Kishori Amonkar (1932 – 2017) was a HIndustani vocalist representing the Jaipur gharana, but incorporated other styles. Her initial teacher was her mother Mogubai Kurdikar.

with Purushottam Walawalkar (harmonium), Balkrishna Iyer (tabla), Vidya Bhagwat (vocal support)

Michael Nyman is a British composer born in 1944. The Sangam disc features one collaborative work with U. Srinivas, and 3 others with Rajan & Sajan Mishra.

Uppalapu Srinivas (1969 – 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).

Violinist Kunnakkudi Vaidyanathan (1935-2008) was trained by his father, a vocalist who also played flute, jalatarangam and veena. Kunnakkudi Vaidyanathan stopped accompanying vocalists in 1976 to concentrate on his solo violin career.

> with longtime collaborator Valayapatti A.R. Subramaniam (thavil)

Munir Khan (sarangi) was born in Sikar, Rajasthan in 1927. He received initial training from his father Nazeer Khan, and then from vocalist Ameer Khan. Raghunath Prasanna comes from a family of shehnai players from Varanasi.

> tabla by Zamir Ahmad Khan, harmonium by Imrat Hussain Khan (Munir's son).

Nithyasree Mahadevan was born in 1973 in Thiruvaiyaru, Tamil Nadu, to Lalitha Sivakumar and Iswaran Sivakumar. Her paternal grandmother is D. K. Pattammal, and her grand-uncle is D. K. Jayaraman. Her maternal grandfather was the mridangam maestro, Palghat Mani Iyer.

Raghunath Seth was born in Gwalior in 1931, and died in 2014. He learnt from Pannalal Ghosh

with Kashinath Mishra (tabla)