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Carnatic, Vocal

Aruna Sairam

Aruna Sairam’s voice brings a husky authority to modern Carnatic song. She first learnt to sing...

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Qawwal, Vocal

Ustad Fareed Ayaz, Abu Muhammad Qawwal & Brothers

Fareed Ayaz, Abu Muhammad Qawwal & Brothers are among the world’s very finest exponents of...

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Kirtan, Harmonium, Vocal

Bhai Anantvir Singh

Bhai Anantvir Singh is a renowned kirtan exponent, who has spent a lifetime taking the devotional...

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Kirtan, Vocal

Rajwinder Kaur

Rajwinder Kaur is an acclaimed young vocalist who draws on the classical devotional music of the...

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Carnatic, Vocal

Sudha Ragunathan

Sudha Ragunathan is a leading light of Carnatic song. She learned bhajans from her mother V...

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Khayal, Vocal

Dr. Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande

Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande’s khayal vocal style draws on her PhD in Biochemistry as well as the...

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Kirtan, Percussion, Jori, Vocal

Bhai Baldeep Singh

Bhai Baldeep Singh is a 13th-generation Sikh vocalist who also plays the taus, jori,...

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Carnatic, Vocal

Bharat Sundar

Bharat Sundar is a young Carnatic vocalist. He first studied under Gayathri Mahesh, and recounts...

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Ghazal, Vocal

Hariharan

Hariharan is a prolific vocalist, active in ghazal and film. Born in Kerala, he built a strong...

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Hindustani, Khayal, Vocal

Indrani Mukherjee

Indrani Mukherjee is a vocalist from Kolkata, who performs khayal in the Kirana-Rampur style...

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Hindustani, Vocal

Kaivalya Kumar Gurav

Kaivalya Kumar Gurav is a leading young Kirana gharana vocalist. His family have long been...

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Hindustani, Khayal, Vocal

Kaushiki Chakraborty

Kaushiki Chakraborty’s astonishing khayal vocal technique is the result of years of intense...

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Khayal, Vocal

Pandit Kedar Bodas

Pandit Kedar Bodas is a khayal vocalist, singing in the Gwalior gharana style. His father Pandit...

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Carnatic, Vocal

Malladi Brothers

The Malladi Brothers (Sreeramprasad and Ravikumar) sing Carnatic vocal music together. They hail...

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Hindustani, Khayal, Vocal

Manjiri Asanare-Kelkar

Born in Sangli to a family of Maharashtra musicians, Manjiri started learning vocal music aged...

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Hindustani, Khayal, Vocal

Manjusha Kulkarni-Patil

Manjusha Kulkarni-Patil was born into the Maharashtra village of Sangli, famous for producing...

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Hindustani, Khayal, Vocal

Meeta Pandit

Meeta Pandit is a renowned khayal singer from the Gwalior gharana. Her grandfather Pandit Krishna...

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Hindustani, Khayal, Vocal

Nina Burmi

Nina Burmi sings in the Kirana gharana style, tackling khayal, thumri, bhajan, and other forms....

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Hindustani, Khayal, Vocal

Omkar Dadarkar

Omkar Dadarkar’s khayal style is receiving growing plaudits across the world. He first learned...

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Khayal, Vocal

Begum Parveen Sultana

Begum Parveen Sultana’s voice is renowned for its extraordinary range, clarity, and versatility....

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Hindustani, Vocal

Dr. Prabha Atre

Dr. Prabha Atre did not originally play to pursue a musical career. But aged eight, her mother...

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Hindustani, Khayal, Vocal

Pandits Rajan & Sajan Mishra

Pandit Rajan Mishra (1951-2021) & Pandit Sajan Mishra grew up in Varanasi, living, breathing,...

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Khayal, Vocal

Ramakant Gaikwad

Ramakant Gaikwad is a promising young khayal singer who fuses the Kirana and Patiala gharanas. He...

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Carnatic, Violin, Vocal

Ranjani-Gayatri

Ranjani and Gayatri are two sisters who sing and play Carnatic music on violin. They were born...

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Khayal, Vocal

Shashwati Mandal

Shashwati Mandal upholds the finest aspects of the Gwalior gharana, the oldest surviving style...

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Hindustani, Khayal, Vocal

Shubha Mudgal

Shubha Mudgal’s voice is at once primal and contemporary. Her markedly individual style of khayal...

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Khayal, Vocal

Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar

Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar has taken an extraordinarily deep approach to learning. His father was an...

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Hindustani, Vocal

Veena Sahasrabuddhe

Veena Sahasrabuddhe (1948-2016) was an esteemed Hindustani classical vocalist, hailing from...

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Khayal, Vocal

Pandit Venkatesh Kumar

Pandit Venkatesh Kumar sings a varied brand of khayal, incorporating influences from across...

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Khayal, Vocal

Dr. Vijay Rajput

Dr. Vijay Rajput is a khayal singer from Delhi. He trained under various maestros including the...

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Khayal, Vocal

Pandit Vinayak Torvi

Pandit Vinayak Torvi is a renowned khayal vocalist from Karnataka who blends the Kirana, Gwalior,...

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Hindustani, Vocal

Pandit Jayateerth Mevundi

Pandit Jayateerth Mevundi is one of the Kirana gharana’s leading vocalists. Born in Hubli, his...

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Dhrupad, Vocal

Pandit Nirmalya Dey

Pandit Nirmalya Dey is a master vocalist of the Dagarvani Dhrupad, known for patient, detailed...

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Dhrupad, Vocal

Pelva Naik

Pelva Naik is one of India’s finest young Dhrupad vocalists. She is also one of the few women who...

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Dhrupad, Vocal

Pandit Premkumar Mallick

Pandit Premkumar Mallick is a leading exponent of the Darbhanga Dhrupad court music tradition,...

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Dhrupad, Vocal

Pandit Uday Bhawalkar

Pandit Uday Bhawalkar is a leading Dhrupad singer. As a teenager he trained at the Dhrupad Kendra...

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Dhrupad, Vocal

Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar

Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar is a modern Dhrupad vocal master, blending patient phrases with fine...

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Carnatic Vocal, Vocal

TM Krishna

As a vocalist in the Karnatik tradition, T.M. Krishna’s musicality eludes standard analyses....

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Khayal, Vocal

Bhai Satninder Bodal

Bodal hails from a rich lineage of Sikh musicians known as Rababi’s. Blessed by the Sixth Guru of...

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Contemporary, Bass, Drums, Flute, Percussion, Vocal

Colectiva

Exploring the boundaries between Afro-Latin music and Jazz, COLECTIVA are a unique voice on the...

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Contemporary, Kathak, Drums, Guitar, Saxophone, Vocal

Culture Festival Residency Artists

Giuliano Modarelli guitar 

Originally from Italy, Modarelli is a London based guitarist,...

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Hindustani, Vocal

Qi-Rattan

The husband and wife duo Qi-Rattan, Jagdeep Kaur and Amritpal Singh, brings 15 years of...

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Contemporary, Vocal

Zeeshan Ali

Zeeshan Ali, an accomplished artist and musician hailing from Lahore, Pakistan, stands as a...

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Carnatic Vocal, Vocal

Abhishek Raghuram

Abhishek Raghuram’s command of South Indian classical singing is worthy of an artist far beyond...

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