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Watch Pandit Harish Tiwari exclusive interview part 02. He is most efficient disciple of Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. In devotional music, Joshi was most acclaimed for his Hindi and Marathi and Kannada Bhajan singing. He has recorded bhakti songs in Marathi,Santavani, Kannada Dasavani.

Watch Pandit Harish Tiwari exclusive interview part 01. Pandit Harish Tiwari is an eminent Hindustani Classical Singer of Kirana Gharana. Kirana gharana is one of the Indian classical khyal gharanas, and is concerned foremost with perfect intonation of notes (swara). The central concern of the Kirana style is swara, or individual notes, in particular precise tuning and expression of notes. In the Kirana Gayaki (singing style), the individual notes (swaras) of the raga are not just random points in the scale, but independent realms of music capable of horizontal expansion. Emotional pukars in the higher octaves  form a part of the musical experience. Another unique feature of this gharana is the intricate and ornate use of the sargam taan (weaving patterns with the notations themselves) introduced by Abdul Karim Khan under influence from the Carnatic classical style. He is most efficient disciple of Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi.

Watch an exclusive interview of Odissi dancer Vani Madhav. She is talking about status of Odissi dance. she is a founder director of Nritya Dhara. She is also a Culture -Head of ASSOCHAM Women's Forum. NRITYA DHARA is a voluntary cultural organization working for the propagation of Indian Art & Culture since 2011 based in Gurugram. A prominent Odissi Exponent conducting Odissi Dance Classes for more than 15 years and is an empaneled artiste of Doordarshan, ICCR and Festival of India- abroad and also a Senior Fellow from Ministry of Culture, Govt.of India.

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Watch Odissi dancer Vani Madhav's exclusive interview part 02. She is explaining what is Odissi dance, gharana's of Indian classical dance, and Odissi dance costumes. Vani Madhav is an Odissi Dance Exponent, she is the founder-director of Nritya Dhara. She is also a Culture -Head of ASSOCHAM Women's Forum. NRITYA DHARA is a voluntary cultural organization working for the propagation of Indian Art & Culture since 2011 based in Gurugram. A prominent Odissi Exponent conducting Odissi Dance Classes for more than 15 years and is an empaneled artist of Doordarshan, ICCR, and Festival of India- abroad and also a Senior Fellow from Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India.

#vanimadhav #odissidance #indianclassicaldance

Watch an exclusive interview with Odissi dancer Vani Mashav.  Vani Madhav is an Odissi Dance Exponent, she is the founder-director of Nritya Dhara. She is also a Culture -Head of ASSOCHAM Women's Forum. NRITYA DHARA is a voluntary cultural organization working for the propagation of Indian Art & Culture since 2011 based in Gurugram. A prominent Odissi Exponent conducting Odissi Dance Classes for more than 15 years and is an empaneled artist of Doordarshan, ICCR, and Festival of India- abroad and also a Senior Fellow from Ministry of Culture, Govt.of India.

#mohiniyattam #DeeptiOmcheryBhalla

Watch Mohiniyattam exponent Dr. Deepti Omchery Bhalla exclusive interview second part. Deepti Omchery Bhalla is an artist from India who is versatile in singing and dancing. She was trained in these skills by her mother Leela Omchery, a well-known carnatic singer. She is a leading exponent of Mohiniyattam, a classical dance form from Kerala, India. She learnt Mohiniattam, the female classical solo dance from the great exponent Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma. She is Professor in Carnatic Music at the Faculty of Music and Fine Arts, University of Delhi. She received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2007.

Dr. Deepti Omchery Bhalla is a versatile artist who is an exponent of Mohiniyattam and Carnatic Music vocals. Renowned as Singer, Dancer, Teacher, Researcher, and Scholar, she is currently working as a Senior Professor of Carnatic Music at the University of Delhi. Having learned Kathakali for 12 years under veteran gurus like late Punnathur Madhava Panikkar, late Guru Gopinath, late Sadanam Nanda Kumar, Nelliyodu Vasudevan Nampoothiri and Sadanam Balakrishnan, Deepti went on to learn Mohiniyattam from the legendry late Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma. A Gold Medalist from the University of Delhi in Carnatic Music, she also has the distinction of topping the University in M.Phil. Deepti over the last two decades, along with the able support of her mother, Dr. Leela Omchery, an eminent musicologist and Padmasri Awardee has been doing intense research on the Traditional music of Kerala. She has contributed much to expanding and enhancing the Mohiniyattam repertoire and style by choreographing her research findings.

#tabla #pranshuchaturlal #chaturlal

Watch tabla player Pranshu Chatur Lal exclusive interview on Raaggiri.  Pranshu Chatur Lal a child prodigy born in New Delhi on August 30, 1992, is a grandson of Legendary Tabla Wizard Late Pandit Chatur Lal and son of Pandit Charanjit Lal.

#kathak #ShambhaviShukla #kathakdancer

Watch an exclusive interview of Kathak dancer Shambhavi Shukla only on Raaggiri. 'Kathak-Ratna'  Dr. Shambhauvi Shukla Mishra is a leading Kathak exponent, Art-writer, Sanskrit scholar, choreographer, & Guru.

#tablamaestro #tabla #anindochatterjee

Watch tabla maestro Pandit Anindo Chatterjee's exclusive interview part 02. Anindo Chatterjee’s initiation into the tabla came at the tender age of five, while watching his uncle, Biswanath Chatterjee play. Born into a musically inclined Kolkata family in 1953, it was hardly surprising that the child had a prodigious talent. Another uncle, Debiprasad Chatterjee was an eminent sitar player and Anindo’s younger sister Keka is well known for her solo sitar performances.