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Sitar player offers his unique interpretation of the rare "Raga Bhankar", creating a modal spectacle, incorporating fleeting glances of many other related & unrelated ragas, feat. Akram Khan on tabla...

Sitarist, who studied dhrupad w. The Dagar Brothers, plays in the "khyal" style in this impassioned performance of "Raga Bhairav"1. Raga Bhairav: Alap - Vijay Kichlu/Jyoti Goho 2. Raga Bhairav: Jor -...

Soumitra Lahiri is a sitar player trained in the dhrupad-based Vishnupur Gharana style, and influenced by sitarist Nikhil Banerjee and vocalist Amir Khan. He is an artist willing to step beyond...

Cellist Nancy Lesh studied w. rudra vina maestro Ustad Z.M. Dagar - she presents an entrancing & forceful reading of "Raga Multani", exploring it's mixture of calm & passion; "Raga Bhupali" is sweet...

Ronu Majumdar is India's most popular young bansuri flute player. He plays the rainy season raga Miyan ki Malhar, with a contemplative mood tinged with melancholy, and a Bhatiali, which evokes the...

Tejendra Narayan Majumdar presents mesmerizing renditions of ragas Alhaiya Bilawal and Shankara, bearing ample testimony to the workings of a rare musical mind. Raga Alhaiya Bilawal expresses the...

Tejendra offers a performance of the rare, early morning raga "Ahir," which refers to a community of cowherds in northern & western India, and suggests the origin of this raga in a tribal or folk...

Sarod player offers a performance of "Raga Bageshri", in a romantic mood tinged w. sadness, concluding w. "Raga Zilla Kafi", inc. Pandit Kumar Bose on tabla.1. Raga Bageshri: Alap, Jor and Jhala -...

Majumdar presents the afternoon raga "Kafi Kanada," blending the romance of raga "Kafi" and the high-seriousness of the "Kanada" ragas in a performance redolent of associations with springtime,...

Sarod player creates a lively style w. deep tones alternating w. soft tones on "Raga Hem Behag" in 5 parts, feat. Tanmoy Bose on tabla.1. Raga Hem Behag: Alap ; Jor - Tejendra Narayan Majumdar 2...

Malini Rajurkar's style, based in the Gwalior approach, has been influenced by vocalists of the Agra Gharana and by her fondness for the idiosyncratic vocalism of Kumar Gandharva. Malini offers an...

Sugata Marjit makes unorthodox music that reflects the diversity of his grooming and the stylistically diffused musical environment of post-independence India. It is vibrant, gripping and explicitly...