Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna (6 July 1930 – 22 November 2016) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist, musician, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer, and character actor.

Ustad Faiyaz Khan (alternative spelling Fiyaz Khan) (1934 – 12 November 2014) was a Tabla Maestro of international repute.

Pandit Dhruba Ghosh (25 October 1957 - 10 July 2017) was an Eminent Sarangi Maestro and a brilliant composer. He was son of Legendary Tabla Maestro Pandit Nikhil Ghosh and brother of eminent Tabla and Sitar Maestro Pandit Nayan Ghosh.

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Dhruba was the inheritor of the tradition of his masters, his father Pandit Nikhil Ghosh, the famed percussionist and pedagogue, the veteran vocalist-composer Pandit Dinkar Kaikini, and the renowned sarangi maestro Ustad Sagiruddin Khan of the legendary Bundu Khan style of Delhi.

Begum Parveen Sultana (born 10 July 1950) is an Assamese Hindustani classical singer of the Patiala Gharana. Parveen was born at Daccapatty in Nagaoncity, Assam, India to Ikramul Mazid of Afghanistan and Maroofa Begum of Iran.

Born on 11 July 1935 in Udupi, Karnataka, Pt. Indudhar Nirody belongs to the Agra gharana; he received his training in music from many gurus such as Shri. Pitre Rama Rao, Shri. Gurudatt Heblekar, Pt. S. C. R Bhatt, Pt. K. G. Ginde, Pt. Dinkar Kaikini and Pt. Chidanand Nagarkar.