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(in alphabetical order) (If you are or have been a disciple and are not listed here, please contact us, thank you) |
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Tarun
Bhattacharya, |
...the only Santoor Maestro of the famous Maihar Gharana, the Gharana created by Baba Allauddin Khan Sahab and propagated by legends like Pandit Ravi Shankar,..... others |
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Samaresh
Chawdhury |
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....Keeping up with the finest traditions of "guru-shisya parampara", guruji has kindled my finer instincts with fatherly love and affection, stressing on the tenacity and perseverance of human endeavour that all meaningful lives must constitute. |
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Bikram
Ghosh, |
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.....For ten years now he has been the regular accompanist for Ravi Shankar with whom he has performed in almost every top venue in the world,.. |
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Paul
Livingstone, |
1996 | I listened to guruji's music since I was a child, though I knew nothing about Indian music or sitar I was transfixed & Panditji's music gave me the direction of my life. I learning from Amiya Dasgupta (his 50 year disciple) at Cal Arts. When he passed on, guruji told me I was part of the family and invited me to learn with him... |
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Gaurav Mazumdar, |
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....Disciple of the legendary and world-renowned Maestro, Pandit Ravi Shankar since1985, Gaurav's association with his Guru and involvement with music spans many years. It is under the tutelage of Ravi Shankar that Gaurav started to learn the sitar from the very basics. |
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Udai
Mazumdar, |
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....In 1989, Udai shifted to Delhi to further his musical experience and became the disciple of the world-renowned Sitar Maestro, Pandit Ravi Shankar, lived with him and learnt the art of Tabla accompaniment.... |
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Manju
Mehta, |
....She won the Central and State Government scholarships and received training from Damodarlal Kabra and Pdt. Ravi Shankar. |
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Ramesh Misra, |
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Whenever I got an opportunity to spend time with Guruji I did so..... |
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David
Murphy, |
2004 | Meeting Guruji for the first time in 2004 to work on the Sanmelan Project at Dartington Hall and subsequently being involved with his new compositions has been the highlight of my musical life. Guruji has added a whole new dimension to my music-making, and I feel his influence every time I perform. |
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Barunkumar Pal, |
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....with all my sincerity and humility, I was able to convince the Great Maestro, Pandit Ravi Shankar to take me as one of his disciples..... |
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Barry
Phillips, |
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I first met Guruji in 1996 when he was looking for a cellist for "Chants of India" ......... |
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T. Radhakrishna, |
Radhakrishna is one of the most promising torchbearers of Pt. Ravi Shankar's school of Sitar ..... Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. |
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Shubendra
Rao, |
1970's | I was born into a family where Guruji is worshipped like God and every single memory of my childhood is filled with Guruji. Infact the first ever memory is when I was two and half years old when Guruji came home with Alla Rakhaji and I played for him, holding the Sitar like a Carnatic Saraswati Veena since I was too small to even lift it. |
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Kartik
Seshadri, |
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......Kartik became a disciple of the maestro in 1974 and has since been receiving talim (knowledge) steeped in the distinctive and pure styles of the senia, beenkar and dhrupad traditions. |
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Daya Shankar, |
1960's |
Right from my childhood, from the age of 9, I had the wish to have Panditji as my Guruji... |
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Stephen
Slawek, |
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Stephen Slawek is Professor of Music (Musicology/Ethnomusicology) at The University of Texas at Austin. He began to study sitar in 1969 with the late Dr. Lalmani Misra, eventually receiving the M. Mus. (sitar) and a gold medal from the Banaras Hindu University. In 1977 he was accepted as a disciple by the world renowned Pandit Ravi Shankar in the traditional thread tying ceremony... |
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Aditya Verma, |
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....moved to India to study Hindustani classical music in the Maihar Senia Gharana as a disciple of the legendary sitar player Pandit Ravi Shankar and renowned sarod master Ustad Aashish Khan.... |
and many others...