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SAAZ- 2

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II, this unique 8 CD pack features 4 instruments such as Violin, Shehnai, Tabla&Flute. This series showcases melodic marvels: four of the most popular and fascinating Hindustani classical instruments from India's musical treasure-chest. Saaz (the Urdu word for musical instrument) brings together some of the finest classical instrumental renditions by acknowledged masters.

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Saaz- 1

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Saaz-1, this unique 8 CD Pack features instruments such as Sitar, Santoor, Sarod and Sarangi.This series showcases melodic marvels: four of the most popular and fascinating Hindustani classical instruments from India's musical treasure-chest. Saaz (the Urdu word for musical instrument) brings together some of the finest classical instrumental renditions by acknowledged masters.

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Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia

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Indian
Website: 
http://www.hariprasadchaurasia.com
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In my past there is a Krishna. In my dreams I dream of recreating a huge college of flautists, a veritable Vrindaban in which students will arrive to learn and study with satchels full of flutes, live in mud huts, eat at a common langar. A modern Vrindaban from which a thousand flutes will ring out everyday. For what else is there? When my breath is gone and I cannot play anymore what do I leave behind? Some dedicated students! When you leave nothing behind, you cry at the point of death, but I still dream, I dare to dream that through my playing and through my students my flute will be left behind as the memory of Krishna. -- Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, the internationally renowned exponent of the bansuri or bamboo flute, surprisingly does not come from a long lineage of flautists. His father was a famous wrestler who had aspirations of his son following in his footsteps.

The younger Chaurasia had an early love of music, however, and by the age of 15 was taking his first steps toward a lifetime as a performer by studying classical vocal with Pandit Raja Ram of Benares.

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Amaan Ali Khan

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Indian

A young talent of the 7th generation in an unbroken chain of the Senia Bangash School, Amaan Ali Khan is the elder son and disciple of the Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan and grandson of the Haafiz Ali Khan. Initiated into the fine art of Sarod playing at a very tender age, Amaan began his public performances as early as eight.

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma

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Date of Birth: 
January 13, 1938
Nationality: 
Indian

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma is an Indian classical musician of Hindustani classical music tradition. He is a master of the santoor, which used to be only a folk instrument from the valley of Kashmir.

Shivkumar Sharma is the master instrumentalist of the santoor, after some years as a vocalist. He is credited with single-handedly making the santoor a popular classical instrument[4][10]. In a 1999 interview to rediff.com, Sharma said that it was his father who decided that he should play the santoor and that he never thought he would be choosing it when he started learning music.