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Suprabhat ''Meditation with morning ragas''.... Pandit Nirmalya Dey is a renowned master vocalist and teacher in the tradition of Dagarvani dhrupad. Inspired by his mother, he started his initial dhrupad training with Prof. Nimaichand Boral, who was a disciple of Ustad Nasir Moinuddin Dagar. From 1988, Nirmalya Dey learned in the true guru-shishya tradition based on the master-disciple relationship, spending extended time with the celebrated dhrupad master, Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar.

Meditation with morning ragas....Kalpana Zokarkar, a Hindustani classical vocalist, occupies a special position in the Hindustani classical music world. Her musical upbringing was due to her father and guru, Pandit Krishna Rao Majumdar, a renowned artist in his own right. She carries the legacy of Ustad Rajab Ali Khan, through her father.

Meditation with morning ragas....Hailing from a family of traditional musicians, S.R. Mahadeva Sarma started learning violin at a tender age of seven under the able guidence of his father famous violinist Prof. M. Subramonia Sarma (who is the senior most violinist in Kerala). S.R. Mahadeva Sarma gave his first violin duet performance at the age of ten along with his sister S.R. Rajasree.

Meditation with morning ragas.....Dr. Kadri Gopalnath was an Indian alto saxophonist and one of the pioneers of Carnatic music for that instrument.

Meditation with morning ragas....Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty is poised nearly as a cult figure among all the legendary Indian Classical Vocalists of today. Although considered a scion and doyen of the Patiala-Kasur Gharana (style), primarily representing Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Sahib’s gayaki, he can equally portray even the most subtle features of other major classical gharanas of India like Indor, Delhi, Jaipur, Gwalior, Agra, Kirana, Rampur and even Carnatic music of South India.

Meditation with morning ragas....Pandit Prem Kumar Mallick belongs to the illustrious musical family of Darbhanga Gharana and represents the 12th generation of this musical lineage. He is a well known artist in Hindustani Classical Vocal of All India Radio & Television.

Dr. Hari Charan Verma beautifullly combines the two Gharanas (Jaipur and Gwalior), developed a style all of his own in which the traditions of Indian Classical Music.

Meditation with morning ragas... Apart from being an excellent Sitarist, Composer and Conductor Pt. Rash Behari Datta has developed a special taste in what he has inherited from his father i.e. writing. He has written many operas, features and plays.

Meditation with morning ragas.....Rajeev Taranath is an Indian classical musician who plays the sarod. Taranath is a disciple of Ali Akbar Khan.

Meditation with morning ragas.....Dr. Kadri Gopalnath was an Indian alto saxophonist and one of the pioneers of Carnatic music for that instrument.