Padma Bhushan गान-हिरा #HirabaiBarodekar ji (29 May 1905 - 20 Nov 1989), the legendary vocalist/guru of the #Kirana gharana, a daughter of #UstadAbdulKarimKhan & the 1st woman to stage a ticketed concert in India. 🙏
The legendary Surbahar & Sitar maestro Maa #AnnapurnaDevi ji (16 Apr 1927 - 13 Oct 2018), a daughter & disciple of the legendary musician #BabaAllauddinKhan ji of the Senia Maihar gharana, an outstanding guru of many stalwarts of the #ICM 🙏
Padma Bhushan सुरश्री #KesarbaiKerkar ji (13 Jul 1892 – 16 Sept 1977), the legendary vocalist of the #JaipurAtrauli gharana, the Indian voice that made it to @NASA ’s space probe Voyager-I launched in 1977, a disciple of #UstadAlladiyaKhan 🙏
Padma Bhushan गानतपस्विनी #MogubaiKurdikar ji (15 Jul 1904 - 10 Feb 2001), the legendary vocalist/guru of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana, a disciple of #UstadAlladiyaKhan ji, mother/guru of गानसरस्वती #KishoriAmonkar ji.
Padma Bhushan Dr. #GangubaiHangal ji (5 Mar 1913 – 21 July 2009), the legendary vocalist of the #Kirana gharana, known for her deep & powerful voice, a disciple of the Pt #SawaiGandharva ji. 🙏
Padma Shri Vid. #SiddheshwariDevi ji (8 Aug 1902 - 18 Mar 1977), one of the finest exponents of the Purab ang Thumri, Dadra, Hori, Chaiti, Kajri etc, she remained simple and unassuming till the end. 🙏
मल्लिका-ए-गजल Padma Bhushan #BegumAkhtar ji (7 Oct 1914 – 30 Oct 1974), one of the greatest and most popular singer of Ghazal, Dadra, and Thumri genres of the Indian classical music. 🙏
Thumri Queen Padma Bhushan Vid #ShobhaGurtu ji, (8 Feb 1925 - 27 Sept 2004), famous for the 'Abhinaya' ang in her full-throated voice, had equal command over the Classical, Semi-Classical, Ghazal, Bhajan forms. 🙏
Thumri queen Padma Vibhushan Vid. #GirijaDevi ji (8 May 1929 – 24 Oct 2017), one of the greatest vocalists of the Banaras/Senia traditions, had equal command over Khayal, Thumri, Dadra, Tappa, Kajri, Hori, Chaiti. 🙏
Padma Bhushan Vid. #SharanRani ji (9 April 1929 – 8 April 2008), the first women Sarod player of India, called the ‘Cultural Ambassador of India’ by Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru ji, a disciple of #BabaAllauddinKhan ji. 🙏
Vid. #ZarinDaruwala ji (9 Oct 1946 - 20 Dec 2014), one of the finest Sarod player of India, an outstanding musician who also significantly contributed in bollywood, received several honours including @sangeetnatak & #DadasahebPhalke award 🙏
Dr. #AbanMistry (6 May 1940 – 30th Sept 2012), the first women Solo Tabla player of India, was posthumously presented the "First Lady Of India" in 2018, a scholar and author who wrote 3 books on the Tabla and Indian Classical Music. 🙏
Dr. #VeenaSahasrabuddhe ji (14 Sept 1948 – 29 Jun 2016), an exponent of the Gwalior gharana, Guru, Composer, was known for her khayal and bhajan renditions, a disciple of Pt #GajananbuwaJoshi ji.🙏
Padma Vibhushan गान सरस्वती Vid. #KishoriAmonkar ji (10 Apr 1931 – 3 Apr 2017), an exponent of the #JaipurAtrauli gharana, her immortal divine music transcended beyond the gharanas & influenced the generations of musicians. 🙏
Padma Shri Vid. #ManikVerma ji (16 May 1926 – 10 Nov 1996), an exponent of the Kirana & Agra gharana, one the PUREST voices in #ICM, had equal command over Classical, Semi-Classical, Devotional & NatyaSangeet. 🙏
Dr. #SuhasiniKoratkar ji (8 Nov 2017), one of the Sr. most exponent of the #BhendiBazar gharana who significantly contributed to preserve & popularize this rare gharana, an outstanding guru & composer, a disciple of Pt. #TDJanorikar 🙏
Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee Vid. #MaliniRajurkar ji (8 January 1941), one of the Sr. most and most authentic exponents of the Gwalior gharana, has equal command over all the forms of the Indian Classical Music especially Tappa. 🙏
Vid. #ManjuMehta ji (21 May 1945), the first woman Sitar player to have received the coveted Tansen Samman in 2018, a performer, guru and organiser of the Saptak Music Festival, a disciple of Pt. #RaviShankar ji & Pt. #DamodarlalKabra ji. 🙏
Padma Bhushan Dr. #NRajam ji (13 Apr 1938), has an extraordinary command over the instrument, well known for her unique "Gayaki Ang" style of Violin, has been both Professor and Dean at the Banaras Hindu University for ~45 years. 🙏
संगीत सम्राज्ञी Padma Bhushan Vid. #BegumParveenSultana ji (10 July 1950), an exponent of the Patiala gharana, an incredible full throttle voice that traverses all three octaves, a disciple of Pt. #ChinmoyLahiri ji & #UstadDilshadKhan ji. 🙏
स्वरयोगिनी Padma Bhushan Dr. #PrabhaAtre ji (13 Sept 1932), one of the Sr. most exponents of the Kirana gharana, author, composer, guru, a disciple of Pt. #SureshbabuMane ji & Vid. #HirabaiBadodekar ji. 🙏
The legendary Carnatic vocalist Bharat Ratna #MSSubbulakshmi ji (16 Sept 1916 – 11 Dec 2004), 1st musician ever to be awarded the India's highest civilian honour, 1st Indian musician to receive the #RamonMagsaysayAward, Asia's Nobel Prize 🙏