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Baha'ud'din Mohiuddin Dagar (born 1970) is the rudra veena player and son of famous north Indian musician Zia Mohiuddin Dagar.

Aruna Sairam was born in Mumbai on 30 October 1952. She received initial vocal training from her mother Rajalakshmi Sethuraman, who was a student of the Alathur Brothers and Thanjavoor Sankara Iyer. Later, T. Brinda trained her in the style of Veena Dhanammal.

M.S. Gopalakrishnan, a.k.a. MSG, (10 June 1931 – 3 January 2013) was a Carnatic violinist.

"“bhavanuta nA hridayamuna” was composed by Thyagaraja in raga Mohanam.

Born in Ichalkaranji in Maharashtra, Shivanand Patil sings in Marathi and in Kannada. He got most of his training in the Gwalior/Agra gharana, with many teachers including Gangubai Hangal, Jitendra Abhisheki, and Yashwant Deo. He is also an Economics graduate with a post-graduate degree in Arts in Hindi Literature.

U. Srinivas (28 February 1969 - 19 September 2014) was a child prodigy. He was the first musician to use the electric mandolin in Carnatic music. He modified the electric western instrument, using five single strings instead of the traditional four doubled strings to suit the Carnatic pitch, raga system, and especially "gamakas", or nuanced oscillations. He developing a phenomenal style of playing entirely his own, and astonishingly, on an instrument that had never been played in the rigorous and difficult Carnatic style before.

“uyyAla-lUgavayya” is in Raga Neelambari.

Ram Narayan was born in Mewar, near Udaipur on 25 December 1927. The sarangi had been limited to being an accompanying instrument for vocalists, but Narayan showed his own talent and came to the foreground. Singers complained that he was too assertive. He popularized the bowed instrument sarangi as a solo concert instrument in Hindustani classical music, beginning his solo career in 1956.

S. Sowmya (born 16 April 1969) is a Carnatic music singer. She learnt music initially from her father Dr. Srinivasan, and later from Dr. S. Ramanathan and T. Muktha.

"Enakkum Unakkum" is in Raga Chenchuruti.

Maharajapuram Santhanam (20 May 1928 - 24 June 1992) was a disciple of Melattur Sama Dikshitar.

This features the traditional Carnatic ensemble along with an orchestra, conducted by M.S. Viswanathan.

Mitali Banerjee Bhawmik was born in Nagaon, Assam. She lives and teaches here in New Jersey.

Kadri Gopalnath (6 December 1949 – 11 October 2019) was an Indian alto saxophonist and one of the pioneers of Carnatic music for that instrument. He acquired a taste for music from his father Taniyappa, a nadaswaram player.

Ranendranath Majumdar was born 28 July 1965, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. "Ronu" Majumdar's father played flute as a hobby, and had learnt from Pannalal Ghosh. After receiving initial instruction from his father, Ronu Majumdar learnt from Vijay Raghav Rao.

Raga Charukeshi is originally of Carnatic origin, and the rhythm accompaniment is on mridangam by Shridhar Partha Swarthy.