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VOL. 14 No. 4
Music Maestros BAUL BALLADS

Parvati Baul is a prominent Baul singer
In the Modern Period, India has given birth to many noted musicians from West Bengal. She mostly sings with
who not only made us mesmerised with their unmatched contribution the Ektara and Duggi.
to music but also displayed their genius on a global scale. Jyoti Yadav, VIII, Little Ones Public
t. Chowdiah Ravi Shankar School, New Delhi

T ir umakudalu Pandit ravi Shankar
Chowdiah was a amjad ali khan
Carnatic violinist. He was an exponent of
Sitar. He popularised
designed the seven- ustad amjad
stringed violin and the Hindustani classical music in the ali Khan is an
west. He had collaborated with the
founded the Ayyanar Indian classical
College of Music in Mysore. English band Beatles. sarod player. He
radhika r., VII b, National Hill View Public Bhimsen Joshi is also known as
‘sarod samrat’.
School, bangalore
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was a famous Fazeel Ashraf, V D, Scholars Home Sr. Sec. School,
Bade ghulam ali khan Hindustani vocalist. Dehra Dun; Priyansha, VI D, D.A.V. Sen. Sr. Sec.
He popularised the Public School, Naraingarh, Ambala; Nishtha
ustad Bade ghulam Khayal form. He bansal, X H, D.A.V. Public School, Sector-14,
ali Khan is known trained under Pandit Faridabad
as the Tansen of Sawai Gandharva. zakir Hussain
the 20 th century.
He was trained by girija devi Zakir Hussain is a
his uncle when girija devi is a famous tabla maestro and the
he was seven. He improvised the Thumri singer. She youngest percussionist
musical instrument Kanun into the belongs to Senia and to have been awarded
swaramandal. Benaras Gharana. She the Padma Bhushan
and Padma Shree.
m.S.Subbulakshmi popularised the Thumri. Today she
is known as the ‘Queen of Thumri’ or rohit Kumar, VIII, little Ones
Public School, New Delhi
First musician ever to ‘Thumri Samraggi’.
be awarded the Bharat Akshat Yadav, VIII D, Suditi Global Academy, Uppalapu Srinivas
Ratna. Her first public etawah
performance was at Shiv kumar Sharma uppalapu Srinivas is a famous
the age of eleven, with mandolin player. He
Chowidah playing the violin. A great Pandit Shiv Kumar learnt to play the
Sharma is a santoor
classical vocalist labelled her the player from Jammu and instrument on his
ultimate eighth swara - above the Kashmir. At the age of own. He was the first
seven basic swaras of music. musician to play the
five, he was trained in vocals and
Himanshi dhiman, IX B, d.a.V. Sen. Sr. Public tabla. electric mandolin in Carnatic
School, Naraingarh, ambala Priyansha, VI D, D.A.V. Sen. Sr. Sec. Public School, music.
Naraingarh, Ambala Shivani J., VIII b, bharatiya Vidya
Bismillah khan bhavan’s Atmakuri rama rao School,
ustad Bismillah Hariprasad Chaurasiya Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad
Khan was a famous An Indian classical flutist of Proud of my
shehnai player. He was utter brilliance, Chaurasiya
awarded the Bharat is also a Padmashree music tradition,
Ratna in 2001. After his death, his and Padma Vibhushan Maestros
shehnai was buried along with him. recipient. He did not come from a contribution!
Palak, IX e, bhavan’s Sl Public School, Amritsar; family of musicians and had to pave
Vitthal S. Gajjal, IX, basava, K.l.e.english Medium
School, Solapur; Zaid Shamri, VII A, Sunway Sr. his own path.
Sec. School, rampur Amina Navas, VII e, K.T.C.T.e.M.H.S.S, Kaduvayil,
Trivandrum

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