Hindustani music

Creator: Kabir Cultural Centre

Poster advertising a performance of Illuminations at Grande Bibliotheque, Montreal, Canada. Features Kartik Seshadri on the sitar and Arup Chattopahdyay on the tabla. Kartik Seshadri is sitar player, composer and teacher of Indian classical music. He was born in 1957 in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. He is a disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar and the director of the Indian Classical Music Ensemble at the University of California, San Diego. Arup Chattophadyay is a tabla player. He was born on October 11, 1961 in the city of Chandannagar in West Bengal, India. He is the son of the tabla player Pankaj Chattopadhyay and a disciple of Pandit Sankar Ghosh of the Farukkhabad gharana (school).

Creator: Kabir Cultural Centre

Poster advertising a performance of Banaras Bliss at the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Quebec. Features vocals by Rajan Misra and Sajan Misra, Vineet Vyas on the tabla, and Raya Bidaye on the harmonium. The brothers Rajan and Sajan Mishra were a famous duo of singers who performed in the Khyal style of Hindustani classical music. They were part of the Banaras Gharana's (school's) 300-year lineage of khyal vocalists. On April 15, 2021, Rajan Mishra died of a heart attack brought on by complications from COVID-19. Vineet Vyas is a tabla player. He was born in Nova Scotia, Canada and was introduced to Hindustani classical music at the age of 5. He is the grandson of the classical vocalist Pandit Brahmanand Vyas and the disciple of tabla maestro Pandit Kishan Maharaj. He holds an MFA in World Percussion from the California Institute of the Arts. Raya Bidaye is a reed organist.

Creator: Kabir Cultural Centre

Poster advertising an evening of Serene Classical and Scintillating Folk Music at the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Quebec. Features Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan on the sitar and Hindol Majumdar and Mayookh Bhaumik on the tabla. Shujaat Husain Khan is a sitar player from India. He is the son of the sitar maestro Vilayat Khan and a student of the Imdad Khan gharana (school) of sitar playing. Hindol Majumdar is a tabla player. He began learning tabla at the age of 5 and had his first performance at the age of 10. He has since collaborated with world music percussionists like Doyra player Abbos Kosimov, four time Grammy award winner Glenn Velez, and world renowned Mridangam exponent Legendary Trichy Sankaran. He also founded the Hindole Majumdar School of Music and Dance in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in USA where he teaches Tabla and Indian Rhythm. Mayookh Bhaumik is tabla player and electronic sound artist. He was born in New York, United States and currently lives in the city of Kolkata in West Bengal, India. He has studied under Ustad Zakir Hussain and Ustad Sabir Khan.

Creator: Kabir Cultural Centre

Poster advertising a performance of Inspiration at Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Quebec. Features Brij Narayan on the sarod and the Surbahar and Abhijit Banerjee on the tabla. Brij Narayan is an Indian classical musician who plays the sarod. He was born on April 25, 1952. He has been active since 1967. He is the son of Sarangi artist Pandit Ram Narayan and disciple of the sarod maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Abhijit Banerjee is a tabla player from India. He was introduced to the tabla at the age of 4. He has accompanied top-ranking luminaries of Indian classical music and was a disciple of the late Jnan Prakash Ghosh. He also founded and established the Dhwani Academy of Percussion.

Creator: Kabir Cultural Centre

Poster advertising a performance of The Magic of Twilight at Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Quebec. Features Irshad Khan on the sitar and the Surbahar, Subhajyoti Guha on the tabla and Geeta Thakur on the tanpura. Irshad Khan is a sitar and surbahar player and vocalist based in Mississauga, Ontario. Considered a child prodigy, Khan has been performing publicly since the age of 7. He is also the founder/president of the Universal Academy for Musicians. In addition to actively performing, he also conducts workshops, lectures and master classes in various educational institutions. Subhajyoti Guha is a tabla player from Kolkata, India. He was introduced to the tabla at the age of 5 and is a disciple of the acclaimed tabla maestro and trainer Pandit Sankha Chatterjee. He has been performing since 1992 and has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including the President's Award from All India Radio. Geeta Thakur is a tanpura player.

Creator: Kabir Cultural Centre

Poster advertising a performance of Soirée de sérénité at Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Quebec. Features vocals by Rajendra Kandalgaonkar, Subir Dev on the tabla, and Rajiv Ulhas Tambe on the harmonium. Rajendra Kandalgaonkar is an Indian classical vocalist. Beginning at the age of 7, he was trained for 18 years by Pandit Vishnu A Ghag, and later became a disciple of Bharatratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi of the Kirana Gharana. He is also the principal of the Sawai Gandharva Sangeet Mahavidyalaya in Pune, India. Subir Dev is a tabla player and member of Duniya Project. He was born in Bangladesh and later moved to Montreal, Canada. He studied North Indian classical music under Dr. Narendra Verma and now provides instrumental accompaniment to many artists from India. Rajiv Ulhas Tambe is a reed organist who accompanies senior classical vocalists. He also runs a music academy in the neighbourhood of Chinchwad in Pune, India where he teaches harmonium, tabla and classical vocals.

Creator: Bodalia, Chandra

Photograph of a musical performance featuring Rattan Mohan Sharma as the vocalist and Hemant Ekbote on tabla (hand drums) at an event organized by the Pandit Jasraj School of Music Foundation in Vancouver, British Columbia, on November 19, 2000.

Rattan Mohan Sharma is an Indian classical vocalist known for his contributions to spiritual and devotional music, with over 300 albums to his credit. In addition to his recordings, he has performed in over 5,000 concerts globally, including at temples, colleges, and prestigious music festivals. Beyond performance, Sharma is involved in music education. He is the founder of the Pandit Jasraj School of Music Foundation in Mumbai and serves as a faculty member at the Pandit Jasraj School of Music Foundation in Tampa, Florida, USA.

Hemant Ekbote is a professional tabla artist and educator. He is a visiting faculty member at San Diego State University and the founder of The Divine School of Music, where he teaches tabla to students from both Indian and American backgrounds. Hemant has performed on All India Radio (AIR) and his work includes collaborations on various music albums.

The Pandit Jasraj School of Music Foundation was incorporated in 1994 as a Society in the Province of British Columbia, dedicated to promoting vocal music in the Mewati Gharana within the Lower Mainland of Vancouver. Their Mission is to promote classical Indian music through instruction and performance.

Creator: Bodalia, Chandra

Photograph of a musical performance featuring Rattan Mohan Sharma as the vocalist and Hemant Ekbote on tabla (hand drums) at an event organized by the Pandit Jasraj School of Music Foundation in Vancouver, British Columbia, on November 19, 2000.

Rattan Mohan Sharma is an Indian classical vocalist known for his contributions to spiritual and devotional music, with over 300 albums to his credit. In addition to his recordings, he has performed in over 5,000 concerts globally, including at temples, colleges, and prestigious music festivals. Beyond performance, Sharma is involved in music education. He is the founder of the Pandit Jasraj School of Music Foundation in Mumbai and serves as a faculty member at the Pandit Jasraj School of Music Foundation in Tampa, Florida, USA.

Hemant Ekbote is a professional tabla artist and educator. He is a visiting faculty member at San Diego State University and the founder of The Divine School of Music, where he teaches tabla to students from both Indian and American backgrounds. Hemant has performed on All India Radio (AIR) and his work includes collaborations on various music albums.

The Pandit Jasraj School of Music Foundation was incorporated in 1994 as a Society in the Province of British Columbia, dedicated to promoting vocal music in the Mewati Gharana within the Lower Mainland of Vancouver. Their Mission is to promote classical Indian music through instruction and performance.

Creator: Bodalia, Chandra

Photograph of a group of unidentified individuals, part of the audience, at a musical performance event organized by the Pandit Jasraj School of Music Foundation in Vancouver, British Columbia, on November 19, 2000.

The Pandit Jasraj School of Music Foundation was incorporated in 1994 as a Society in the Province of British Columbia, dedicated to promoting vocal music in the Mewati Gharana within the Lower Mainland of Vancouver. Their Mission is to promote classical Indian music through instruction and performance.

Creator: Bodalia, Chandra

Photograph of a group of unidentified individuals, part of the audience, at a musical performance event organized by the Pandit Jasraj School of Music Foundation in Vancouver, British Columbia, on November 19, 2000.

The Pandit Jasraj School of Music Foundation was incorporated in 1994 as a Society in the Province of British Columbia, dedicated to promoting vocal music in the Mewati Gharana within the Lower Mainland of Vancouver. Their Mission is to promote classical Indian music through instruction and performance.