Pandit Arvind Parikh, master of sitar, is the famous student of the very great master of sitar,the late Ustad
Vilayat Khan (Aftaab-e-Sitar). Purvi Parikh, daughter of Pt. Arvind Parikh, is
a very good vocalist. This is a part of his email to me about the Ustad:
"Indian musicians believe that teentaal (16 beats) is the King of all rhythms and once she/he is proficient in playing/improvising in teentaal, she/he can improvise in other
rhythms without any difficulty. Though Ustad Vilayat Khan most of the times plays gat-s in teentaal
(16 beats), he does occasionally play gat-s in the other rhythms such as rupak (7 beats) and jhaptaal (10 beats). He
also plays in ektaal (12 beats) especially in the drut laya (faster tempo)."
A very great website for promoting North Indian Classical Music (Hindustani Sangeet). Presenting lots of great masters of
the past and today with their musical samples in Real Format. One need to install Real Media Player to be able to listen this
great musical sounds. Some of them are really rare!
Ganesh Kumar (Kanjira Artist): A young and excellent kanjira artist. Kanjira is south Indian frame drum. For more info, please do check
his great website built byChris Sampson.
Mardala is a very nice and great site dedicated to promoting Odissi mardala similar to Hisdustani pakhawaj (North Indian cylindrical
drum).
Ghatam Suresh: Vaidyanathan Suresh is one of the few percussionists with an aesthetic sense of approach to performing
on any percussion instrument especially ghatam his favorite earthen clay pot instrument! A rare drummer who has mastered this
amusing clay pot,Suresh can adapt with remarkable speed and precision the techniques of drumming of any part of the world.
Ganesh Anandan Canada-based specialist of South Indian percussion music (Karnatic percussion). He plays mrdangam, tavil and kanjira.
He has a nice site in English and French language.
Mridang-Pakhawaj is an article of Paolo Pacciolla (percussionist) in both Italian and English language.
