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Dr. N. Rajam was born in 1938, and is the sister of violinist T. N. Krishnan. Rajam started her initial training in Carnatic music under her father, A. Narayana Iyer. She also trained under Musiri Subramania Iyer, and learned raga development from Hindustani vocalist Omkarnath Thakur. She became a professor of Music at Banaras Hindu University, and eventually became head of the department and the dean of the Faculty of Performing Arts of the University. Her daughter Sangeeta Shankar was born on 12 August 1965. While the two normally perform Hindustani music, this is a CD of Carnatic kritis.

with Selva Ganesh (kanjira), Ramakrishnan (mridangam)

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

Recorded live in 2005. With Embar S. Kannan (violin), Mannargudi Easwaran (mridangam), S. Karthick (ghatam)

Zia Mohiuddin Dagar (14 March 1929 – 28 September 1990) was one of the 19th generation of Dagar family dhrupad musicians. He was largely responsible for the revival of the rudra vina as a solo concert instrument.

Saketharaman was born in 1982 and received training from Lalgudi G. Jayaraman.

Nagai Sriram (violin), Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira)

Sikkil Kunjumani, (1927 - 2010) and Sikkil Neela, (1938 - 2023).

Mallikarjun Mansur, (1910 – 1992) was a Hindustani classical singer from Dharwad, Karnataka. He belonged to the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana, studying mainly under Bhurji Khan. He had command over a large number of rare ragas.

With Tulsidas Borkar (harmonium), and Balkrishna Iyer (tabla), Rajshekhar Mansur (backing vocal)

G. S. Sachdev (born Gurbachan Singh Sachdev, in Lyallpur, Punjab, 1935 – 2018) was a performer of the bansuri (bamboo flute). He studied with Vijay Raghav Rao for 12 years, and spent the later years of his life teaching at the Ali Akbar College in San Rafael Califormia.

Swapan Chaudhuri accompanies on tabla.

Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam started her training in Carnatic music at age 5 under K. Padmanabhan. Other gurus included S. Rajam, T.R. Subramaniam and V.R. Krishnan. She earned a PhD in music from Annamalai University in Tamil Nadu.

Shruti Sadolikar Katkar (born in 1951 in Kolhapur, Maharashtra) is a classical singer of the khyal style in the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. She learnt music from her father, Wamanrao Sadolikar, and Gulubhai Jasdanwala.

with Anant Kunte (sarangi), Kiran Lele (harmonium), Mangesh Mule (tabla)

Mysore Venkatesha Doreswamy Iyengar (1920-1997) was born in Gaddavalli, Hassan District. He was a disciple of Veena Venkatagiriyappa, and was one of the leading exponents of the Mysore style of veena playing.

Dr. Nookala Chinna Satyanarayanana (1923 - 2013) was born in Annakapalli, Andhra Pradesh. He initially learned violin under Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu. His vocal training was under Dr. Sripada Pinakapani.

Ghulam Mustafa Khan (1931 - 2021) represents the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana. He was born in Badayun, Uttar Pradesh. His mother was the daughter of Ustad Inayat Hussain Khan. He was trained by initially his father, then by Fida Hussain Khan, and Nissar Hussain Khan.

Born into a family of musicians originally from Muradabad, Murad Ali is sixth generation sarangi player. He was trained by his grandfather Siddique Ahmad Khan, and his father Ghulam Sabir Khan.

tabla by Rachid Mustafa Thirakwa