Acts of Retrieval: A ghazal by Mehdi Hassan & the art of improvisation in Hindustani classical music

In a mushaira, a poet reciting their ghazal will repeat a line for effect. But Hassan, in a performance of ‘Kaise Chhupaun Raaz e Gham’, previcarates.

Amit Chaudhuri

· Jan 29, 2023 · 11:30 am

Peak Jasraj: Remembering the Hindustani vocalist’s contribution to the ethos of artistic modernity

The musician created a deeply idiosyncratic, original and modern version of the sophistication of court culture.

Amit Chaudhuri

· Sep 01, 2020 · 02:30 pm

Remembering Mogubai Kurdikar, who mastered the art of perfectionism and self-containment

The vocalist is not as widely heard as she should be – but perhaps that’s by design.

Amit Chaudhuri

· Jul 25, 2020 · 11:30 am

Remembering Uma Bose, who presaged a new era for vocal music

‘The Nightingale of Bengal’ died of tuberculosis on her 21st birthday.

Amit Chaudhuri

· Jun 23, 2020 · 03:30 pm

Listening to the makeshift abandon of DV Paluskar’s Raag Shree

The maestro’s final recording before he died at the age of 34 is paradoxically alive.

Amit Chaudhuri

· May 31, 2020 · 08:00 am

Recordings by vocalist Salamat Ali Khan remind us how precise and beautiful the unimaginable can be

He had no peer in Hindustani classical music.

Amit Chaudhuri

· May 17, 2020 · 08:00 am

Acts of Retrieval: The incomparably melodious, uninsistent voice of Barkat Ali Khan

A new series on overlooked and forgotten music by Amit Chaudhuri.

Amit Chaudhuri

· Apr 26, 2020 · 06:30 pm