He single-handedly elevated a 100-string instrument little known outside Kashmir into a prominent component of Hindustani classical music. By Shalini Venugopal Bhagat Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, an ...

'He played sarangi like no other', 'a peaceful and wonderful musician' or the one who gave up the fame and glory of Hindi film industry for the sheer love of classical music is how eminent ...

Hindustani classical music is unthinkable without the tabla and its varying tempo of beats. In the devotional music of all three major religions (Hinduism, Islam and Sikhism) as well as Sufi and ...

Padma Bhushan Begum Parveen Sultana, the revered classical vocalist, was recently in Delhi for the Sangeet Nritya Mahotsav.

PASADENA, Calif. — At an autumn concert in Southern California, instrumentalist and vocalist Sheela Bringi carefully adjusted the strings of her harp before dedicating the opening invocation to ...

Writers in Pakistan rarely venture to pen down books on various genres of classical or film music, as few people tend to buy and read them. Prior to the publication of this book by Kabir Altaf, A New ...

Day-long festival at Prithvi Theatre highlights young vocalists and instrumentalists, blending tradition with fresh talent, amid calls for greater support and exposure for emerging artistes Many ...

The unique fusion concert of Dhrupad and Rajasthani folk music had the American-Indian audience jumping up to sway to the irresistible beat Dhrupad, a pristine form of Hindustani classical music that ...