Famous musicians in India

India has produced many gems in the field of music who have played various instruments and enlightened the world. Let us know about some of the musicians who are legendary and the world knows about them.

India, a land of musicians

There are many famous musicians in India who have played various instruments and have enlightened the world. In India musicians play various instruments such as Sitar, flute, tabla, harmonium which melodious sound in the environment. India has always gathered popularity in the world by portraying the culture and artistic talent of Indians.

Famous musicians of India

There are many musicians in India who are known to Indians and the world since the independence period.

Pandit Ravi Shankar

Pandit Ravi Shankar is known as the Maestro of Sitar throughout the world. He has highlighted his talent by his melodious radiance of his Sitar to the world and also enriching the culture the wise-old culture of India. He was born in an orthodox family of the Brahmins in 1920 in Varanasi. He entered into the career of music in 1939 performing many shows and ended in training in 1944 and became an established Sitar maestro. He contributed his talent to All India Radio from 1949 to 1956. He has won many awards and titles of recognition such as Padma Vibhushan, Magsasay, Grammy's and Crystal Award from Devos. He has always been performing for large audience and on a larger platform such as the rock festival in 1960's and 1970's. He is indeed a legendry figure in the field of music.

M.S. Subhalakshmi

She is also known as a legendry figure in the field of Carnatic music. She sings devotional songs and Bhajans and was known as the Nightingale of India. She was born in Madurai which is known as the temple city. She is so popular that she won the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna for her utmost valuable contribution in music. Besides, she is the first woman in India to receive the Ramon Magsasey Award. She started learning Carnatic music since her childhood days and later started learning Hindustani music also. She performed her first show in her Music Madras Academy in 1929 when she was 13 years old.

Pandit Jasraj

He is one of the renowned violinist in the field of classical music. He was born in Haryana in an orthodox Brahmin family in 1930. He also performed tabla up to the age of 14. He has also learnt Haveli Sangeet under the training of Baba Goswami Maharaj. He has won various titles of recognition such as Padma Vibhushan, Sangeet Kala Ratna, Lata Mangeshkar Award, He has also contributed his vocal to various films such as Ladki Sahyadri Ki which was released in 1966, 1920 and Birbal my mother in 1973. He made a most worthy contribution in the field of music by introducing Jugalbandhi.

Ustad Ali Akbar Khan

Ustad Ali Khan is a popular artist who has played sarod since many years. He has performed his several concerts in India and abroad. He died at the age of 87 and was a well-known player of sarod which is 25-stringed. He has established several music schools in India. He was born in 1922 in a village of Shivpur which is a part of Bangladesh now. He also wrote compositions such as Gouri Mala in 1935. He received National Heritage Fellowship Award in 1997.


Author: K Mohan07 Feb 2015 Member Level: Platinum   Points : 2

While I appreciate the author for raising this article and honoring some of the best musicians of this great country, how come the contributions of some of the legends in Film Industries can be forgotten. For example Ilayaraaja , the famous music composer of South Indian cinema has created a fusion music along with Western composers and even created a record in foreign countries. Likewise the present era craze A R Rehman has scored many good music for some International films and events and he was duly recognized for that. So music has been the back bone of this country which brought laurel and fame for both the composer and the country.

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