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Shashank Subramanyam has been active on the Carnatic stage since 1984. He was trained by his father Subramanyam and later by the legend, Sangita Kalanidhi Palghat K V Narayanaswamy. Shashank is an international performer having won Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des from France, a Grammy nomination and the Sangeet Natak Akademi award.

Sangita Kalanidhi Dr. S. Sowmya is an eminent Carnatic vocalist, veena player, researcher, academic leader, and a musician's musician. She was trained by two stalwarts, Sangita Kalanidhi Dr. S. Ramanathan and later by the last surviving granddaughter of the formidable Veena Dhanammal, T. Mukta. Sowmya is currently the Vice Chancellor of the Tamil Nadu Dr J Jayalalitha Music & Fine Arts University and Visiting Professor at the Madras Music Academy.

Sangita Kalanidhi Dr. S. Sowmya is an eminent Carnatic vocalist, veena player, researcher, academic leader, and a musician's musician. She was trained by two stalwarts, Sangita Kalanidhi Dr. S. Ramanathan and later by the last surviving granddaughter of the formidable Veena Dhanammal, T. Mukta. Sowmya is currently the Vice Chancellor of the Tamil Nadu Dr J Jayalalitha Music & Fine Arts University and Visiting Professor at the Madras Music Academy.

Top Hindustani vocalist Ajoy Chakrabarty (born 1952) had early musical training from his father Ajit Chakrabarty and later under the teachers Kanaidas Bairagi, Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh and Munawar Ali Khan. He became the youngest recipient of the Gold Medal from the Sangeet Research Academy where he currently teaches. He has a wide repertoire in various forms including Khayal, Thumri, Tappa etc. He has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, India’s third highest civilian honor.

Sangita Kalanidhi R K Shriramkumar (born 1966) of the Rudrapatnam lineage is a top-ranking Carnatic violinist, vocalist, composer, and guru. He learnt music from Smt. Savitri Satyamurthy, his grandfather Sri R K Venkatarama Shastry, violinist Sri V V Subrahmanyam ,and vocalist Sangita Kalanidhi Sri D K Jayaraman. Shriramkumar has been a much sought-after accompanist for many musical giants and a guide for many young musicians.

Hindustani vocalist Piu Mukherjee was born in Howrah, West Bengal and learnt music from her mother, Smt. Pradipta Mukherjee. Later she was guided by Prof. Nihar Ranjan Bandopadhyay at Rabindra Bharati University. She has since had training under the pre eminent vocalist Smt. Girija Devi and has become adept in singing Khyal, Thumri, Dadra and Tappa.

Hindustani vocalist Piu Mukherjee was born in Howrah, West Bengal and learnt music from her mother, Smt. Pradipta Mukherjee. Later she was guided by Prof. Nihar Ranjan Bandopadhyay at Rabindra Bharati University. She has since had training under the pre eminent vocalist Smt. Girija Devi and has become adept in singing Khyal, Thumri, Dadra and Tappa.

Carnatic vocalist Malladi Suribabu hails from Vijayawada in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. He trained under the three top ranking musicians of his home state, Voleti Venkateshwarulu, Sripada Pinakapani and Nedunuri Krishnamurthy. He has been conferred with Kala Ratna, a civilian honor by the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 2013 and TTK Award by Madras Music Academy in 2014.

Abhishek Raghuram is a star Carnatic vocalist who has inherited the musical genes of the lineage of violin maestro Lalgudi Jayaraman on his mother's side and top mridangam exponent Palghat Raghu on his father's side. He has won many awards and given sold out international performances.