The festival began with a soulful shehnai performance by Dr S. Ballesh, a disciple of Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan ...

Their presentation of Raga Bhimpalasi captivated listeners, which was followed by a jugalbandi of tabla and pakhawaj, in a ...

A tribute to Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, the doyen of Hindustani classical music, on his 75th birthday, by Mohan Nadkarni, his biographer and wellknown critic. A jubilee year is rightly and ...

He ended the performance with abhang composed by him ... of Sawai Gandharva and senior disciple of Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. The award consists of a cash prize of ₹51,000 and a citation.