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Rudra Veena

Beenkars (Present)

Asit Kumar Banerjee
One of the foremost Rudra-Veena maestros of India, is the disciple of Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar Sahib,
the renowned exponent of Rudra-Veena of Dagar Gharana

Philippe Bruguière
A disciple of Zia Mohiuddin Dagar

Mohi Baha'ud-din Dagar
     -- Sangeet Kendra Megh
     -- Mohi Baha’ud-din Dagar by Lakshmi Anand
     -- Ancient Indian Strings
     -- Bahauddin spoke to Deepak Raja
     -- Mohi Baha'ud-din Dagar videos from DutchDhrupad (Excellent!)
     -- Interviewing Bahauddin Dagar - February 2011 Interview by Núria Cabo
     -- Harmony with A.R. Rahman

Bikram jeet Das
Hindustani - Dhrupad - Khandarbani
Jaipur Beenkar Gharana

Dr Jayanta Kumar Das
An artist of Rudra Veena, Surbahar and Sitar

Miya Rahman Desai
A son of Shamsuddin Faridi Desai

Nasir Khan Faridi Desai
A son of Shamsuddin Faridi Desai

Zahid Khan Faridi Desai (Maula Ka Baqsha Hua)
A son of Shamsuddin Faridi Desai

David Elkabir
      -- David Elkabir's youtube channel

Murali Mohana Gowda
Murali Mohana Gowda, Rudraveena Player (Beenkar) from Dagarbani  

Jyoti Hegde
has studied with Pandit Late Bindu Madhav Pathak,
Ustad Asad Ali Khan,
Pandit Indudhar Nirody Ji

Subrahmanya Hegde
Nephew of Shri RV Hegde

Remco Helbers
A disciple of Bahauddin Dagar

Jeff Lewis
Performer and teacher in the Seattle area.  A disciple of Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
      -- Raag Jog - Jeff Lewis (rudra vina) SIMA Recital

Suvir Misra
Suvir Misra is a performer, teacher, Rudra Veena builder, film maker, and software developer...
a true "Renaissance Man"


Sayak Mitra
A beenkar and scholar of musicology, based on ancient music

Mrunalini
A disciple of Vidushi Jyoti Hegde

Sharada Mushti
Sharada Mushti is a beenkar from the illustrious Etawah Imdadkhani gharana.
She is a disciple of Pandit Arvind Parikh, beacon of the gharana, from whom she receives
taleem for both baawat (content) and tareeqa (technique) of dhrupad and rudraveena


Madhuvanti Pal
Madhuvanti Pal is Beenkar and Veena maker from Bishnupur Gharana (a branch of Seniya Bani)  

Gopal Chandra Paul
Dhrupad Artist - Rudraveena, ALL INDIA RADIO  

Philippe Puget
Philippe began studying Dhrupad and Rudra Vina with Ustad Zia Mohiuddin DAGAR, in 1989.
He is co-author of a book-CD entitled "Au Rythme du Raga"

Arpita Sharma
Arpita Sharma, from Kolkata, is an advanced disciple of Pandit Suvir Misra

Daniel Shurman
Performer and teacher in Seattle.  Rudra Veena and Dhrupad studies with Jeff Lewis and Uday Bhawalkar

Bishoke Sil
Performer and recording artist  

Glynn Snellgrove
Trained under Ustad Imrat Khan at Dartington Collge U.K. and later under
Ustad Asad Ali Khan on the traditional rudra veena.
Has studied the Dagarbani on the rudra veena and vocal with Ashish Sankrityayan.
Since 2006 has been studying with Ustad Shamsuddin Faridi Desai and Zahid Khan Faridi Desai.

Carsten Wicke
He was trained under Ustad Asad Ali Khan in the traditional Rudra Veena style and
learned Dagar Bani Dhrupad on the instrument from Ashish Sankrityayan



Beenkars (Past)

Sheikh Bahauddin Barnawi
Ascetic Sufi bin player, during the reign of Akbar

Anant Bedekar - Raga Malkauns
His music, he said, was neither in the dhrupad nor in the khyal style
Disciple of Laxman Rao Chavan
      -- More Rudra Veena - Anant Bedekar

Balvant Rao Bhaaiya
Disciple of Bande Ali Khan

Balvant Rao Chavan
Disciple of Bande Ali Khan

Laxman Rao Chavan
Son of Balvant Rao Chavan

Birendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury - Raga Kedar
Birendra Kishore Roy Choudhury was a master of the Dhrupad style, especially in instrumental music,
and played the Bin, the Sursringar and the Seni Rabab

      -- Raga Gandhari(Sursringar)

Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
     -- Son of Ziauddin Khan
     -- UW Ethnomusicology Archives - Z.M. Dagar collection
        (From the above link, enter Z.M. Dagar in search field and click the 'Search' button
     -- Patrick Moutal's Site Hindustani Rag Sangeet Online - Jog(Alap, Rupak)

Ustad Mohammad Khan Faridi Desai
      -- Son of Abdul Rheman Khan
      -- Father of Ustad Shamsuddin Faridi Desai

Ustad Shamsuddin Faridi Desai
     -- Shamsuddin Faridi Desai - "The Qadri Sufis regard music as a pathway to God"
        Excerpts from interview with Lyle Wachovsky, April 2004

     -- Son of Mohammad Khan Faridi

Pandit Hindraj Divekar
Performer, author and teacher
     -- Dhrupad and Khyal styles

Ramchandra V (R V) Hegde
Disciple of Bindu Madhav Pathak
      -- Hindustani Instrumental Dhyana Bindhu || By R V Hegde || Rudra Veena Instrumetal

Peter Hennix ( - 2010)
Swedish disciple of Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar and Ustad Asad Ali Khan

Ali Khan Karori (Naubat Khan)
Binkar during the reign of Akbar, c. 1600

Abdul Rehman Khan
Grandfather of Shamsuddin Faridi Desai  
Studied with Waheed Khan and/or Bande Ali Khan

Abid Hussain Khan
Son of Jamaluddin Khan
He traced his musical heritage from Shri Mishri Singh Rajput of Jaipur who once accompanied
Miyan Tansen on Rudra Veena before emperor Akbar

      -- Ustad Abid Hussain Khan - Raga Darbari Kanada - Rudra Veena

Ali Zaki Haider Khan
Disciple of Asad Ali Khan

Amir Khan (Ameer Khan)
Amir (Ameer) Khan Beenkar was among the leading veena players of the 18th century
Son of Umrao Khan

Amiruddin Khan
Disciple of Rajab Ali Khan

Ustad Asad Ali Khan
Khan was born 1937 in Alwar in the seventh generation of rudra veena players in his family
     -- Son of Sadiq Ali Khan
     -- Portrait of a maestro
     -- Ustad Asad Ali Khan – A Portrait – A Film by Renuka George
     -- The Rudra Veena maestro spoke to Deepak Raja
     -- Ustad Asad Ali Khan - Raga Marwa
     -- Ustad Asad Ali Khan - Raga Yaman Kalyan
     -- Asad Ali Khan : An Isolated Rudra Veena Player

Ustad Miya Bande Ali Khan
Founder of the Indore Binkar family.
One of the most influential binkars of the 19th century

Jamaluddin Khan
Son of Amiruddin Khan.
Father of Abid Hussain Khan.
Cited in the Report of the First All-India Music Conference (1917).  See page 10, footnote 28 Here

Mohammed Khan
Binkar during the reign of Aurangazeb

Ustad Mohammed Dabir Khan
The grandson of Wazir Khan

Murad Khan
Disciple of Bande Ali Khan

Musharraf Khan
Nephew of Rajab Ali Khan
Cited in the Report of the First All-India Music Conference (1917).  See page 10, footnote 28 Here

Na'mat Khan
18th century binkar under Emperor Muhammad Shah

Purbin Khan
Bin player, native to Gwalior, during the reign of Akbar

Pyar Khan
Bin player during the second half of the 18th century.  Brother of Jivan Shah

Rahim Khan
Rahim Khan Beenkar was among the leading veena players of the 18th century
Son of Umrao Khan

Rajab Ali Khan
Disciple of Bande Ali Khan
      -- Rajab Ali Khan was a musician for the Maharaja of Jaipur, Sawai Ram Singh II
      -- Sangeet Ratna Bhushan

Ustad Sadiq Ali Khan (1893-1964)
A renowned Veena player, born in Jaipur.  Father of Ustad Asad Ali Khan
Son of Musharraf Khan
      -- Ustad Sadiq Ali Khan & Ustad Asad Ali Khan - Raga Darbari Kanada - Rudra Veena

Saras-Bin Khan
Binkar during the reign of Aurangazeb

Shihab Khan
Bin player, native to Gwalior, during the reign of Akbar

Umrao Khan
Grandson of Jivan Shah

Waheed Khan
Disciple of Bande Ali Khan

Wazir Khan
Son of Amir Khan
The chief musician or nayak at the court of Nawab Hamid Ali Khan of Rampur
     -- The teacher of Ustad Allauddin Khan
     -- Grandfather and teacher of Ustad Mohammed Dabir Khan
     -- Taught the son of Pt. Birendra Kishore Roy Choadhury

Zakiruddin Khan
Father of Ziauddin Khan .  He practiced the art of the bin, privately

Ziauddin Khan
Son of Zakiruddin Khan .  He practiced the art of the bin, privately

Miyan Himmat Khan Kalawant
19th century blind binkar

Krishnarao Kolhapure
Disciple of Murad Khan

Pt. Pandharinath Kolhapure
Performer, author, teacher.  Pandharinath Kolhapure, was a talented vocalist and Veena player.
He was the son of Pandit Krishnarao Kolhapure
      -- Pt. Pandharinath Kolhapure Tribute

Eknath Pandit
Disciple of Bande Ali Khan

Dattatreya Rama Rao Parvatikar (1916-1990)
veena baba, nadayogi
      -- Swami D.R. Parvatikar - Raga Nayaki Kanara and Bhopali - Rudra Veena - Rudra Vina

Bindu Madhav Pathak (1935-2004)
Some of his famous students are Hindraj Divekar, Shrikant Pathak, Ramchandra V Hegde and Jyoti Hegde
      -- More Rudra Veena Masters
      -- Murad Khan "style"

Shrikant Pathak
Son of Bindu Madhav Pathak
      -- Raga Madhumad Sarang

Peter Row
Peter studied sitar and rudra vina in Calcutta, India (1965-1973) with Pandit Gokul Nag of the Vishnupur Gharana

Jivan Shah
Bin player during the second half of the 18th century.  Brother of Pyar Khan

P. D. Shah
P. D. Shah studied Ustad Mohammed Khan Desai Faridi (father of Shamsuddin Faridi Desai)
and became his disciple for learning Rudra Veena (Bin).  A fascinating history, contributed by his daughter!


Rajshekhar Vyas - Udaipur, Rajasthan

Peter Weismiller
Including 'The Been and Beenkars: An Historical Perspective' by Peter Weismiller

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