WPandit Ajoy Chakrabarty is an Indian Hindustani classical vocalist, composer, lyricist and Gurudev. He is considered to be one of the proverbial figures of Indian classical music. He has also dominated for other major classical genres of India especially - Indore, Delhi, Jaipur, Gwalior, Agra, Kirana, Rampur and even Carnatic music in South India. He was given Padma Bhushan Award, the third highest civilian award in India in 2020.
WTarapada Chakraborty ; was an Indian classical vocalist. He was born in Kotalipara, Faridpur, Bengal Presidency to a Vaidik Brahman family. He is known for the khyal and thumri forms of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of Raagpradhans. He is the pioneer of the Kotali Gharana which is best known for its slow rendition of Aalaap while presenting a Raaga. He was the first Indian Classical artiste to have presented any Raaga in 48-beats Vilambit format, which is considered to be a difficult rendition in itself. He is the creator of Raaga Chhaya Hindol and Navamalaka.
WVishmadev Chattopadhyay (Bengali: ভীষ্মদেব চট্টোপাধ্যায় was an eminent vocal artist in Indian Classical Music, a revered Guru in the Delhi Gharana of the vocal classical genre, and a music director in Bengali Film Industry in its early era.
WBuddhadev Das Gupta was an Indian classical musician who played the sarod. He used to reside in Kolkata, India. He was one of the artists featured in Nimbus Records' The Raga Guide.
WGirija Devi was an Indian classical singer of the Seniya and Banaras gharanas. She performed classical and light classical music and helped elevate the profile of thumri. She died on 24 October 2017.
WAcharya Jnanendra Prasad Goswamy was an Indian vocalist from Bengal in the Hindustani classical tradition.
WAcharya Radhika Prasad Goswamy, known as Sangeet Nayak, was an Indian vocalist from Bengal in the Hindustani classical based in the tradition of Bishnupur Garana.
WRajib Karmakar is a Los Angeles-based Sitar player, recording artist, composer and educator of Indian classical music and World music originally from Bengal, India. He is a solo artist and also currently a member of the musical projects HUM Ensemble and Wahh World Fusion is additionally a frequent collaborator with the international bands Fuzorhythm (India), Loop Science (Germany) and Nada Naissance (France). He has performed in the countries of India, the United States, Canada, France, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, and others.
WAashish Khan Debsharma is an Indian classical musician, a player of the sarod. He was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2006 in the 'Best World Music' category for his album "Golden Strings of the Sarode". He is also a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. Besides being a performer, composer, and conductor, he is also an adjunct professor of Indian classical music at the California Institute of the Arts, and the University of California at Santa Cruz, in the United States.
WUstad Rashid Khan is an Indian classical musician in the Hindustani music tradition. He belongs to the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana, and is the great-grandson of gharana founder Inayat Hussain Khan. He is married to Soma Khan.
WAcharya Chinmoy Lahiri was an Indian vocalist from Bengal in the Hindustani classical tradition. He is known for the Khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of Dhrupad, Thumri and Tappa, along with Bengali Raga-pradhan songs.
WRadhika Mohan Maitra (1917–1981) was an Indian sarod player and the guru of Narendra Nath Dhar, Kalyan Mukherjea, Buddhadev Das Gupta, Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, Abanindra Maitra, Samarendra Nath Sikdar, Michael Robbins, and many other outstanding musicians of this generation. Maitra was considered an influential figure in 20th century sarod playing and received the title Sangeetacharya. He was among those awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1971.
WPandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar is an Indian sarod player and pupil of Bahadur Khan. Majumdar is one of the most popular and celebrated modern sarod players.
WPandit Falguni Mitra is a reputed and erudite Hindustani classical vocalist who is known as a Dhrupad exponent of India. Pandit Mitra belongs to the Bettiah gharana.
WPandit Manilal Nag is an Indian classical sitar player and an exponent of the Bishnupur gharana of Bengal. He was given the Padma Shri Award, the fourth highest civilian award in India in 2020.
WAtul Prasad Sen Bengali: অতুল প্রসাদ সেন was a Bengali composer, lyricist and singer, and also a lawyer, philanthropist, social worker, educationist and littérateur.
WRavi Shankar, whose name is often preceded by the title Pandit (Master), was an Indian sitar virtuoso and a composer. He was the best-known proponent of the sitar in the second half of the 20th century and influenced many other musicians throughout the world. Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999.