Hindustani Classical

Hindustani classical music is a profound and sophisticated genre rooted in the cultural traditions of Northern India. Characterized by its intricate raga system—a framework for melodic organization—and the rhythmic cycles known as talas, this genre values improvisation within these structures, allowing for unique and dynamic performances. The genre makes extensive use of a variety of instruments including the sitar, sarod, bansuri (bamboo flute), and the shehnai, alongside vocal performances. Artists like Bismillah Khan on the shehnai and Hariprasad Chaurasia on the bansuri have epitomized the emotive and spiritual depth of these instruments. The genre emphasizes nuance and expressiveness, with performances often starting slow in a meditative alap section before escalating into a spirited jor and eventually culminating in a complex rhythmic interplay with the tabla in the jhala section.

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Aasmi Jayavant
Abhijith Rao
Abida Sultana
Adarsh Krishnan N
Aditi Chakraborty
Aditya Dev
Ajitesh
Ajoy Chakrabarty
Alam Khan
Ali Akbar Khan
Alla Rakha
Allauddin Khan
Amar Kharkiya
Amir Khan
Amjad Ali Khan
Anand Kashinath
Anil Piplaj
Anjali Khare
Anjali Kharre
Anoushka Shankar
Aparna
Arunita Kanjilal
Ashish Pandit
Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande
Asif Ali Khan
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
Bhimsen Joshi
Bickram Ghosh
Bismillah Khan
Buddhadev DasGupta
Diksha Dhoundiyal
Divyam Sodhi
Eknath Mali
Farida Khanum
Girija Devi
Govinda Madhur Acharya
Hariprasad Chaurasia
Jyoti Arya
Jyoti Thakur
Karma Sheen
Kaushiki Chakraborty
Kishori Amonkar
Krishan Madha
L. Subramaniam
Lalit Khanna
Manish Agrawal
Mauli Ghorpade
Meghna Chandra
Mohammed Aslam
Mohan Krishna
Mughal Music
Mukund Suryawanshi
Nidhi Rana
Nikhil Banerjee
Niladri Kumar
Niveta Dhingra
Pandit Jasraj
Pannu Gusain
Pragati Nagpal
Prakash
Pramod Tripathi
Purbayan Chatterjee
Rahul Deshpande
Rahul Sharma
Rajan & Sajan Mishra
Rajan Mishra
Rajnish Sharma
Rakesh Chaurasia
Rakesh Pandit
Ram Narayan
Rashid Khan
Ravi Shankar
Ronu Majumdar
Sachin Kumar
Savita Singh TT
Shabbir Ahmed
Shailendra Patwal
Sharmistha Chatterjee
Shashi Lata
Shekhar Astitwa
Shivkumar Sharma
Shobha Gurtu
Shujaat Khan
Sudhir Yaduvanshi
Surabhi Dashputra
Surya Ragunaathan
Swapan Chaudhuri
Tarun Bhattacharya
Tyagraj Khadilkar
Upasna Gahlot
Vaishali
Veena Sahasrabuddhe
Vilayat Khan
Vishal Sharma
Vishnu Edavan
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Wajid Khan
Yogesh Samsi
Zakir Hussain
Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
Vishnu Edavan
Aditya Dev
Adarsh Krishnan N
Surya Ragunaathan
Mohan Krishna
Upasna Gahlot
Mohammed Aslam
Anand Kashinath
Rakesh Chaurasia
Rashid Khan
Shabbir Ahmed
Vaishali
Rahul Sharma
Anoushka Shankar
Rakesh Pandit
Ravi Shankar
Wajid Khan
Divyam Sodhi
Bhimsen Joshi
Lalit Khanna
Pandit Jasraj
Ashish Pandit
Ajitesh
Zakir Hussain
Hariprasad Chaurasia
Pragati Nagpal
Arunita Kanjilal
Farida Khanum
N. H. Shabeer
Pramod Tripathi
Ronu Majumdar
Mughal Music
Aparna
Bickram Ghosh
Aasmi Jayavant
Vishal Sharma
Krishan Madha
Rahul Deshpande
Vasantrao Deshpande
Shekhar Astitwa
Shivkumar Sharma
Niladri Kumar
Sudhir Yaduvanshi
G.S. Sachdev
Jyoti Arya
Amar Kharkiya
Anil Piplaj
Sharmistha Chatterjee
Surabhi Dashputra
Eknath Mali
Amjad Ali Khan
Savita Singh TT
Ali Akbar Khan
Alam Khan
Shamshad Ali Khan
Mauli Ghorpade
Tyagraj Khadilkar
Kaushiki Chakraborty
Diksha Dhoundiyal
Purbayan Chatterjee
Jitendra Abhisheki
Ram Narayan
Veena Sahasrabuddhe
Manish Agrawal
Ajoy Chakrabarty
Bismillah Khan
Shakti
Vilayat Khan
Sanjay Kala
Baluji Shrivastav
Kishori Amonkar
Debashish Bhattacharya
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
L. Subramaniam
Kumar Gandharva
Rajnish Sharma
B.Ramana
Meghna Chandra
Ulhas Bapat
Shujaat Khan
Mukund Suryawanshi
Abhijith Rao
Meghna Chandra
Buddhadev DasGupta
Alla Rakha
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
Rajan & Sajan Mishra
Aditi Chakraborty
Anjali Kharre
Ajay Solanki
Nikhil Banerjee
Lakshmi Shankar
Anindo Chatterjee
Shahid Parvez
Suresh Talwalkar
Swapan Chaudhuri
Anjali Khare
Tarun Bhattacharya
Shobha Gurtu
Shivkumar Sharma & Zakir Hussain