Vilayat Khan

Vilayat Khan

male, deceased (2004)
Vilayat Khan (August 8, 1928 –March 13, 2004) was one of India's well known sitar maestros, born in Gauripur in Mymensingh, Bengal (now in Ba...
Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar

male, 89 years old
Ravi Shankar ("Robi Shôngkor", (born April 7, 1920, in Benares, United Provinces, British India) is an Indian composer best known for his v...
Ali Akbar Khan

Ali Akbar Khan

male, 87 years old
Ustad Ali Akbar Khan is a South Asian classical musician of the Maihar gharana who plays the sarod.His performances worldwide have established the...
Bismillah Khan

Bismillah Khan

male, deceased (2006)
Ustad Bismillah Khan Sahib was a shehnai maestro from India. The term "Ustad" or "Pandit" in relation to Indian classical music implies Master or...
Zakir Hussain

Zakir Hussain

male, 58 years old
Ustad Zakir Hussain, born March 9, 1951, son of tabla player Ustad Alla Rakha, is a well known classical tabla player in India. He has also won...
Amjad Ali Khan

Amjad Ali Khan

male, 64 years old
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is a highly acclaimed Indian sarod player and composer. Khan was born in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh in 1945, is the...
Ustad Alla Rakha

Ustad Alla Rakha

male, deceased (2000)
Ustad Alla Rakha (April 29, 1919 - February 3, 2000) was a master of the tabla, a classical Hindustani percussion instrument. He is considered one...
Pandit Nikhil Banerjee

Pandit Nikhil Banerjee

male
Pandit Nikhil Banerjee (14 October 1931 – 27 January 1986) was one of India's most prominent Sitar maestros of the 20th Century.
Imrat Khan

Imrat Khan

male, 73 years old
Imrat Khan (born November 17, 1935) is a leading sitar and surbahar player. He is considered India's leading publicly active surbahar (bass sitar)...
Bimalendu Mukherjee

Bimalendu Mukherjee

male, 84 years old
Bimalendu Mukherjee is a Hindustani classical sitar player and teacher of the Imdadkhani (Etawah) gharana (school), the father of Budhaditya...