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Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia | Raga - Hamsadhvani

Feel the resonance of evening ragas... Hariprasad Chaurasia is an Indian music director and classical flautist, who plays the bansuri, an Indian bamboo flute, in the Hindustani classical tradition. Chaurasia started learning vocal music from his neighbour, Rajaram, at the age of 15. Later, he switched to playing the flute under the tutelage of Bholanath Prasanna of Varanasi for eight years. He joined the All India Radio, Cuttack, Odisha in 1957 and worked as a composer and performer.

Ustad Amir Khan | Hindustani Classical Vocal

Feel the resonance of evening ragas... Amir Khan was an Indian classical vocalist and the founder of the Indore gharana. Amir Khan was a virtually self-taught musician. He developed his own gayaki (singing style), influenced by the styles of Abdul Waheed Khan (vilambit tempo), Rajab Ali Khan (taans) and Aman Ali Khan (merukhand). He was awarded with Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1967, Presidential Award in 1971, Padma Bhushan in 1971, Swar Vilas from Sur Singar Sansad in 1971. #NaadLahari #UstadAmirKhan #HindustaniClassicalVocal #eveningragas

Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna & Ajoy Chakrabarty | Hindustani Classical Vocalist

Feel the resonance of evening ragas....One of the most famous names associated with Classical Carnatic Music is that of Dr. Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna. This legendary musician was also an able composer, playback singer, poet, actor and multi-instrumentalist. Apart from working with famous Indian musicians like Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and Kishori Amonkar, he also worked with several foreign musicians. Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty is poised nearly as a cult figure among all the legendary Indian Classical Vocalists of today.

D. K. Pattammal | Raga - Madhyamavathi | Taal- Roopakam

Feel the resonance of evening ragas...D.K Pattammal was a renowned Carnatic vocalist. She was born at Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu. Her love for Carnatic music came from her father who was a keen enthusiast. She received no formal training, but by the age of ten she had already given her first radio performance, followed by a public concert three years later. Her knowledge of Muthuswami Dikshitar's compositions was considerable and she became the first woman to perform the difficult Ragam Thanam Pallavi in concerts.