Famous Music Legends Of India

INDIA , musically rich in its culture is known  worldwide for  its singing legends and instrument players. Indian classical is the toughest art of music and is extremely difficult to perfect.  Different states of India have their own folk songs and have a very different culture than their fellow states.

Over the years, we can boast of  producing various music legends of  India  like Pt.Ravi Shankar,  Bismillah  Khan,  Bhimsen Joshi, Zakir Hussain,  Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Kishore Kumar, R.D.Burman  and  Mohd.Rafi to name a few

 


Pt.RAVI  SHANKAR

Pundit Ravi Shankar, the late legendary sitar maestro was given tribute by the top organizers of music awards,when he was presented with two lifetime achievement Grammy awards. Pt.Ravi Shankar received the award posthumous ,60 days after his death on 13 th Feb 2013 at the 55th Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.


The sitar maestro, who popularized Indian classical music in the West and had a major influence on The Beatles’ George Harrison and Yehudi Menuhin, died at the age of 92 after undergoing heart-valve replacement surgery at the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California. With a performance career spanning more than 80 years, he has influenced a variety of musicians, including the Beatles, John Coltrane, Philip Glass and his daughters, Norah Jones and Anoushka Shankar



TANSEN
 

The richness of Indian music goes back to the ancient and medieval period of history where some of the music greats like Tansen and Amir Khusro  etc  gave a new shape to music. It is believed that when Tansen  used to sing it would start to rain. If one has to give the names of Indian legends,  he  cannot  be ignored in that list.  During ancient and medieval times the kings used to give utter importance to music and they used to enjoy it thoroughly. Since then music has taken a central seat in the field of art.



LATA  MANGESHKAR
 

Lata Mangeshkar, popularly known as the “ Nightingale of India” is one of the most prominent  female singers that India has produced till date. Even today in her late 80’s she continues to sing like she used to sing during her younger days. Her sister Asha  Bhonsle is also a very versatile singer of  India. She holds the world record of singing more than 12000 songs in almost all the Indian languages. Lata Mangeshkar's name doesn't miss the  talk, whenever India's best singers' names are discussed.
 



Mohd.RAFI
 

KISHORE  KUMAR

Mohd.Rafi  and Kishore Kumar , both were the two leading male playback singers of what we call-“THE GOLDEN ERA OF INDIAN MUSIC” .They sang various electrifying songs which are hugely admired not only by older generations, but also younger generations. The demise of both of these legendary male playback singers of  India have created a void in the Indian music,  which cannot be filled by anyone.