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Arshad Ali Khan is one of the few prodigies to live up to their initial promise. Arshad, the grandson of the legendary sarangi maestro late Padmashree Ustad Shakoor Khan, was absorbed into the ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata, as a scholar at the age of six. Born in the family of the principal Kirana Gharana musicians, he received extensive taleem from his maternal uncles, Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan and Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan in the true guru-shishya parampara system of training, steeped with exclusivity of ragas and unheard bandishes.
Today, Arshad is hailed as a maestro par excellence. He is one of the few contemporary singers of the Kirana Gharana to have assimilated the essence of the meer-khand vistar or development,
typical to the gharana. His style, while strikingly original in its creative exposition of the Raag, is steeped in a traditional mould. His ability to balance his performances with sensitive alap/ vistar, note by note delineation of swaras, complex sargams, an onslaught of lightening fast multifarious taans with emotive yet meditative pukaars has set him a class apart from his fellow vocalists. He is hailed as among the greatest virtuoso vocalists of the country, given his repertoire and competency in all aspects of Khayal gayaki.

Arup Sen Gupta is a disciple of Sri Subhen Chatterjee, an illustrious Tabla player from Kolkata and the seniormost disciple of Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, the world famous Tabla maestro. Arup also gets additional training from Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri- the torch bearer of the Lucknow-Gharana (school of playing). Arup has accompanied many famous musicians in Europe, India and the US and is now one of the most sought after Tabla players in Germany.

www.arupsengupta.com

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