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Pandit Shivkumar Sharma was an Indian classical musician and santoor player who is credited with adapting the santoor for Indian classical music.

Born: January 13, 1938 in Jammu

Died: May 10, 2022, Mumbai, India

The Indian Santoor is a trapezoid-shaped hammered dulcimer and is a variation of the Iranian Santur. Generally made of walnut and has 25 bridges with each bridge have 4 strings for a total of 100 strings. Another name for this is Shararantri vina (100-stringed vina)

Amrutha Venkatesh, a leading vocalist and veena player, started training with M. T. Selvanarayan at the age of four. She has also studied with Charumathi Ramachandran. Suma Sudhindra and Prince Rama Varma.

Vocalist, veena player, teacher and composer Thanjavur V. Sankara Iyer was probably one of the few musicians who remained a link between glorious years of Carnatic music, which flourished on the banks of the Cauvery and subsequent generations of talent. He had a childlike enthusiasm when it came to teaching music and used to sing endlessly. A bachelor, he lived with his nephew R. Chandrasekaran in Tirunelveli for 15 years after suffering a stroke.

Roopa Panesar remains firmly within the Hindustani classical idiom, but brings a distinctive style to sitar performance. Born in Leicester, she is considered one of the finest sitar players to emerge on the Indian classical music scene from the UK.

Pandit M. Venkatesh Kumar (born July 1, 1953) is an Indian Hindustani vocalist. He is best known for his rendition of devotional songs composed by Swami Haridas.

"Bombay" Jayashri Ramnath is an Indian Carnatic vocalist, singer and musician. She has sung in multiple languages including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi movies. Born into a family of musicians, Jayashri represents the fourth generation of music practitioners in her family.

The Indian Nightingale of Indian Classical Music.