Bibliothèque nationale du Québec

Creator: Kabir Cultural Centre

Poster advertising a performance of Flights of Melody at the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Quebec. Features vocals by Ulhas Kashalkar, Suresh Talwaklar on the tabla, and Sudhir Nayak on the harmonium. Ulhas Kashaklar is a Hindustani classical vocalist. He was born on January 14 1955 in the city of Nagpur in Maharashtra, India. He is a gold medalist from Nagpur University and has studied under Rajabhau Kogje and Prabhakar Rao Khardenavis​. He has been a Guru at both Bengal Parampara Sangeetlay and MIT Gurukul. Suresh Talkwalkar is a tabla player. He was born in 1948 in the city of Mumbai in Maharashtra, India. He initially learned tabla from his father Dattatrey Talwalkar before training under tabla players Pandharinath Nageshkar, Vinayakrao Ghangrekar and Ramdutt Patil. He also studied the rhythm theory of Carnatic music and Hindustani classical singing. In 2001, the title of TaalYogi was conferred upon him by Bharathi Tirtha. Sudhir Nayak is a reed organist. He was born on May 15 1972 in the city of Mumbai in Maharashtra, India. He is a disciple of Pandit Tulsidas Borkar and Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki.

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 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.