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Emani Sankara Sastry (23 September 1922 – 1987), was a renowned Veena player.

Amaruddin "Bismillah" Khan (1916-2006) elevated the shehnai to the classical concert stage. Vishnu Govind Jog (1922-2004) pioneered the violin in Hindustani music (even though it had long been well established in Carnatic music). The two released four jugalbandi (duet) recordings in the 1960s.

A percussion academy led by T. A. S. Mani. The vocalist is R. A. Ramamani.

Anayampatti S. Ganesan (born in Chennai on 22 May 1932) is a violinist and one of the few masters of the "jalatharangam". It is also present in Hindustani music as the "jal tarang", literally meaning 'waves in water'. It is a melodic percussion instrument that originates from the Indian subcontinent, known as far back as the 4th or 6th century, consisting of a set of ceramic or metal bowls filled with water. The bowls are played by striking the edge with beaters, one in each hand.

Damal Krishnaswamy Jayaraman (popularly known as DKJ), twas the younger brother of D. K. Pattammal. After learning music from his sister, he furthered his musical skills under many known masters in the field, including Muthiah Bhagavathar and Papanasam Sivan.

Prabha Atre, born 13 September 1932, is a Hindustani vocalist of the Kirana gharana. She learnt classical music from Sureshbabu Mane and Hirabai Badodekar. Besides her PhD in music, she earned Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Law degrees in Pune.

Her grandfather was violinist V. Lakshminaranayana, so Dr. M. Lalitha would be the niece of L. Subramaniam, L. Shankar, and L. Vaidyanathan.

Uppalapu Srinivas (28 February 1969 – 19 September 2014) pioneered the mandolin in Carnatic classical music. Because he was a child prodigy, he was sometimes called the Mozart of classical Indian music. He modified the electric western instrument, using five single strings instead of the traditional four doubled strings to suit the Carnatic playing style (sustained notes and musical ornamentation).

S. Rajeshwari was born in 1946 in Pollachi (on the west side of Tamil Nadu) to a musical family. She had no specific guru until later, when she studied under Ramnad Krishnan and Madurai Krishna Iyengar. She is known mainly for singing for dance performances.

Ajoy Chakrabarty (born in Kolkata on 25 December 1952) is a Hindustani classical vocalist, composer, lyricist and an exponent of the Patiala-Kasur gharana. His father, Ajit Chakrabarty, was his first Guru. He then studied with Pannalal Samanta, Kanaidas Bairagi and Jnan Prakash Ghosh.

Ajoy Chakrabarty graduated top of his class in music, both in B.A and M.A. from the Rabindra Bharati University in Kolkata and joined the ITC Sangeet Research Academy in 1978.

Bilqees Khanum (25 December 1948 – 21 December 2022) was a Pakistani classical and ghazal singer. The song "Anokha ladla" (1979) was her first big hit for television, a composition of Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan in Raga Darbari. The lyrics were penned by Asad Mohammad Khan.

Mehdi Hassan (1927-2012) was one of the most influential Pakistani ghazal singers. He started training in classical music at the age of eight, and completed his musical training with his father Azeem Khan and uncle Ismail Khan who were both traditional Dhrupad singers.

The melody for Rabindranath Tagore's "Purano shei diner kotha" ("Memories of the Good Old Days") was inspired to a large degree by the Scottish folk tune now associated with the Robert Burns poem "Auld Lang Syne". It is sung here by Hemanta Mukherjee.