Singing in natural tones like the murmur of a flowing river, MS Subbalakshmi blended her devotional sentiments with the seriousness of Indian classical music to create a melody that still delights the listeners.

Ustad Bale Khan (28 August 1942 - 2 December 2007) is widely acclaimed as one of India’s finest sitarists. He hails from a family steeped In music. His grand father Rahimat Khan is revered not just his music but his imaginative and definitive rearrangement of the sitar strings. Sitar Ratna Rahimat Khan was a deciple of the great Ustad Bande Ali Khan, and it is this illustrious tradition that Bale Khan carries forward.

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.

The Santoor

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.