Indian Classical Music is greatly cherished, enjoyed and appreciated all around the globe because of many eminent artists and musical legends. These legends of Classical Music play a vital role in reaching the beautiful art form to all music lovers around the world by embellishing the musical universe and captivating the hearts of the listeners. Legendary renditions by renowned artists have brought much solace to the lovers of music. Let us see a few of such eminent Indian Classical Musicians.

Renowned Artists of Classical Music

• Miyan Tansen

Miyan Tansen from Emperor Akbar’s court is one of the Navaratnas, the nine jewels, and was considered to be the finest musician in the whole of India. He was called Tansen and he has been one of the main reasons in establishing many different genres of North Indian Classical Music back then known as Hindustani Music at present.

• Ustad Ali Akbar Khan

Hailing from the Maihar Gharana – School of Music, his skill for Indian Classical Music was extraordinary. He has composed numerous compositions which led him to have many admirers around the world and he also mastered the art of Sarod playing. He was mentored and trained under the tutelage of Allauddin Khan, his father who was well-known for composing many ragas and also scores for films. Ustad Ali Akbar Khan set up a school for music in Calcutta in 1956 followed by Ali Akbar College of Music in 1967.

• Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia

Shri Hariprasad is one of the living legends of the Flute which is called the Bansuri, a North Indian Flute made out of bamboo. He is one among a very few musicians in the growing community of artists who delivered the true essence of Classical Music to the general crowd or the commons by widening the peripheries of music and also the audience.

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Indian Classical Artists – Vocal and Instruments

• Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi

Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi, very lovingly known as M. S. Subbulakshmi, M. S, M. S. S or Maami, was a true legend to all musicians in Carnatic Music. She was celebrated as the Nightingale of India and she became famous for her style in singing many devotional bhajans and compositions that deeply touched and enthralled the hearts of listeners by journeying them to a blissful world. M.S. Subbulakshmi being the primary musician, received the Bharat Ratna and also India’s highest Civilian Honour too.

• Ustad Bismillah Khan

Well-renowned Shehnai Player of earlier times was India’s most famous artists and musicians. He bears the credit of showcasing Shehnai from just being played in places like marriage functions, lifting it to the level of being played as a solo instrument in concerts.

• Pandit Ravi Shankar

Pandit Ravi Shankar is an esteemed musician in the Indian Classical Music and also a Sitar Legend. He is well-known to have taken the roots of Indian Classical Music to the Western countries. He achieved the same through his alliance with The Beatles. He showcased his versatility in Sitar playing through the number of Grammy Awards he has acquired as an Indian Classical Musician.

• Ustad Zakir Hussain

The Classical Virtuoso in Tabla playing, Ustad Zakir Hussain has delivered classic techniques in the percussion field and also to the world of music in a humongous manner. Being the son of the renowned Tabla maestro Ustad Allah Rakha, Zakir Hussain has won numerous awards and recognitions for his versatility, dedication and love for music.