The gharana takes its name from the Mewat that includes some parts of Haryana and Rajasthan. This musical style was founded by Ghagge Nazir Khan, son of Bade Mohammed Khan of the Gwalior gharana and ...

Twenty-five years ago, Pandit Jasraj performed live in Lahore. The Indian High Commission used to arrange classical music concerts in those days to mark special occasions. That year, Pundit Jasraj was ...

An Indian classical vocalist. He belongs to the Mewati gharana of Hindustani classical music. Jasraj was born in Hisar, Haryana in an orthodox Brahmin family to Motiram, a classical singer. His family ...

I feel that though such shows are a platform to show one’s talent, only a couple of them get picked up or make it big, Pandit Jasraj said. NEW DELHI: Pandit Jasraj is a peerless classical singer from ...

Pandit Jasraj’s love of music really did transcend. The proponent of the Mewati Gharana made his debut as a tabla artist in 1937. His first concert as a vocalist was in the darbar of King Tribhuvan ...

Pandit Jasraj is in a playful mood as he sits down for the joint tete-a-tete with his daughter, TV host and artist promoter Durga. Panditji or Bapu, as the legendary classical vocalist of the Mewati ...

Pandit Jasraj, one of the most renowned exponents of Hindustani Classical music passed away on Monday, reports said. He suffered a cardiac arrest at his home in New Jersey, his daughter Durga Jasraj ...

Last week, Pandit Jasraj, living legend of the Mewati gharana, turned 90. A gharana like Pandit Jasraj’s comes into existence when at least three generations of family perform the same style of music.

CHENNAI: As a young girl of eight, she would be happily humming all the songs that her sister learnt from their neighbour Padma Narasimhan, who later on became her first guru. Born and raised in ...

Classical music maestro Pandit Jasraj was cremated on Thursday with state honours in the presence of family members and close friends. The 90-year-old doyen, who belonged to the Mewati gharana, died ...

HYDERABAD: It is an annual ritual that the music aficionados of Hyderabad religiously look forward to Pt Motiram – Maniram Sangeet Samaroh that takes place in the cooler months of the Deccan climate.