Surbahar is a string instrument with deep, melodic and long lasting sound. It is classified as a chordophone in the lute family, and is related to the veena. Surbahar appeared in the musical scene of ...

Just six days after he celebrated his 83rd birthday on November 17th, Ustad Imrat Khan, the second son of legendary Ustad Enayat Khan of the Imdadkhani gharana passed away yeasterday after a stroke at ...

If it weren’t for Ustad Imrat Khan, the surbahar may well have receded from the listener’s imagination. The maestro, who famously turned down the Padma Shri last year, saying that the recognition came ...

Shubha Sankaran, a small, dark-haired woman, sits on a low stool before a rapt audience, cradling a very large stringed instrument. She is one of only a handful of concert artists in the world –- and ...

MUMBAI: Akash Ganga is a building in Breach Candy which once housed the city's first acoustically designed concert hall, but on its sixth floor lived a reclusive surbahar player who avoided the stage.

The strong influence of dhrupad, beenkar and Seniya rabab traditions on sitar and sarod players are evident in their influence on the evolution of sitar and sarod technique, repertoire and ...

Last week, this column featured a detailed exposition of raag Yaman Kalyan by the Maihar gharana sitar maestro Ravi Shankar. Continuing the series on instrumental interpretations of raag Yaman and its ...

Mention the name Ustad Imrat Khan to any young Indian classical music lover, and chances are the reply will be, “Imrat Khan sahib? Oh yes, Ustad Vilayat Khan’s younger brother, the surbahar player.” ...

Ustad Shafaat Khan, a world-renowned Indian master of the sitar, surbahar and tabla, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28, in the Carter Center for Worship and Music at Bridgewater College. The ...

On Saturday morning, Indian classical music fans woke up to the news that surbahar legend Annapurna Devi had passed away. Though some were aware that she was in her early 90s and had been suffering ...

Eminent sitar and surbahar player Imrat Khan was born on this day in Kolkata. He was the younger brother of sitar player Vilayat Khan. Imrat was born in a family of musicians who traced their roots to ...