Sakuntala Narasimhan

Sakuntala Narasimhan (born 30 December 1939) is an Indian journalist, consumer rights activist,and classical vocalist from the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana of Hindustani classical music] She was a disciple of Hafeez Ahmed Khan[] and is the only vocalist in India to have performed in the National Programme of Music organized by Doordarshan and All India Radio in both Carnatic and Hindustani styles. She was trained in Carnatic classical music by vocalists Musiri Subramania Iyer and Thanjavur Brinda. She is also the only artiste doing a “self-jugalbandi” juxtaposing the two styles.

Sanhita Nandi

Sanhita Nandi is a prominent Hindustani classical vocalist of the Kirana Gharanahe central motif of her style is slow tempo raga development (voice culture, voice throw, and tonal application) and ornamented sargams. She is getting guidance under Mashkoor Ali Khan.

Early life
Sanhita Nandi was trained under the late A. Kanan of Kirana Gharana,[3] the senior most guru at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy.

Career

Sanhita Nandi performing in Sawai Gandharva in Pune

Sanhita Nandi performing in Tansen Sangeet Samaroh in Gwalior

Vinod Nagpal

Vinod Nagpal (born 26 September 1940) is an Indian film, stage and television actor and a trained classical singer, who mainly works in Hindi cinema.[1][2] He has almost appeared in movies as a Character actor. He made his screen debut with Chashme Buddoor (1981).

Ramesh Laxman Nadkarni

Ramesh Laxman Nadkarni (1921–1995) was a Hindustani classical music singer from Jogeshwari. Nadkarni a disciple of Aman Ali Khan had composed over 250 melodies and Ragas. He was honored for his dedicated lifelong service to classical music and was awarded a fellowship by Sursingar Sansad, Mumbai. He was part of BHENDI BAZAR GHARANA.

Sumati Mutatkar

Sumati Mutatkar (10 September 1916 – 28 February 2007) was an Indian classical music vocalist and musicologist from the Agra gharana of Hindustani classical music, and a Professor of Department of Music in University of Delhi.

She was awarded the highest award of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, for lifetime achievement, the 1979 Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship[2] and the Padma Shri in 1999, by Government of India.She was also awarded the Kalidas Samman by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in 2001-2002.

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हिंदुस्तानी एवं कर्नाटक संगीत

हिन्दुस्तानी संगीत में इस्तेमाल किए गए उपकरणों में सितार, सरोद, सुरबहार, ईसराज, वीणा, तनपुरा, बन्सुरी, शहनाई, सारंगी, वायलिन, संतूर, पखवज और तबला शामिल हैं। आमतौर पर कर्नाटिक संगीत में इस्तेमाल किए जाने वाले उपकरणों में वीना, वीनू, गोत्वादम, हार्मोनियम, मृदंगम, कंजिर, घमत, नादाश्वरम और वायलिन शामिल हैं।

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