Ustad Haafiz Ali Khan

An Archival photo from the Ustad Haafiz Ali Khan Memorial Music Festival in 1973, in Kolkata, at Kalamandir where Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan performed with Pandit Samta Prasad accompanying him on Tabla!
• Photo Credits : Sarod Ghar-Museum of Musical Heritage Facebook page
 

Classical Vocalist and Musicologist Pandit Omkarnath Thakur

Pandit Omkarnath Thakur (24 June 1897 - 29 December 1967), his name often preceded by the title Pandit, was an influential Indian Educator, Musicologist and Hindustani Classical Vocalist. He is famously known as "Pranav Rang", his pen-name. A disciple of Classical Singer Pt. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar of Gwalior Gharana, he became the principal of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Lahore, and later went on become the first dean of the music faculty at Banaras Hindu University.

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Vocalist, Musicologist and Guru Pandit Arun Kashalkar

Pandit Arun Kashalkar (born 5 January 1943) is a very well known name in Hindusthani Classical Music circle. For more than 3 decades, Arunji has mesmerized audiences with his scintillating performances.

Initiated into the field of Indian classical music by his father, the renowned musicologist and teacher Pt. N. D. Kashalkar, Pandit Arun Kashalkar later received training from Pt. Rajabhau Kogje and Pt. Ram Marathe. Then stalwart vocalist and violinist of Gwalior, Jaipur and Agra gharanas, Pandit Gajananrao Joshi guided Arun Kashalkar for several years.

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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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