Sheena (Rinky) Bala has always been passionate about dance, and it was after discovering her Guru in 1998, Namita Debroy at the age of 6, that she found her love for Kathak. Her Guru, Namita Debroy was trained by the … Read more...
Tag Archives: Hindustani
Smt Usha Chivukula (vocal)
Usha Chivukula is a passionate promoter of the Indian traditional performing arts, and an experienced performer in dance, drama and music herself. She received training in Carnatic and Hindustani vocal music, and also in the veena, for many years in … Read more...
Sri Joseph Abhay Nand (harmonium)
Joseph Abhay Nand is a stalwart participant in the Brisbane Indian classical community. Originally from Fiji, he learnt harmonium from Ustad Mohammed Hussein from Pakistan and Ustad Mehmood Dholpuri from India. He is also accomplished in both tabla and vocal. … Read more...
Smt Namita Debroy (Kathak padhant, choreo)
Namita Debroy is the founder and director of Nritya Bharati School of Kathak Dance, established in 1998 in Brisbane with 2 branches at Hamilton and Sunnybank Hills. An accomplished Kathak dancer, she was ranked first (East Zone) in her Bachelors … Read more...
Sri Maharshi Raval (tabla)
Maharshi is a promising tabla player from Benaras Gharana (school) living in Sydney. Maharshi is a student of Late Pt. Nandan Mehta who was a disciple of the legend of Benaras Gharana Late Pt. Shri Kishen Maharaj and has been … Read more...
Sri Simranjit Singh (tabla)
Simranjit Singh started learning the basics of tabla the age of 9 from his school teacher Mr. Daljit Singh, before going into the depths of the Punjab Gharana with Ustad Jaspal Singh ji Jawaddi Taksal. A specialist in tabla solo, … Read more...
Sri Rahul Bhattacharya (sarod)
Rahul (Sabyasachi) Bhattacharya is a Hindustani (North Indian) musician who plays the 19th string sarod. Hailing from the city of Varanasi he commenced his musical studies at the age of 5 with vocal training and also undertook studies in Western … Read more...
Sri Taro Terahara (bansuri – Japan)
Taro Terahara is one of the leading musicians in the thriving and highly competitive Indian classical music scene in Japan. Born in Chiba-ken, in 1968 to teacher parents Taro Terahara was passionate about music from a very early age. Seeing … Read more...
Smt Sunita Tikare (Hindustani vocal – Mumbai)
Sunita Tikare is an outstandingly melodious Vocalist inclined towards Indian Classical music from early childhood. An inspiring pat on the back for a flawless performance coupled with an ardent admiration by Late Honorable Prime Minister Smt Indira Gandhi for this … Read more...
Sri Adarshbir Singh (dilruba)
Adarshbir Singh started learning esraj (dilruba) in 2011 from the great esraj player Ustad Sandeep Singh (Punjab). Adarsh has learned vocal from Professor Prem Sagar ji of Benaras Gharana. Adarsh is currently living in Brisbane and doing his Masters of … Read more...