Karnataka’s Hindustani Musicians

Karnataka’s Hindustani Musicians holds a mirror up to the unparalleled achievement of Karnataka. Al in a span of only a hundred years. Before which there was no trace of Hindustani music in Karnataka. Whereas a music stalwart or two are born in ages in other states, scores of stalwarts are born in Karnataka in just a century. Several of them have bagged Kalidas Samman, Padmavibhushan and Tansen Samman. They have enriched the musical tradition of India. Karnataka’s Hindustani Musicians throws interesting sidelights on the gharaanaas as also the musical instruments some of them were playing. While doing so, it unfolds the all-India scenario of Hindustani music.