Ideas Without Boundaries.
Conversations with Indian classical musicians, vocalists, playback and Bollywood artists.
The sensitive fingers caress the silver strings; a shower of magical notes intoxicates the enraptured audience; music comes alive when strummed by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan. Amjad Ali Khan’s great grandfather Ghulam Bandagi Khan Bangash, a soldier of fortune, came from Afghanistan with the instrument Read More …
The voice soars to unbelievable octaves, and its versatility and diversity, power and range has catapulted Sonu Nigam to the top spot among formidable talents of the Indian music scene. And just when you stop dropping your jaw at that he floors you with his Read More …
Material success and fame are very temporary things. His father, Manas Mukherjee, was a well respected music composer who gave music for stellar movies like Shayad and Albert Pinto ko gussa kyon aata hai, but struggled in Bombay till his untimely death. For son Shantanu, Read More …
The word ’improvisation’ to me means to never stop. As he enters the stage, the atmosphere is electrified. The roar of the crowd and an endless standing ovation seems to move him as he clasps his hands together in acknowledgment at a recent sold out Read More …
Not only is he one of those rare artists trained both in Hindustani and Carnatic classical music, he is multilingual and sings in different languages and genres with equal facility. Be it light classical, pop, heavy classical, ghazals or English numbers, be it fusion music Read More …
She is a beautiful image of her father and the more one gets to know the multi talented 24 year old daughter of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, the more one is struck by her forthrightness and her strength of character. There is indeed a lot Read More …
“Kaun Kehta Hai Mohabbat ki zuban hoti hai / Yeh haqeeqat to nigahon se bayan hoti hai.” (- Who is it who can say that love can be conveyed through words / Its truth is mirrored in the eyes”). Jagjit Singh sang this very popular Read More …
“There is no greatness without pain.” He was a child prodigy who gave his first professional performance at the age of eight, and today Ustad Shahid Parvez is considered one of the greatest sitar players in the world after Pandit Ravi Shankar, and yet in Read More …
He comes from a lineage traced to Mia Tansen and is the younger brother of sitar legend Ustad Vilayat Khan. He has mastery in the sitar, surbahar, tabla and vocal music and yet at 68, the youthful Imrat Khan Sahib says he continues to practice Read More …
He is over 70 and yet his voice soars to heights vocalists half his age struggle to attain. He has been honored with the Padma Vibhushan, the title of Sangeet Martand, and innumerable other accolades, yet Pundit Jasraj takes it all in his stride. In Read More …
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