Sangeet sunne se dil behel jaata hai mujhe purane gaane pasand hai, naye digital waale nahin. The visually- and hearing-impaired alms-seeker loves music but doesn't enjoy singing Gangwani Babu is a common sight on busy Mumbai locals. This doesn't bode well for the rich, diverse regional, folk and classical traditions that have come down to us through the ages! And I can scarcely think of what life will be, without music. It drowns out some of the finest talent we have. What is being promoted is only one form of music. Yet today, as we talk about World Music Day, look at the condition of music and musicians. Her happiness lies in rooting for conservation of musical traditions and diversity Subha Mudgal's powerful voice brings joy to lovers of Indian music. It's everything through which I vocalise and verbalise myself. In my case, music is the go-to for every emotion. When your listener can feel the emotion that you are feeling while playing an instrument or singing, then you've mastered an instrument. I always believed that music is not about virtuosity but about how well you can emote through it. He is the piano man behind Delhi's young jazz haunt, The Piano Man It means peace.Īrjun Sagar Gupta believes in music's power to move the capital city. My music means telling a public gathering, what someone has told me. Qawali rooh ki ghiza hain (It is the need of my soul, which keeps it alive). When I was seven, he asked me to perform a kalam and I sang Chap Tilak Naina Mujhse Naina Milaiolo. My ancestor Ustad Tanras Khan was a key singer in Bahadur Shah Zafar's darbar but it was my father, Ustad Mehraj Nizam, who compiled everyone's kalam (work) and published it in the form of a book. He inherited Qawali from his family, where it's reigned for 750 years Hasnain Nizami is Qawwal in Dargah Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia in Delhi. I stole my first flute from a boy who was busy drinking water (laughs)! Music is my life, my love, my religion. I cycled to the radio station and met Pt. It would always sound good! I was eight when I heard the flute on the Air India Radio in Allahabad for the first time. When I was little, my mother used to hum a lullaby while feeding me. He believes in sharing music through the Guru-Shishya tradition Hariprasad Chaurasiya is synonymous with the bansuri.