What category of music instrument is Vidushi Shashikala Dani the only All India Radio an exponent of?
e08d5c36eaf81cf89c2b91563cb3594d
Shashikala Dani Vidushi Shashikala Dani (Kannada: ಶಶಿಕಲಾ ದಾನಿ, ""  |Hindi: शशिकला दानी, "Shashikalā Dāni"  ) is an Indian Hindustani Classical Multi-Instrumentalist. She is one of the few artists and presently the only All India Radio graded female exponent of a unique Indian instrument, Jaltarang (Kannada: ಜಲ ತರಂಗ, ""  |Hindi: जल तरंग, ""  ).
8b42a3bcdc3984060553ee50a780660c
Jal tarang The jal tarang (Hindi: जल तरंग, Urdu: ‎ , ] ), Tamil: ஜலதரங்கம் , jaltarang, jal-tarang, jal-yantra, jalatarangam or jalatharangam is an Indian melodic percussion instrument. It consists of a set of ceramic or metal bowls tuned with water. The bowls are played by striking the edge with beaters, one in each hand.
9445a2ab22fee1190f0b8eae10545707
Jhankaradhvani Jhankaradhvani or Jhankaradhwani (pronounced jhankāradhvani) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 19th "Melakarta" rāgam in the 72 "melakarta" rāgam system of Carnatic music.
b7fb34d1a3d3ef15519335406ee836a5
Mararanjani Mararanjani (pronounced māraranjani) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 25th "Melakarta" rāgam in the 72 "melakarta" rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Sharāvati in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.
c88741da49c26cea5eefbd79858923c6
Shripad Hegde Pandit Shripad Hegde (Kannada: ಶ್ರೀಪಾದ ಹೆಗಡೆ ) is a Hindustani classical vocalist (born on 1 January 1957) who hails from Kampli of Uttara Kannada District, is on the staff of All India Radio, Dharwad since 1987.
5818d6311542faa5c2e894c2add1be2a
Moinuddin Khan Moinuddin Khan is a veteran Indian classical instrumentalist and vocalist, who plays sarangi. Based in Jaipur, he belongs to the "Jaipur gharana" of Hindustani classical music. Renowned for dignified method of presenting ASTHAI-ALAAP-ANTRA in Vilambit and DRUT with LAYAKARI has an extereme control over TAN - GAMAKplaying.
a05e692a8a64430389026c6600fdd789
Rasoolan Bai Rasoolan Bai (1902 – 15 December 1974) was a leading Indian Hindustani classical music vocal musician. Belonging to the Benaras gharana, she specialized in the romantic Purab Ang of the Thumri musical genre and tappa.
0ca9e1e7cb1d9d6a12f6d4127b6ea3b7
Geetha Rajashekar Geetha Rajashekar - is a prominent Carnatic singer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu India. She is an All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan artiste. She is on the panel of artistes selected by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), New Delhi.
3e14de3a93a1c3401c480f0bfe44dca7
Dharmavati Dharmavati is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 59th "Melakarta" rāgam in the 72 "melakarta" rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Dhaamavati in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music. "Madhuvanti" is the nearest Hindustani music scale to "Dharmavati".
9443019eab76ff1e852a1c90924b6b61
Taan (music) Taan (Hindi: तान ) (Urdu: ‎ ) is a virtuoso technique used in the vocal performance of a raga in Hindustani classical music. It involves the singing of very rapid melodic passages using vowels, often the long "a" as in the word "far", and it targets at improvising and to expand weaving together the notes in a fast tempo. It is similar to the technique "ahaat", used in Arabic music.
4cebcbdddc63b305af70977e8b8ce979
Sunil Ganguly Sunil Ganguly (Bengali: সুনীল গাঙ্গুলি ; 1 January 1938 – 12 June 1999) was an Indian instrumentalist from the city of Kolkata (Calcutta) who played the Hawaiian electric guitar. He produced many 78 RPM, SP, EP, Super-7, LP discs, audio cassettes and CDs from HMV, Concord Records and Sagarika including classical-based songs like "Yaad piya ki aaye". He made records of Indian Hindi film songs, classical based songs, and Bengali songs, and popularised the Hawaiian guitar in India, with his unique style and his accurate renditions enabled by his background in classical music. His renditions often had subtle twists and turns that made it even more melodious than the original song. At his peak, there used to be two LPs released during the Pujas every year by HMV, one containing songs by Lata Mangeshkar, and the other having instrumentals by Sunil Ganguly. The film hits he recorded were instant hits with the youth. Sunil Ganguly did many public performances all over India, including Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Lucknow, Patna, Guwahati etc, including programs in classical music. He did one-man whole night shows in Mumbai, played in reputed College fests like the IITs, RECs. Some of the best musicians of the era, like Sri Y S Mulki, Sri Dilip Roy, Sri Samir Khasnabis, Sri Swapan Sen, Sri Manohari Singh accompanied him on his recordings and performances. He was a regular performer at Doordarshan programs (TV) in Kolkata and Mumbai, AIR (All India Radio), Radio Ceylon (Sri Lanka). His radio programs (like Saaz aur Awaz on Radio Ceylon) were popular and were listened to by many all over India, and this program continues to this date. He inspired an entire young generation to play Indian music on the Hawaiian guitar. He had many number of successful students, who are continuing his style of playing songs and in turn are coaching students in India and abroad.
21866a61c9a572d06e563cc860ef553a
T. N. Seshagopalan Madurai Thirumalai Nambi Seshagopalan (born, September 5, 1948) is a noted Carnatic singer, musician and composer. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 2006. As well as being a master of the veena and harmonium, he is an exponent of harikatha.
a0375d9c7a443d513aff06db9efad1cc
E. Gayathri Echampati Gayathri (née Gayathri Vasantha Shoba), popularly known as "Veena Gayathri"(born November 9, 1959) is a veena exponent of the traditional Carnatic music. She was appointed by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J.Jayalalithaa, as the first Vice Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Music and Fine Arts University in November, 2013.
c20513505e0d6526590d55fafc8dedac
Gamanashrama Gamanashrama (pronounced gamanāshrama) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 53rd "Melakarta" rāgam in the 72 "melakarta" rāgam system of Carnatic music. This is the Carnatic equivalent of Marva in Hindustani Classical Music.
028980aac016ccb5719ab8cb687fa28d
A. K. C. Natarajan A. K. C. Natarajan (born 30 March 1931) is a carnatic music clarinet player. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 2008. He received a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1994. He was bestowed with the title "Nadha Dweepa Kalanidhi" by Nadhadweepam Trust, Tiruchirappalli. He learnt vocal music from Alathur Venkatesa Iyer and his nagaswaram teacher was Iluppur Natesa Pillai, brother of the thavil maestro Iluppur Panchami.
9b912c4aeb96acea74dfd7408c88343f
Hamsadhvani Hamsadhvani (meaning Sound of Swans) also spelled as "Hansadhwani", is a rāga in Carnatic music (musical scale of Carnatic tradition of Indian classical music). It is an "audava" rāgam (or "owdava" rāga, meaning pentatonic scale). It is a "janya" rāga of the Melakartha raga, Dheerasankarabharanam (29th) but according to Hamsadhvani's prayoga or the way it is sung it is said to be the janya of Kalyani (65th)
51dccab773d8b25807387b6af5cf7f75
Rudra veena (disambiguation) Rudra veena is a large plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music.
b9ad5d42547bd90b2168416db60da7af
Onavillu An onavillu is a simple, short, bow-shaped musical instrument. Its name may come from "Onam", a festival in Kerala where the instrument is used in dances, and "villu", which means 'bow' in Malayalam (and several other South Indian languages). Although still regularly used in rural art forms, use of the onavillu is on the decline.
4a8b9785ce4c7a370d2a22de43e85e2e
Chitti Babu (musician) Chitti Babu (October 13, 1936 – February 9, 1996) was a renowned classical musician from India, and arguably one of the greatest Veena artistes, in the Carnatic Music genre of South India, who became a legend in his own lifetime. His name was synonymous with the musical instrument Veena, and he was and still is known in the Carnatic Music world, simply as Veena Chitti Babu.
c3d364145ace87acb5cc75413098d318
Ranjan veena Ranjan Veena is a plucked string musical instrument invented and patented by Pandit Niranjan Haldar, a retired senior Grade-A artist from All India Radio (Indore, India).
e8b903fa79c1680a8773405d5a5ffed2
Saisharan P. Sai Sharan (also known as Saisharan or Saicharan) is a Carnatic musician and Indian playback singer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He rose to prominence after winning the third season of the "Airtel Super Singer".
8e46a019d95e3454e673b45af9a130d7
Rasika A rasika is a term for an aesthete of Hindustani classical music. The term is derived from Sanskrit meaning full of Passion, elegant; with discrimination. Connoisseur - An expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts.