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Akashvani - voice from the sky

Flute: N. Ramani

Mridangam:Vellore Ramabhadran

Violin: Kandadevi Alagiriswami

Dr. Natesan Ramani (15 October 1934 – 9 October 2015), commonly known as N. Ramani or N. Flute Ramani, was an Indian Carnatic flautist. Ramani was born into a family of flautists. Ramani first learnt music from his grandfather, Sri Aazhiyur Narayanaswami Iyer. He later became a disciple of his maternal uncle and eminent flautist, T. R. Mahalingam.

Mitali Banerjee Bhawmik was born in Nagaon, Assam. She was introduced to Hindustani classical music by her mother. Gurus include Ajit Dutta, Biren Phukan (in Guwahati, Assam), Mira Banerjee (in Kolkata), Dahlia Rahut, and violinist V.G. Jog. Her singing style is a blend of different gharanas. Mitali.org

She lives and teaches here in New Jersey. Two of her students will be streaming a live concert TONIGHT 6:30-9:30. FREE, but registration is required.

Event link: https://www.vibrnz.com/event/rising-stars-2022

T. V. Sankaranarayanan, (7 March 1945 – 2 September 2022) was a Carnatic vocalist. His singing style is like that of his guru and maternal-uncle, Madurai Mani Iyer.

Kamalesh Maitra (28 April 1928 – 22 April 2005) is recognized as the last master of the tabla tarang, a melodic percussion instrument consisting of numerous individually tuned hand drums, set in a semicircle. Maitra grew up in Calcutta, and was percussionist for Uday Shankar's ballet company from 1950 to the mid 1970s. He was also a member of Ravi Shankar's "Music Festival From India" ensemble.

Vani Sateesh's initial training was under the tutelage of her uncle Bellary M. Sheshagiri Achar. She later learnt from her father Bellary M. Venkateshachar and then from her brother Bellary M Raghavendra. She is currently under the tutelage of P.S.Narayanaswamy, direct disciple of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer.

Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna on viola, N. Ravikiran on gottuvadyam, accompanied by Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (mridangam) and Palghat V. A. Sundaram (ghatam). [cassette only release on Sangeetha]

Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna (6 July 1930 – 22 November 2016) was a Carnatic vocalist, musician, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer, and character actor. He leant from Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu, who gave him the prefix "Bala" (lit. child) to the young Balamuralikrishna. Prior to this, his name was Muralikrishna.

Budhaditya Mukherjee is a sitar and surbahar player of the Imdadkhani gharana. He was born in 1955 in Bhilai, (Chhattisgarh State), and was taught by his father Bimalendu Muherjee, a multi-instrumentalist. Budhadiya also earned a degree in Metallurgical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Raipur.

This was originally issued in 1991.

Vidyadhar Vyas (born 8 September 1944) is a Hindustani vocalist, representing the Gwalior gharana, in the tradition of Vishnu Digambar Paluskar. His father is vocalist Narayanrao Vyas, one of V.D. Paluskar's disciples.

Narayanrao Vyas (1902-1984) & Shankarrao Vyas (1898-1956) on Jalatarangam & Mandolin respectively. Originally issued in 1929. Digitized for the companion CDs with the book "Indian Talking Machine" (Sublime Frequencies 2015).

Aruna Sairam was born on 30 October 1952, in Mumbai. She received vocal training from her mother Rajalakshmi Sethuraman, who was a student of the Alathur Brothers and Thanjavoor Sankara Iyer. Her father Shri Sethuraman was a music connoisseur who hosted musicians and dancers in the family home. At one of these gatherings, Aruna met Sangita Kalanidhi Smt. T. Brinda, who trained her in the style of Veena Dhanammal.

Abida Parveen was born on 20 February 1954 in Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan. She received initial training in vocal music from her father Ghulam Haider, and later from Salamat Ali Khan. She has been dubbed as the 'Queen of Sufi music', performing mainly ghazals, qawwali, and light classical thumris.

Lyrics are by famed Urdu poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911-1984).