Girija Devi

Girija Devi

female, 80 years old
Girija Devi (b. May 8, 1929, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India) is an Indian singer and represents the Banaras Gharana of singers. She is adept at...
Kumar Gandharva

Kumar Gandharva

male
Kumar Gandharva (April 8, 1924 – January 12, 1992) was a famous Hindustani classical singer, famous for his unique vocal style, refusal to be bo...
Birju Maharaj

Birju Maharaj

male, 72 years old
Pandit Birju Maharaj (born February 4, 1938) is currently the leading exponent of the Lucknow "Kalka-Bindadin" gharana of Kathak dance in India....
Shivkumar Sharma

Shivkumar Sharma

male, 71 years old
Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (born January 13, 1938) is an Indian classical musician, working in the Hindustani classical music tradition. He is a...
Kishori Amonkar

Kishori Amonkar

female, 78 years old
Kishori Amonkar is a noted Hindustani music performer who sings khyal in the Jaipur gharana style. She is the daughter of the another well-known...
Imdad Khan

Imdad Khan

male, deceased (1920)
Ustad Imdad Khan was a famous Indian sitar and surbahar player, grandfather of the most famous sitar and surbahar players of the 20th ventury,...
Tansen

Tansen

male, deceased (1589)
Miyan Tansen (1506-1589) is believed to have been the greatest North Indian musician of all time. He was instrumental in creating the classical...
Sawai Gandharva

Sawai Gandharva

male, 123 years old
Rambhau Kundgolkar, better known as Sawai Gandharva, was a well known Hindustani vocalist. He was a disciple of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan and helped...
Ashwini Bhide Deshpande

Ashwini Bhide Deshpande

female, 49 years old
Ashwini Bhide Deshpande (born in 1960) is a Hindustani classical music singer in the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana tradition. When Ashwini was five, she...
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.