Vocal) – Pandit Chhannulal Mishra is a Hindustani classical singer from Banaras, a noted exponent of the Kirana gharana of the Hindustani classical music and especially the Khayal and the 'Purab Ang' – Thumri. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour in 2010.

10. Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Mohan Veena) - Vishwa Mohan Bhatt is a Hindustani classical music instrumentalist who plays the Mohan Veena (slide guitar). Bhatt is best known for his Grammy award winning album A Meeting by the River with Ry Cooder released on Water Lily Acoustics label. He is also known for other fusion and pan-cultural collaborations with Western artists such as Taj Mahal, Béla Fleck and Jerry Douglas. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2002.

11. Girija Devi (Vocal) - Girija Devi is an Indian classical singer of the Seniya and Banaras gharanas. She performs classical and light classical music and has helped elevate the profile of thumri. Her repertoire includes the semi-classical genres kajri, chaiti and holi and she sings khyal, Indian folk music and tappa. Devi is considered as"Queen Of Thumri". She was awarded the Padma Shri in 1972, the Padma Bhushan in 1989 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2016, received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1977 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 2010.

12. T. V. Gopalakrishnan (Vocal) - Tripunithura Viswanathan Gopalakrishnan is a Carnatic and Hindustani musician from Chennai. He is one of the rare musicians who is equally proficient in both Carnatic and Hindustani Vocal, mrdangam and violin. He is hailed as an innovator of Indian Jazz. Gopalakrishnan was given the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1990. He has been awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in the year 2012.

13. Mallikarjun Mansur (Vocal) - Mallikarjun Mansur was an Indian classical singer of the khyal style in the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana of Hindustani classical music. Mansur was well known for his command over a large number of rare (aprachalit) ragas such as Shuddh Nat, Asa Jogiya, Hem Nat, Lachchhasakh, Khat, Shivmat Bhairav, Bihari, Sampoorna Malkauns, Lajawanti, Adambari Kedar and Bahaduri Todi, as well as his constant, mercurial improvisations in both melody and metre without ever losing the emotional content of the song.

14. M. S. Subbulakshmi (Vocal) - Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi was a Carnatic vocalist. M. S. Subbulakshmi as the leading exponent of classical and semi-classical songs in the carnatic tradition of South India. She is the first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award, often considered Asia's Nobel Prize, in 1974. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour in 1998.

15. Dr. N. Rajam (Violin) - N. Rajam is an Indian violinist who performs Hindustani classical music. People often refer to her music as the "Singing Violin". Rajam was a Professor of Music at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in the Faculty of Performing Arts for nearly 40 years. She has been the Chair of the department and the Dean of the college at BHU. She was awarded the 2012 Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour in the performing arts conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. She also received the prestigious titles of Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan.

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