Hyderabad will host a three-day musical extravaganza in which disciples of the Dhrupad gharana promise to deliver striking performances. The Dhrupad Music Festival that begins today will be held at ...

Dhrupad, the oldest genre of Hindustani classical music, is one of India’s most prized legacies. Though of late its popularity seems to be dipping, Dhrupad stalwarts Ramakant and Umakant Gundecha, ...

Every Saturday evening, between 7 pm and 9 pm, an unusual service would take place at the outhouse of the home of Calcutta notable ‘Feringhi’ Kamal Bose. The prayers would be Vedic, notes a 1914 book, ...

The common notion that Dhrupad has lost its popularity these days, was quite contradicted by the enthusiasm of Dhrupad lovers in two totally different programmes this past week. The first was an ...

An institution that imparts lessons in dhrupad is organising an event in Kolkata on March 13 where Vidushi Ashoka Dhar, woman dhrupad singer, and son Rishabh Dhar, pakhawaj player, will perform.

“Dhrupad is one of the crowning glories of Indian civilisation, comparable to the Vedas, the Mahakavyas, Buddhist sculpture, Indian metaphysics and aesthetics. Dhrupad is also an important achievement ...

Harihar Rao. They present world class concerts of Indian classical music. The Gundecha Brothers (Umakant and Ramakant) are among the most celebrated of dhrupad vocalists today, recognized for their ...

As the Gundecha brothers perform in Lahore and Karachi, it is time to see the evolution of the most significant form of music, dhrupad, through centuries A dhrupad performance is a rarity in Pakistan ...

Around five years ago, the famous proponents of Dhrupad music, the Gundecha brothers, decided to establish a school in Hyderabad that provides young and old an opportunity to learn this ancient form ...

One of the performers at this year's Surya Nepal Jazzmandu is Dhrupad Gurukul Kathmandu - an ensemble that carries forward the ancient tradition of Dhrupad, a major form of Hindustani classical music ...

The major vocal forms or styles associated with Hindustani classical music are dhrupad, khyal, and tarana. Other forms include dhamar, trivat, chaiti, kajari, tappa, tap-khyal, ashtapadis, thumri, ...

One of the finest performers of Dhrupad — the oldest form of Hindustani music — and the heir of an illustrious lineage of classical performers, Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar is nothing short of a magician.