Born in Calcutta, India, Ritesh comes from a family of dancers. His parents directed one of India’s leading dance and music facilities and in this…
Artist Profiles: Ritesh Das
Tag: Indian classical music
Artist Profiles: Rajnarayan Bhattacharya
Early on Rajnarayan Bhattacharya received encouragement from his mother Smt. Nilima Bhattacharya, a disciple of Pt. Ramesh Bandopadhyay of Vishnupur Gharana, and started his musical…
Artist Profiles: Ram Narayan
Ram Narayan is one of India’s leading sarangi players and innovators. He developed the sarangi into a solo classical instrument in the North Indian repertoire.…
Artist Profiles: Rajeswari Satish
Rajeswari Satish is a carnatic vocalist currently based in the USA. Rajeswari has won critical acclaim for her many performances all over India, USA, UK,…
Artist Profiles: Rajendra Vaishampayan
Rajendra Vaishampayan is a samvadini (harmonium) player from India. Rajendra is a disciple of Pt. Manohar Chimote. Pt. Chimote, inspired by his guru Pt. Bhishmadev…
Artist Profiles: Rajeev Taranath
Rajeev Taranath is one of the leading performers of the sarod today. A distinguished disciple of Maestro Ali Akbar Khan, he was first trained as…
Artist Profiles: R.A. Ramamani
R.A. Ramamani, a vocalist of high standing, is Vice President of Karnataka College of Percussion. She sings with spontaneity and mastery over rhythm and melody,…
Artist Profiles: Rahul Sharma
Although not formally introduced to the santoor [also known as santur] until 1985, when he was 12 years old, Rahul Sharma had already demonstrated his…
Artist Profiles: Purbayan Chatterjee
Purbayan Chatterjee comes from a family steeped in the classical music tradition. His father and guru, Shri Parthapratim Chatterjee (also known as Partha Chatterjee), is…
Artist Profiles: Prakash Sontakke
Dr. Prakash Sontakke is a student of his father, the well-known Dr. R.B. Sontakke (who himself was taught by the famed master Omkarnath Thakur of…