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Born on 4 December 1959 in Rampur in Uttar Pradesh, Ustad Sabir Khan received his initial training in the Tabla from his grandfather Ustad Masit Khan. He was later groomed in the art by his father Ustad Karamatulla Khan, a noted representative of the Farukhabad gharana.

Dr. Alka Deo Marulkar (born 4th December, 1951) is a versatile vocalist, and a thinking musician. She has been awarded the Sangeetacharya degree – Doctorate in Music. She has had many accolades to her credit for her outstanding work, both in the field of musicology and her performing career.

Pandit Hindraj Divekar (4 December 1954 - 18 April 2019) was a virtuoso of the Rudra Veena and Sitar. He teached the been in both Dhrupad and Khayal styles. Pandit Hindraj was one of the very few surviving rudra veena players in the world. He was the co-author of the book, Rudra Veena: An Ancient String Musical Instrument. He is the first artist to play Rudra Veena outside India and is the founder director of Hindgandharva Sangeet Academy, Pune.

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Pandit Kashinath Bodas (4 December 1935 - 20 July 1995) was a rare combination of superb performing vocalist, composer, and a devoted teacher of the art of Hindustani classical music.

Pandit Milind Raikar was born on 3 December 1964, in a family where music was abounding in Goa. Young master Milind jee showed a great promise in music from his childhood. He appeared on the stage for the first time as a singer at the age of five. A young artiste Milind showed his musical prodigy as a guitarist as well as a bongo player in the successive years and then he took up the violin to learn Western music and passed grade IV from Trinity College of London under the tutelage of Professor A. P. D'Costa. He had been a part of the troupe of Indian pop star Remo Fernandes.

A doyen of the Gwalior Gharana, Pandit Sharatchandra Arolkar was born in 1912 in Karachi. Even as a youngster, Panditji, showed a passion for music, which asserted itself in many ways. He tried his hand skillfully at the harmonium and the tabla, and seldom missed an opportunity to attend music concerts. The recordings of Rahimat Khan, the great mystic-musician, once made a profound impact on him and much against the will of his elders, young Sharad sought musical guidance from Pandit Laxmanrao Bodas, a local vocalist and disciple of Pandit Vishnu Digambar.

Ustad Asad Ali Khan (1 December 1937 – 14 June 2011) was an Indian musician who played the plucked string instrument Rudra Veena. Khan performed in the style dhrupad and was described as one of the best living Rudra Veena player in India by The Hindu. He was awarded the Indian civilian honor Padma Bhushan in 2008.

Ustad Sabri Khan (21 May 1927 – 1 December 2015) was a Legendary Indian Sarangi player, who was descended on both sides of his family from a line of distinguished musicians.

Vidushi Neela Bhagwat is an exponent of Hiṅdustani Classical vocalist of the Gwalior Gharana and an educator. She underwent training in vocal music under Pt. Shartchandra Arolkar and Pt. Jal Balaporia of Gwalior. She has also studied dance under Lachchu Maharaj. She has given vocal recitals throughout India since 1979 and toured numerous countries like Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Fiji, USA, etc.

The empress of Patiala Gayaki, Vidushi Meera Banerjee passed away on the night of June 27, 2012. Born in Meerut on 28th March 1930, Vidushi Meera Banerjee was initiated into music by her musicologist father, Shailendra Kumar Chatterjee. This was followed by a brief period of training under Pandit Chinmoy Lahiri.