SACHIN JAMBHEKAR is one of the most promising harmonium maestro from Maharashtra India.
Besides Harmonium he also plays synthesizer, banjo, ewi, saxophone in live shows as well as in studio Recordings. According to him Music is a GOD gift.
He started learning music from his father who was a singer. Later he was gifted the harmonium which was owned by another legend Rahul Deb Barman by Padmavibhushan Asha Bhosle. In instrument he plays various genres like classical, semi classical, western, ghazal, natya sangit and Bollywood songs.
In last 32 years, he has been playing all over the world with all great artists like Bharat Ratna Lataji Mangeshkar, Padmavibhushan Asha Bhosle, Pankaj Udhas, Ghulam Ali, Suresh Wadkar, Anuradha Paudwal, Sudesh Bhosale, Sadhana Sargam, Madhura Datar, Vaishali Samant, Bela Shende, Mahesh Kale,Rahul Deshpande, Pt.Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar, Avadhoot Gupte and many more.
He has also arranged and programmed music for films songs, music albums etc.
Saz-E-Pancham Gulzar, Sachin's Harmony is one of his solo Instrumental programmes, in which he performed 3 hrs.of solo on instruments.
Dr. DINKAR SHARMA belongs to “Patiala
Gharana”. He is solo Harmonium player as well as Vocalist. His
guru Ustad Bhure Khan, a
legendary Harmonium player, enriched
Patiala Gharana with his “Gayaki” (vocal nuances) style of playing and made
solo harmonium playing appealing more than ever. He is graded artist in All India Radio. He got trained
from Ustad Bhure Khan for almost 31 years. Presently he is Khalifa of
Bhurekhani Baaj.
In Bhurekhani Baaj,
both classical and light are practiced. He has been playing Harmonium all over
the globe. He is not only a harmonium player and vocalist, but a great teacher,
who provides the training in Harmonium in a structural way. His magical
fingering touches heart of the audiences in all genre of playing be it classical
or western.
Dr. Sharma
accompanied with Pandit Jasraj for a long time.
SUVENDU BANERJEE belongs to “Gaya Gharana”(heritage) which is the pathfinder of solo Harmonium playing in India. He is a graded artist of Prasar Bharati(All India Radio) & is empaneled with ICCR(Gov of India). He has been learning harmonium from his grandfather Pandit Deb Kumar Banerjee since the age of 7. His guru Pandit Deb Kumar Banerjee a legendary Harmonium player, enriched Gaya Gharana with his “Gayaki” (Vocal nuances) style of playing and made solo harmonium playing appealing more than ever. His ancestor & dadaguru Sangeetacharya Montu Banerjee is a legendary figure in the history of harmonium playing. He is currently learning from Pandit Shyamal Chatterjee, the legendary sitar maestro of Senia-Maihar gharana & senior most disciple of Bharat Ratna Pandit Ravi Shankar.
He had rigorous sessions of “Talim”(learning) as well as “Reyaaz”(practice) every day under the strict guidance of his grandfather. Prior to this, in order to enhance his rhythm sense, he learnt Tabla from legends like Ustad Sabir Khan, Pandit Shankar Ghosh and Sri Bickram Ghosh. He has also taken vocal training from Pandit Kumar Prasad Mukherjee. Since childhood he had the privilege of meeting musical maestros like Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty and many more, and got their blessings.
He had the honor to be very close to Padmabhushan Sri Manna Dey since his childhood.
RAJU DAS Born in a musical family Raju carved his career in music at a very early age. At an age when many don't know the career they would choose, Raju was clear with his ambition. His early lessons was taken by Pt. Sushi! Bose.
Thereafter, his learning curve got enriching experience from one of the well-known artist in the Indian classical music gamut, Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan of Kirana Gharana, from whom he got extended lessons on various classical formats. Well versed with his lessons on Indian classical music, Raju went on to learn Ghazal from Shri Badal Choudhary. During this period he got the golden opportunity to enhance his music from the Ghazal Maestro Janab Ghulam Ali Khan of Pakistan. His own composition and style of singing was also appreciated by The another Ghazal Maestro Late Shri Jagjit Singh Ji.
He has done M.A in music from Rabindra Bharti University and he was awarded the first position in All India Inter College Ghazal Competition for 3 successive years. He had another feather on his hat when he was awarded with Md. Rafi Award from Calcutta Art Forum.
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