Raag Giri

Watch Gwalior Gharana vocalist Dr. Meeta Pandit's exclusive interview only on Raaggiri. Meeta began training with her grandfather Padma Bhushan Pt. Krishnarao Shankar Pandit and her father Pt. L.K Pandit at the age of 3. Growing up in a house where music ustads and her father's disciples visited day in and day out, and all conversations centered around music, she was exposed to the finer aspects of music from a very young age. She is the sixth in the unbroken lineage and the first woman in the family to have taken up music as a profession.

🎶🎧🎸🎷 Dr. Meeta Pandit Awards List 🎹🎥🎭👇 

🏆 The 'Golden Voice of India' by the Singers Society of India – 1989 

🏆 'Sur Mani' by Sur Singar Samsad – 1992 

🏆 'Excellence in Music' Award: by Lady Shri Ram College – 1995 

🏆 'Full Circle Inner Flame Award', Full Circle Publishing Pvt. Ltd, 1999. (Awarded by I.K Gujral) 

🏆 'Yuva Ratna' – Youth Excellence Award by Rotaract Club – 1999 

🏆 'Sur Mayank' – Pt. Nikhil Banerjee Smriti Award: Sangeet Bhavan (Lucknow) – 2001 

🏆 'Yuva Ojaswini Award' – 2005 

🏆 FICCI Young Achiever Award for Indian classical music for 2007. 

🏆 Bismillah Khan Award by Sangeet Natak Academy for 2007 

🏆 Delhi Ratna – Art and Cultural Trust of India – 2009 

🏆 Art Karat Award for her contribution to the field of music – 2013 

🏆 SaMaPa Yuva Ratna award for contribution to Classical Music – 2015 

🏆 Bhav Bhaveshwar Rashtriya Samman −2015 

🏆 JP Award −2017, instituted by the Loknayak Jaiprakash International Studies Centre, New Delhi.  

⏰  So, what is RaagGiri? ⌚

   Raaggiri Trust creates, develops, and promotes a mindset that encourages social changes & reforms in society. Music is the universal language of mankind, with this thought Raaggiri aims to establish a connection with the weak the helpless, the underprivileged & the especially able. We are trying to contribute in their progress, recreation & resettlement  

✅The Drive of creating a positive society through music is Raaggiri! 

 ✅That engages everyone's life is Raaggiri!  

✅The hope of nation-building is Raaggiri!  

We enable classical music to give life to it. It is an effort to connect Indian culture reaching talent of every level. It has to be nurtured and promoted. That's our mission. Music is creation. It connects us with society and helps in bringing about a change. The result of RAAGGIRI is to develop and promote all forms of music; all areas of culture and tradition, by collaborating with government-public-private organizations. Our Focus is to establish connections with the weaker, underprivileged, scheduled castes, Dalits, minority, and physically and mentally disabled people through music, thus contributing to their progress, resettlement, and recreation.

Kathak virtuoso Pandit Rajendra Gangani exclusive interview. Pandit Rajendra Gangani is one of the leading practitioners of the Jaipur Gharana style of Kathak. He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2003 for his contribution to the field of Kathak. This is the highest award given for performing arts in India, and Gangani received this award from Indian president A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

Rajendra Kumar Gangani was born in the traditional family of Jaipur Gharana. He has started his training of Kathak Dance from his father Guru Kundan Lal Gangani at the early age of four in Jodhpur. An outstanding performer of Kathak, he has evolved a distinct and personal style. Though best known as a soloist, he has choreographed a number of productions including ‘Prakriti’, ‘Jhalak’, ‘Panchamukhi’ and ‘Anadi-Anant’. He has composed music for these works within the traditional format. He has also acquired proficiency in playing the Pakhawaj.  

Having performed extensively within the country, his performances have also taken him all over Europe, Middle East, Russia, and the United States.  As a Kathak Guru at the Kathak Kendra, New Delhi, he has made a significant contribution in grooming young dancers. He was awarded the Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1991 and the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi in 2002 from the former Hon’ble President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.  Rajendra Kumar Gangani joined Kathak Kendra on 07.08.1985 and presently he is working as Kathak Guru since September 1999.  

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Raaggiri Trust creates, develops and promotes a mindset that encourages social changes & reforms in society. Music is the universal language of mankind, with this thought Raaggiri aims to establish a connection with the weak the helpless, the underprivileged & the especially able. We are trying to contribute to their progress, recreation & resettlement  

🎹Raaggiri focuses on the following through this initiative- 🎶🔊 

⁕ We will try to change the music in every heart into a habit. 

⁕ Change music thought processes in every corner of society.  

⁕ To eliminate the social evils, dissatisfaction, and flaws in humans through music.  

⁕ To get rid of negativity with the help of music.  

⁕ To encourage the thought of creation.  The Drive to create a positive society through music is RaagGiri!  That engages everyone's life is RaagGiri!  The hope of nation-building is RaagGiri.  We enable classical music to give life to it. It is an effort to connect Indian culture reaching talent of every level. It has to be nurtured and promoted. That's our mission.  Music is creation. It connects us with society and helps in bringing about a change. The result of RAAGGIRI is to develop and promote all forms of music; all areas of culture and tradition, by collaborating with government-public-private organizations. Our Focus is to establish connections with the weaker, underprivileged, scheduled castes, Dalits, minority, and physically and mentally disabled people through music, thus contributing to their progress, resettlement, and recreation. When our actions become habits, we don't need to repeatedly remind ourselves of them. Traditions are part of human nature.

Learn an Indian classical dance lesson from Kathak Guru Prerana Shrimali. She is answering all frequently asked questions in Kathak, Indian Classical Dance. Prerana Shrimali is a senior dancer of Jaipur Gharana of Kathak. Born in 1959 at Banswara in Rajasthan, Shrimati Prerana Shrimali was initiated in Kathak dance by Shri Gauri Shanker. Later, she was groomed in the art at Kathak Kendra, New Delhi, under Shri Kundan Lal Gangani of the Jaipur gharana. She also learnt to play the Pakhawaj and studied vocal music.

Shrimati Prerana Shrimali is among the leading Kathak dancers of her generation. A versatile dancer, she has evolved an individual style in her presentation and gained wide popularity as a soloist. She has also choreographed several productions including Doosro Na Koi – Verses of Meera, Aavartan, Vistaar, Vivriti and Aaratis. She has participated in several international dance seminars and conferences and has presented Kathak in the Festival of India in the U.K., the Asian Performing Arts Festival in Japan, the Avignon Festival in France, and the Dance Festival in Switzerland. In the U.S., she has performed at Carnegie Hall, New York, and presented a series of performances in Jordan, Syria and Muscat. She has also imparted training to young dancers at well-known institutions such as Gandharva Mahavidyalaya and the Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra. She has served as Repertory Chief of the Kathak Kendra, Delhi. Shrimati Prerna Shrimali has been bestowed the Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and the Rashtriya Ekta Award of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. Her dance has been featured in the film The Far Pavilions produced by BBC. She has herself directed a film, Pathrai Ankhon ke Sapne, for Doordarshan. Shrimati Prerana Shrimali was awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for the year 2009 for her contribution to Kathak dance.

Watch Sitar player Fateh Ali exclusive interview on Raaggiri. Young sitar exponent Fateh Ali Khan belongs to an illustrious gharana of musicians. Fateh Ali Khan got the rare honor if being the only Indian chosen to perform alongside Lady Gaga. He recalls, "Lady Gaga expressed a wish to include sitar in her concert and when I was told about this we had very little time to rehearse before her concert. But we struck the right chord and just practiced once and gave the performance. Needless to say it was a moment of history and everyone loved it."

📚👓🔖🚩 About Fateh Ali Khan 🎧⌚⌚🎥

Moradabad Gharana sitar player Fateh Ali Belongs to the sixth generation of a family of Sarangi Players of Moradabad Gharana. Fateh was initiated into Vocal music from an early age of seven by his grand father Late "Ustad Siddique Ahmed Khan Sahab, who was the undisputed Sarangi maestro of the Moradabad Gharana. for a short spell of the tender age he found his joy "SITAR" which he was initiated into by the Great Sitar maestro Shri "Satish Kumar ji" who belongs to Dharwar. He then took Sitar training under the Late "Ustad Shamshuddin Faridi Desai"  who was The Great maestro and eminent Performer of "SITAR & BEEN". Fateh Ali is advancing his art form and skill in "SITAR" under the personal guidance and trainnig of his father "Ustad Ghulam Sabir Khan" again a well known name in India for Sarangi.

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Watch Fateh Ali's exclusive interview on Raaggiri. Moradabad Gharana sitar player Fateh Ali Belongs to the sixth generation of a family of Sarangi Players of Moradabad Gharana. Fateh was initiated into Vocal music from an early age of seven by his grandfather Late "Ustad Siddique Ahmed Khan Sahab, who was the undisputed Sarangi maestro of the Moradabad Gharana. for a short spell of the tender age he found his joy "SITAR" which he was initiated into by the Great Sitar maestro Shri "Satish Kumar Ji" who belongs to Dharwar. He then took Sitar training under the Late "Ustad Shamshuddin Faridi Desai"  who was The Great maestro and eminent Performer of "SITAR & BEEN". Fateh Ali is advancing his art form and skill in "SITAR" under the personal guidance and training of his father "Ustad Ghulam Sabir Khan" again a well-known name in India for Sarangi.

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-----⏰  So, what is RaagGiri? ⌚----   

Raaggiri Trust creates, develops, and promotes a mindset that encourages social changes & reforms in society. Music is the universal language of mankind, with this thought Raaggiri aims to establish a connection with the weak the helpless, the underprivileged & the especially able. We are trying to contribute in their progress, recreation & resettlement 

✅The Drive of creating a positive society through music is Raaggiri!  

✅That engages everyone's life is Raaggiri!  

✅The hope of nation-building is Raaggiri!

Listen an Indian playback singer Ronkini Gupta exclusive interview only on Raaggiri podcast. She won Saregamapa World Series reality show aired on Zee TV in 2004. She sang in many superhit bollywood film like Tumhari Sulu, Sui Dhaaga, Dry Day, Pyaar Vali Love Story, Aankhon Dekhi etc. She is a trained Indian classical singer. Her singing repertoire covers Khyaal, Fusion, and Bollywood.

Ustad Bahauddin Dagar Biography 

1970 born Ustad Baha'ud'din Mohiuddin Dagar represents the 20th generation of Dagar lineage, referring to Nayak Haridas Dagar of the 16th century. However, he traces his ancestry to Baba Gopal Das, who converted to Islam, and became Baba Imam Baksh in the 18th century, making him the representative of the 8th generation. In 2012, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest award for performing artists, conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.   

-----⏰  So, what is RaagGiri? ⌚----   

Raaggiri Trust creates, develops, and promotes a mindset that encourages social changes & reforms in society. Music is the universal language of mankind, with this thought Raaggiri aims to establish a connection with the weak the helpless, the underprivileged & the especially able. We are trying to contribute in their progress, recreation & resettlement  

✅The Drive of creating a positive society through music is Raaggiri!  

✅That engages everyone's life is Raaggiri!  

✅The hope of nation-building is Raaggiri!  

We enable classical music to give life to it. It is an effort to connect Indian culture reaching talent of every level. It has to be nurtured and promoted. That's our mission. Music is creation. It connects us with society and helps in bringing about a change. The result of RAAGGIRI is to develop and promote all forms of music; all areas of culture and tradition, by collaborating with government-public-private organizations. Our Focus is to establish connections with the weaker, underprivileged, scheduled castes, Dalits, minority, and physically and mentally disabled people through music, thus contributing to their progress, resettlement, and recreation.  

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An exclusive interview of Baha'ud'din Mohiuddin Dagar only on Raaggiri. Bahauddin Dagar is 20th generation of The Dagar Gharana.He plays Rudra Veena with the Dagarbani style.

The Dagar Gharana Biography 

The Dagar gharana (or Dagar vani) is a tradition of the classical dhrupad genre of Hindustani classical music spanning 20 generations, tracing back to Swami Haridas (15th century), and including Behram Khan of Jaipur (1753-1878). For some generations its members were associated with the courts of Jaipur, Udaipur, and Mewar. The main feature of the Dagar gharana is sophisticated, subtle, serene and rigorous exposition of alap-jor-jhala, including great attention to microtonal inflection delineating the subtleties of raga often otherwise overlooked or lost. Until the 20th century, it was exclusively a vocal genre (at least in performance), but since the innovations of Zia Mohiuddin Dagar to the rudra vina, that instrument has found a place in performance, following closely the inflections and style of the vocal technique. The genre was carried into the 20th century by seven Dagar brothers and cousins: Aminuddin Dagar and Nasir Moinuddin (Senior Dagar Brothers), Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar, Nasir Zaheeruddin and Nasir Fayyazuddin (Junior Dagar Brothers), H. Sayeeduddin Dagar, and the brothers Zia Mohiuddin Dagar and Zia Fariduddin Dagar. Zia Mohiuddin (rudra vina) and Zia Fareeduddin (vocal) were largely responsible for training today's practitioners, the most prominent of whom include Ritwik Sanyal, Pushparaj Koshti, Wasifuddin Dagar, Bahauddin Dagar, Asit Kumar Banerjee, Uday Bhawalkar, and the Gundecha Brothers.

Rudra Veena exponent Ustad Bahaudding Darag's exclusive interview only on Raaggiri. Dagar started learning the veena from his father when he was 12 years old. After the demise of Zia Mohiuddin Dagar in 1990, he continued his training under his uncle Zia Fariddudin Dagar. Baha'ud'din Mohiuddin Dagar (born 1970) is the Rudra Veena player and son of famous north Indian musician Zia Mohiuddin Dagar. He plays Rudra Veena with the Dagarbani style. He represents the 20th generation of Dagar lineage, referring to Nayak Haridas Dagar of the 16th century. However, he traces his ancestry to Baba Gopal Das, who converted to Islam, and became Baba Imam Baksh in the 18th century, making him the representative of the 8th generation. In 2012, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest award for performing artists, conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance, and Drama.

Singer Shubhra Agnihotri and her mother tabla player Sangita Agnihotri interview only on Raaggiri. Mother-daughter duo soulful jugalbandi went viral on the internet. Tabla exponent Sangita Agnihotri played the tabla to her singing. Visit our website - www.raaggiri.com

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Raaggiri focuses on the following through this initiative- 🎶🎼 

⁕ We will try to change the music in every heart into a habit. 

⁕ Change music thought processes in every corner of society.  

⁕ To eliminate the social evils, dissatisfaction, and flaws in humans through music. 

⁕ To get rid of negativity with the help of music. 

⁕ To encourage the thought of creation.   

The Drive to create a positive society through music is RaagGiri!  That engages everyone's life is RaagGiri!  The hope of nation-building is RaagGiri.   As RaagGiri spread awareness about classical music, the audience and the unheard artists are coming closer to the social world. Listen to classical music with the echo of applause as Sadhu performs live in his mesmerizing voice.  The private meditative musical gatherings of sadhus can reach unreachable.  We preserve the legacy of ethnic music, nurturing classical, qawwali, ghazal, folk songs, instrumentals from all society sections contributing to their progress and recreation.   Music enhances cognitive performance. The human system is hard-wired to distinguish relaxing music, classical music, raga, classical, Indian Music from noise to rhythm and tones to tunes. Like the study of music, music or its fusion is the human's fundamental need. From the primitive to the most advanced, all cultures make music, dance, and bounce. RaagGiri culture Indian traditional music and consistently work to become an inspiration for all. It is an effort towards nation binding and uniting India through Music that imbibes beauties of diversity.   Music purifies our souls. We feel that classical is the fundamental need of our times.  RaagGiri was born with this thought. With a small desire of music becomes the habit of all, including every person, society, and state. The good start is happening on its own; the evil thoughts perish; that music becomes the national anthem, the center of the nation, and that our country once again becomes the master of spiritual power. We wish that our culture and traditions become an inspiration for all; its very diversity becomes the oneness that unites India.