PANDIT BHIMSEN JOSHI wasborn into of Ron which was then
in Gadag District innorthern Karnataka stateof India . His
father, Gururaj Joshi,was a school teacher.Bhimsen was the eldest
in a family of 16 siblings. Some of the siblings still live in
theirancestral home in Gadag. Bhimsen lost his mother when he was
young, and his step motherthen raised him. His parents lived
initially with his grandfather as tenants ofa Kulkarni household,
but then moved to Gadag District.As a child, Pandit Bhimsen
Joshi'scraving for music was evident to his family as he managed to
lay his hands on a ' tanpura 'used by his 'Kirtankar' grandfather,
which had been kept away from his gaze at home.Music had such a
magnetic pull over him that a 'bhajan singing' procession or just
'azaan'from a nearby mosque was said to draw him out of house.
Born: March 9, 1951Achievement: Considered as the chief
architect of the contemporary world musicmovement; youngest
percussionist to ever be awarded the title of Padma Shri .Zakir
Hussain is a classical tabla virtuoso and the most famous tabla
player in India today. Hiscontribution in the field of percussion
and in the music world at large is highlyappreciated. Ustad Zakir
Hussain was born on March 9, 1951. His father Ustad Allarakhawas
himself an established tabla player. Zakir Hussain did his
schooling from St. Michael'sHigh School in Mahim and completed his
graduation from St Xaviers, Mumbai. ZakirHussain was a child
prodigy and started touring by the age of twelve. He came to
theUnited States in 1970 and started his international career.
Zakir Hussain is widelyconsidered as the chief architect of the
contemporary world music movement. He foundedmuch historic
collaboration. These include: Shakti, which he founded with John
McLaughlinand L. Shankar, the Diga Rhythm Band, Making Music,
Planet Drum with Mickey Hart, andrecordings and performances with a
number of artists such as George Harrison, JoeHenderson, Van
Morrison, Jack Bruce, Tito Puente, Pharoah Sanders, Billy Cobham,
theHong Kong Symphony and the New Orleans Symphony.
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Born: 1945Achievement: Noted sarod player; Recipient of
Padmashree and Padma Bhushan.Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is a noted sarod
player and one of the foremost classical musicians.Ustad Amjad Ali
Khan was born at Gwalior Madhya Pradesh in 1945. He belongs to
theillustrious Bangash lineage rooted in the Senia Bangash School
of music and is the sixthgeneration sarod player in his family.
Amjad Ali Khan learnt Sarod under his father HaafizAli Khan's
tutelage, who was a musician to the royal family of Gwalior.Amjad
Ali Khan gave his first solo recital at the age of 12 in 1958. He
has developed aunique style of playing the sarod. The key
innovations in his style are compositions basedon vocal music, the
technical ability to play highly complex phrases (ekhara taans) on
thesarod spanning three octaves and the emphasis on simple and
elegant compositions. Ustad
Amjad Ali Khan has simplified the instrument by removing some
strings (his sarod has onlytwo jod and chikari strings and 11 tarab
stings) and has also removed the resonant gourd(tumba) which is in
use by other sarod schools.In 1977, Amjad Ali Khan founded the
Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan Memorial Society whichorganises concerts and
bestows an annual Hafiz Ali Khan award on outstanding
classicalmusicians in India and aboard.
