The gharana takes its name from the Mewat that includes some parts of Haryana and Rajasthan. This musical style was founded by Ghagge Nazir Khan, son of Bade Mohammed Khan of the Gwalior gharana and ...

Legendary vocalist of Mewati gharana Padma Vibhushan Pandit Jasraj loved performing in Bhopal, say his friends who knew him for almost 50 years and got the opportunity to host him when he came to the ...

Last week, Pandit Jasraj, living legend of the Mewati gharana, turned 90. A gharana like Pandit Jasraj’s comes into existence when at least three generations of family perform the same style of music.

In its second edition, the organization will felicitate the doyen of Hindustani classical music Pt Jasraj of the Mewati gharana and his three disciples, Girish Wazalwar, Ratan Mohan Sharma and Ankita ...

Pandit Jasraj is in a playful mood as he sits down for the joint tete-a-tete with his daughter, TV host and artist promoter Durga. Panditji or Bapu, as the legendary classical vocalist of the Mewati ...

In Hindustani music, a gharana is a family or school linking singers or instrumental players through a shared lineage. Rajasthan’s Mewati Gharana goes back to the 16th century, and its most famous ...

A husky yet pure, ringing voice that could blend the sensuous with the most austere formal elements. A musicality that could attain the sublime while not being averse to pleasing the common ear. It ...

The doyen of Indian classical music and a Padma Vibhushan-awardee known for his ‘Kann ki Gayaki’ was a star attraction at Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mohotsav. The legend of Mewati gharana, Pandit Jasraj, ...

Classical music maestro Pandit Jasraj was cremated on Thursday with state honours in the presence of family members and close friends. The 90-year-old doyen, who belonged to the Mewati gharana, died ...