Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival

Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav
Dates	Traditionally the second weekend of December
Location(s)	New English School Ramanbaug, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Years active	1953 – present
Founded by	Bhimsen Joshi, Arya Sangeet Prasarak Mandal
Website
sawaigandharvabhimsenmahotsav.com

The Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav (formerly known as the Sawai Gandharva Sangeet Mahotsav^[1] and simply known as Sawai) is an annual Indian Classical music festival held in Pune since 1953. Arguably the largest, most popular, and sought-after Indian Classical music festival in the world, the festival is hosted by the Arya Sangeet Prasarak Mandal (ASPM) and initiated by Pt. Bhimsen Joshi as a memorial music conference commemorating the life and work of Pt. Joshi's guru, Pt. Sawai Gandharva alias Rambhau Kundgolkar, the festival's namesake.

While Pt. Joshi was leading the organization of the festival, performing artists received personal invitations from Pt. Joshi to perform at the festival. With an emphasis on Hindustani Classical Khayal music, instrumentalists, dancers, dhrupadiyas, Bhakti musicians, Ghazal musicians, Qawwaliyas, and Carnatic musicians frequent the concert lineup.

A younger artist's debut performance at the festival connotes their "arrival" and promise to the Classical music scene of India (most recently including Rahul Deshpande, Kaushiki Chakrabarty, and Mahesh Kale).

Since its inception, the festival has grown into a prominent cultural soiree for Pune's musical connoisseurs, featuring the foremost musicians of traditional Indian musical forms.

History

The festival was started in 1953 on a small scale, to commemorate the first death anniversary of Pt. Sawai Gandharva, the acclaimed Hindustani Classical vocalist of the Kirana Gharana.

The festival played a key role in the development of Hindustani Classical music in India's post-independence cultural history. Prior to Indian Independence, Hindustani Classical musicians were supported by monarchs under patronage as court musicians since the beginning of the Mughal Empire. After independence, the political division between India and Pakistan culturally alienated many Hindustani musicians. The newfound Indian Republic resulted in an end to the patronage of musicians. Classical musicians were forced to find new methods of sustaining themselves and their art. Public performances of Classical musicians rose as a result, where the Sawai Gandharva Music Festival played an integral role in establishing a regional audience for Indian Classical music. Within the first several decades following Indian Independence, a great number of music festivals or music conferences were founded in order to provide a platform for Classical musicians to perform.

Arya Sangeet Prasarak Mandal

Change in leadership

Pt. Bhimsen Joshi was leading the organization of the festival since its beginning until 2002 when his health problems became of concern.^[2] Following, Pt. Joshi's youngest son, Shrinivas Joshi, and senior disciple, Shrikant Deshpande, succeeded Pt. Joshi in organizing the music conference.^[3] Since Bhimsen Joshi's death in 2011, Shrinivas Joshi and Anand Deshmukh have been leading organizers of the music conference.^[4]

Growth

The festival was initiated specifically to showcase performers of the Kirana Gharana and started on a small scale. Gharana-specific music festivals were popular at the time because musicians wanted to commercialize their Gharana style and artists.

Pt. Bhimsen Joshi was instrumental in inviting musicians from varying backgrounds to the festival because of his own appreciation and reverence for diverse approaches to presenting Indian Classical music. By the late 1970s, the festival established itself as a festival that had the fullest representation of the Classical music temperament in India.

As a result, the festival has become an annual event for music connoisseurs worldwide and reinforces the modernity of Indian Classical Music.

Recent years

During the 2014 festival, there was a heavy rain on 13 Dec which lead for the postponement of the festival to 1 January 2015.^[5]

Influence of 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic

The 2009 Festival was postponed to January 2010 due to an H1N1 scare in Pune. This was the first instance in festival history of any kind of postponement.^[6][7]

Criticism

Recently, many festival regulars have criticized the festival's growing commercial success for causing a decrease in musical quality. Many attribute this to Pt. Bhimsen Joshi's retirement from organizing the festival after 2002. At the 59th festival in 2011, the performances of senior musicians like Utd. Amjad Ali Khan and Dr. Prabha Atre were interrupted due to time restrictions, angering audiences. Many have also criticized the ASPM for inviting fewer musicians of less popularity to perform. The ASPM has also been criticized for not publicly releasing vintage recordings of past festival performances.

Renaming

After Pt. Bhimsen Joshi's death in January 2011, the Arya Sangeet Prasarak Mandal decided to rename the festival "Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav" from "Sawai Gandharva Mahotsav" in honor of the legendary vocalist.^[8]

Tradition

The Sawai Gandharva Music Festival is conducted every year in the first two weeks of December over three days. In the past, the festival runs through whole the night and the days used to end in the morning. Later on, when Pune Municipal Corporation set rule to finish the program before 10 pm which leads to change in the schedule of the program. Traditionally, each festival is inaugurated with a tribute honoring Pt. Sawai Gandharva, with a Shehnai musician performing first, in the early morning. During the first two days, programs begin in the late-afternoon and are supposed to officially end by 10 pm. On the third and final day (previously a Saturday, now usually a Sunday), the programme is conducted in two sessions, the first beginning in the early morning continuing until the early afternoon, the second session begins in the early evening and ends at 10 p.m.

Finale performances

It has been tradition that the last, finale performance is presented by Pt. Bhimsen Joshi. Since Pt. Joshi's retirement in 2004, other members of the Kirana Gharana have concluded the festival, including Pt. Sangmeshwar Gurav in 2005, leading disciples of Pt. Bhimsen Joshi in 2006. Doyen of Kirana Gharana, eminent vocalist Dr. Prabha Atre has concluded every festival since 2007.

The festival officially concludes with the entire audience and remaining performers listening to the Thumri in Raag Bhairavi recording "Jamuna Ke Teer" by Sawai Gandharva, a tune made famous by and signature of his guru, Utd. Abdul Karim Khan.

List of festivals and performances

The Arya Sangeet Prasarak Mandal takes the task of recording details of the festival each year. The festival has been recorded in picture, video and audio, some of which is commercially available. Festivals are listed counter-chronologically.

1950s

1st Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1953)^[9] 

• Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal)
  • Raag Lalit
• Dr. Nanasaheb Deshpande (Vocal)
  • Raag Vibhas
• Balsaheb Atre (Vocal)
  • Raag Puriya

2nd Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1954)^[9] 

• Utd. Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (Sitar)
• Smt. Rohini Bhate (Kathak)
• Smt. Hirabai Badodekar & Smt. Saraswati Rane (Vocal Jugalbandi)
• Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal)
  • Raag Lalit
• Pralhadbuwa Joshi (Vocal)

3rd Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1955)^[9] 

• Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal)
  • Raag Miyan Ki Todi
  • Raag Jogiya
  • Thumri
• Utd. Ahmadjan Thirakwa (Tabla)
  • Solo
• Kagalkar (Vocal)
• Pt. Sangmeshwar Gurav (Vocal)
• Smt. Mogubai Kurdikar (Vocal)
  • Raag Bihagda

4th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1956)^[9] 

Festival was rained out due to monsoon.

5th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1957)^[9] 

• Utd. Mohammed Khan of Afghanistan (Vocal)
  • Raag Malkauns
• Utd. Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (Vocal)
• Utd. Vilayat Khan (Sitar)
• Utd. Ali Akbar Khan (Sarod)

6th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1958)^[9] 

• Ramkrishna Patwardhan

7th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1959)^[9] 

• Smt. Jaimala Shiledar
• Pt. Ajay Pohankar

1960s

8th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1960)^[9] 

• Dr. V. V. Patankar (Vocal)

9th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1961)^[9] 

• Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal)
  • Raag Miyan Ki Todi
  • Raag Shuddha Sarang

10th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1962)^[10] 

(Day 1) Thursday, 27 December 1962 Shyamrao Lonkar (Shehnai) • Raag Bihag • Thumri Utd. Mahamad Hussain Khan (Vocal) • Raag Maru Bihag • Raag Khamaj Smt. Saraswati Rane (Vocal) • Raag Shyam Kalyan • Thumri Pt. Kumar Gandharva (Vocal) • Raag Hameer • Raag Bhairavi

(Day 2) Friday, 28 December 1962 Khaladkar (Shehnai) • Raag Abhogi • Thumri in Raag Tilang Utd. Zakir Hussain (Tabla) • Solo Pt. Sadashiv Jadhav (Vocal) • Raag Puriya Kalyan • Thumri in Raag Khamaj Smt. Sudha Divekar (Vocal) • Raag Hameer • Raag Bhairavi Smt. Hirabai Badodekar (Vocal) • Raag Bihag • Raag Tilak Kamod Utd. Alla Rakha (Tabla) • Solo Dr. V. V. Patankar (Vocal) • Raag Malkauns Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki (Vocal) • Raag Swanandi • Natyageet Utd. Niyaz Ahmad & Faiyaz Ahmad Khan (Vocal) • Raag Bhatiyar • Thumri • Thumri

(Day 3) Saturday, 29 December 1962 Shri. Devlankar (Shehnai) • Raag Kedar • Thumri in Raag Pilu Pt. Chandrakant Kapileshwari (Vocal) • Raag Kalawati Smt. Vatsalabai Joshi (Vocal) • Raag Purva Kalyan Pt. Gajanan Karnad (Vocal) • Raag Maru Bihag • in Raag Tilang Pt. Firoz Dastur (Vocal) • Raag Abhogi • Thumri • Bhajan Shri. Nanasaheb Deshpande (Vocal) • Raag Maru Bihag Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande (Vocal) • Raag Kaunshi Kanada • Thumri Utd. Shamsuddin Khan (Tabla) • (Solo) Gangubai Hangal (Vocal) • Raag Ahir Bhairav Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) • Raag Lalit • Raag Jogiya

11th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1963)^[11] 

(Day 1) Thursday, 31 October 1963 Shri. Shyamrao Lonkar (Shehnai) • Raag Maru Bihag Smt. Mohana Khare (Vocal) • Raag Nayaki Kanada • Thumri Shri. Chandrakant Sardeshmuskh (Sitar) • Raag Chandrakauns Smt. Shobha Gurtu (Vocal) • Raag Chandrakauns • Raag Khamaj Pt. Pandurang Patki (Shehnai) • Raag Jog • Bhajan Pt. Firoz Dastur (Vocal) • Raag Komal Rishabh Asawari • Bhajan

(Day 2) Friday, 1 November 1963 through Saturday 2 November 1963 Shri. Khaladkar (Shehnai) • Raag Abhogi Kanada Utd. Zakir Hussain (Tabla) • Solo Pt. Sadashiv Jadhav (Vocal) • Raag Chandrakauns • Thumri in Raag Pilu Smt. Hirabai Badodekar (Vocal) • Raag Guni Kauns Utd. Alla Rakha Khan (Tabla) • Solo Pt. Arvind Parikh (Sitar) Shri. Uttamrao Patil (Vocal) • Raag Darbari Kanada • Bhajan Shri. Ratnakar Vyas (Sarod) Shri. Dattopant Deshpande (Vocal) • Raag Kamod • Natyageet Pt. Prabhudev Sardar (Vocal) • Raag Bhatiyar Shri. Nanasaheb Deshpande (Vocal) • Raag Lalit Smt. Gangubai Hangal (Vocal) • Raag Prabhat Bhairav Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande (Vocal) • Raag Ahir Bhairav • Natyageet Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) • Raag Ramkali • Raag Jogiya

12th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1964)^[12] 

(Day 1) Thursday, 12 November 1964 Shri. Devlankar (Shehnai) • Raag Bageshree Smt. Kusum Shende (Vocal) • Raag Shyam Kalyan Smt. Hirabai Badodekar (Vocal) • Raag Puriya Kalyan, Natyageet Utd. Shaikh Dawood (Tabla) • Solo Pt. Chandrakant Kapileshwari (Vocal) • Raag Abhogi Begum Parveen Sultana (Vocal) • Raag Lalit • Kajri • Dadra

(Day 2) Friday, 13 November 1964 Shri. Gaikwad (Shehnai) • Raag Abhogi Kanada Shri. Dattopant Deshpande (Vocal) • Raag Maru Bihag • Natyageet Shri. Keshav Joshi (Tabla) • Solo Smt. Saraswati Rane (Vocal) Shri. Chandaraknt Gokhale (Violin) • Raag Guni Kauns Utd. Alla Rakha Khan (Tabla) • Solo Dr. V. V. Patankar (Vocal) Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki (Vocal) Utd. Niyaz Ahmad & Faiyaz Ahmad Khan (Vocal)

(Day 3) Saturday, 14 November 1964 Shri. Khaladkar (Shehnai) • Raag Chandraprabha Shri. Vilas Inamdar (Vocal) • Raag Jogkauns Pt. Sangmeshwar Gurav (Vocal) • Raag Abhogi, Raag Adana Smt. Hirabai Badodekar & Smt. Saraswati Rane (Vocal Jugalbandi) • Raag Shyam Kalyan • Natyageet Utd. Usman Khan (Sitar) • Raag Basant Mukhari Pt. Firoz Dastur (Vocal) • Raag Ahir Bhairav • Raag Jogiya Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande (Vocal) • Raag Komal Rishabh Asawari • Raag Khat • Natyageet Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) • Raag Miyan Ki Todi • Bhajan • Bhairavi

13th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1965)^[13] 

Thursday, 4 November 1965 Shyamrao Lonkar (Shehnai) • Raag Yaman Kalyan Smt. Leela Jalgaonkar (Vocal) • Raag Purva Kalyan Madhukar Golwalkar (Tar Shehnai) • Raag Bageshri, Thumri Smt. Meera Khirwadkar (Vocal) • Raag Maru Bihag, Thumri Smt. Hirabai Badodekar (Vocal) • Raag Jaijaiwanti Smt. Nirmala Arun (Vocal) • Raag Basant, Thumri, Ghazal, Dadra Pt. Gopi Krishna (Kathak)

Friday, 5 November 1965 Devlankar (Shehnai) • Raag Maru Bihag Dattopant Deshpande (Vocal) • Raag Bihag • Natyageet Pt. Chandrakant Kapileshwari (Vocal) • Raag Chandrakauns Smt. Nalini Mulgaonkar (Vocal) • Raag Nat Chandra • Thumri Smt. Saraswati Rane (Vocal) • Raag Basant Bahar, Natyageet Jerad Massey (Tabla) • (Solo) Smt. Kshipra Bose (Vocal) • Raag Shyamkauns • Thumri Balram Pathak (Sitar) • Raag Rageshri Pt. Jasraj (Vocal) • Raag Nat Bhairav Smt. Girija Devi (Vocal) • Raag Bilaskhani Todi • Raag Gandhari • Thumri in Raag Bhairavi

Saturday, 6 November 1965 Khaladkar (Shehnai) • Raag Kedar • Dhun Smt. Vatsalabai Joshi (Vocal) • Raag Maru Bihag Pt. Ramkrishna Patwardhan (Vocal) • Raag Darbari Kanada Smt. Gangubai Hangal (Vocal) • Raag Kalawati • Thumri Vasant Ranade (Violin) • Raag Jhinjhoti, Dhun Smt. Vandana Sen (Kathak) Pt. Sangmeshwar Gurav (Vocal) Pt. Chinmay Lahiri (Vocal) • Raag Basant Mukhari Dr. V. V. Patankar (Vocal) • Raag Bairagi Firoz Dastur (Vocal) • Raag Lalit • Raag Jogiya Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande (Vocal) • Raag Shivmat Bhairav Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) • Raag Asawari Todi • Raag Bhairavi

14th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1966)^[14] 

Thursday, 17 November 2006 Shyamrao Lonkar (Shehnai) • Raag Durga • Thumri Smt. Manda Malviya (Kathak) Smt. Usha Parkhi (Vocal) • Raag Maru Bihag • Raag Mand Komal Singh (Shehnai) • Raag Jog • Dhun Smt. Rohini Chandekar (Vocal) • Raag Purva Kalyan Utd. Ahmedjan Thirakwa (Tabla) • (Solo) Pt. Sangmeshwar Gurav (Vocal) • Raag Gorakh Kalyan Utd. Amjad Ali Khan (Sarod) • Raag Jogkauns

Friday, 18 November 1966* Gaikwad (Shehnai) • Raag Kedar • Dhun Dr. Bal Purohit (Vocal) • Raag Abhogi • Raag Adana Smt. Gangubai Hangal (Vocal) • Raag Chakradhar Smt. Maya Banerjee (Kathak) Smt. Girija Devi (Vocal) • Raag Malkauns • Thumri Dattopant Deshpande (Vocal) • Raag Ahir Bhairav • Raag Jogiya Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki (Vocal) • Raag Nat Bhairav • Raag Bhoopali Todi

Saturday, 19 November 1966 Baburao Devlankar & Baburao Khaladkar (Shehnai & Sundri Jugalbandi) • Raag Bihag • Dhun Smt. Vatsalabai Joshi (Vocal) • Raag Shuddha Kalyan Pt. Ramkrishnabuwa Patwardhan (Vocal) • Raag Darbari Kanada • Dhun in Raag Purvi Smt. Gangubai Hangal (Vocal) • Raag Kalawati • Thumri Vasant Ranade (Violin) • Raag Jhinjhoti • Dhun Smt. Vandana Sen (Kathak) Pt. Sangmeshwar Gurav (Vocal) Pt. Chinmay Lahiri (Vocal) • Raag Basant Mukhari Dr. V. V. Patankar (Vocal) • Raag Bairagi

15th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1967)^[15] 

Thursday, 9 November 1967 Daithankar (Shehnai) • Raag Kedar • Dhun Chandrakant Kapileshwari (Vocal) • Raag Bageshri Utd. Shaikh Dawood (Tabla) • (Solo) Shyam Gogte (Vocal) • Raag Chandrakauns • Dhun Padmakar Kulkarni (Vocal) • Raag Nat Chandra • Raag Suha Kanada Smt. Kishori Amonkar (Vocal) • Raag Savani Nat • Thumri • Bhajan Smt. Roshan Kumari (Kathak)

Friday, 9 November 1967 Devlankar (Shehnai) • Raag Abhogi • Dhun Pt. Sharad Sathe (Vocal) • Raag Bihagda Smt. Sushila Nanjudaiya (Vocal) • Raag Kaunshi Kanada • Raag Nayaki Kanada Smt. Sucheta Bhide (Vocal) Shashikant Apte (Vocal) • Raag Malkauns • Thumri Smt. Sharan Rani (Sarod) • Raag Lalit Utd. Nasir Ahmad (Vocal) • Raag Nat Bhairav • Raag Bilaskhani Todi

Saturday, 11 November 1967 Khaladkar (Shehnai) • Raag Chandraprabha Vilas Inamdar (Vocal) • Raag Jogkauns Pt. Sangmeshwar Gurav (Vocal) • Raag Abhogi, Raag Adana Smt. Hirabai Badodekar & Smt. Saraswati Rane (Vocal Jugalbandi) • Raag Shyam Kalyan • Natyageet Utd. Usman Khan (Sitar) • Raag Basant Mukhari Firoz Dastur (Vocal) • Raag Ahir Bhairav • Raag Jogiya Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande (Vocal) • Raag Komal Rishabh Asawari • Raag Khat • Natyageet Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) • Raag Miyan Ki Todi • Bhajan • Raag Bhairavi

• Harmonium Accompanists: Pt. Appa Jalgaonkar, Eknath Thakurdas
• Tabla Accompanists: Utd. Shaik Dawood Khan, Chandrakant Kamat

16th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1968)^[16] 

Thursday, 7 November 1968 Baburao Devlankar (Shehnai) • Raag Madhukauns • Dhun Smt. Prabha Atre (Vocal) • Raag Shyam Kalyan • Thumri, "Kaun Gali Gaye Shyam" Utd. Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (Sitar) • Raag Abhogi Kanada • Raag Adana Kanada

Friday, 8 November 1968 Shyamrao Lonkar (Shehnai) • Raag Chandrakauns Smt. Krishna Hangal (Vocal) • Raag Shankara Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia (Bansuri) • Raag Malkauns Smt. Kumari Bharati Guha (Kathak) Begum Akhtar (Vocal) Utd. Karamatullah Khan (Tabla) • Solo Pt. Prabhakar Karekar (Vocal) • Raag Ahir Bhairav • Natyageet, "Priye Paha" Umashankar Mishra (Vocal) • Raag Nat Bhairav

Saturday, 9 November 1968 Baburao Khaladkar (Shehnai) • Raag Madhukauns Ramchandra Behere (Vocal) • Raag Yaman • Natyageet, "Ugich Ka Kanta" Smt. Saraswati Rane (Vocal) • Raag Shuddha Kalyan • Natyageet, "Ja Gheun Sandesh" Singh Brothers (Vocal) • Raag Maru Bihag • Raag Adana Kanada Sheshgiri Hangal (Tabla) • Solo Rasiklal Andharia (Vocal) • Raag Darbari Kanada Achyut Abhyankar (Vocal) • Raag Abhogi Kanada Pt. Firoz Dastur (Vocal) • Raag Bhatiyar Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande (Vocal) • Raag Kaunsi Kanada • Natyageet, "Laage Kali Java Karasam" Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) • Raag Asawari Todi Smt. Gangubai Hangal (Vocal) • Raag Miyan Ki Todi • Raag Bhairavi

• Harmonium Accompanists: Pt. Appasaheb Jalgaonkar, Eknath Thakurdas
• Tabla Accompanists: Utd. Karamatullah Khan, Utd. Shaik Dawood Khan, Chandrakant Kamath

17th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1969)^[17] 

1970s

18th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1970)^[18] 

19th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1971)^[19] 

20th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1972)^[20] 

21st Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1973)^[21] 

22nd Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1974)^[22] 

23rd Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1975)^[23] 

24th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1976)^[24] 

25th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1977)^[25] 

26th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1978)^[26] 

27th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1979)^[27] 

1980s

28th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1980)^[28] 

29th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1981)^[29] 

30th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1982)^[30] 

31st Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1983)^[31] 

32nd Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1984)^[32] 

33rd Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1985)^[33] 

34th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1986)^[34] 

35th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1987)^[35] 

36th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1988)^[36] 

37th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1989)^[37] 

1990s

38th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1990)^[38] 

39th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1991)^[39] 

40th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1992)^[40] 

41st Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1993)^[41] 

42nd Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1994)^[42] 

43rd Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1995)^[43] 

44th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1996)^[44] 

45th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1997)^[45] 

46th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1998)^[46] 

47th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (1999)^[47] 

Thursday, 9 December 1999

• Tukaram Daithankar (Shehnai) – Raag Yaman, Bhajan
• Smt. Padma Deshpande (Vocal) – Raag Shyam Kalyan, Dadra
• Smt. Hema Malini (Bharatnatyam) & Smt. Esha Deol (Odissi)
• Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar (Vocal) – Raag Jogkauns, Raag Bahar
• Rajan Kulkarni (Sarod) – Raag Lalit, Dhun, Dadra
• Smt. Malini Rajurkar (Vocal) – Raag Ahir Bhairav, Raag Vibhas, Tappa in Raag Bhairavi

Friday, 10 December 1999

• Sharad Khaladkar (Shehnai) – Raag Puriya Dhanashri
• Shrikant Deshpande (Vocal) – Raag Maru Bihag, Bhajan
• Smt. Kalpana Zokarkar (Vocal) – Raag Bageshri, Tappa, Dadra
• Pt. Shivkumar Sharma & Rahul Sharma (Santoor) – Raag Bhinnakauns, Dhun
• Shounak Abhisheki (Vocal) – Raag Manoranjani, Raag Dev Gandhar, Abhang
• Purbayan Chatterjee (Sitar) – Raag Bilaskhani Todi
• Rashid Khan (Vocal) – Raag Lalit, Thumri, Raag Bhairavi

Saturday, 11 December 1999

• Pramod Gaikwad (Shehnai) – Raag Madhukauns, Mishra Dadra
• Upendra Bhat (Vocal) – Raag Yaman, Thumri, Abhang
• Smt. Mitali Pandit (Vocal), Raag Bageshri, Tappa in Raag Khamaj
• Pt. Kartik Kumar & Niladri Kumar (Sitar Jugalbandi) – Raag Kaunshi Kanada
• Pt. Uday Bhawalkar (Vocal) – Raag Jog
• Pt. Jasraj (Vocal) – Raag Vihangani, Raag Basant, Bhajan
• Firoz Dastur (Vocal) – Raag Bhairav, Bhajan
• Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia (Bansuri) – Raag Gujri Todi, Bhatiyali Dhun
• Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) – Raag Miyan Ki Todi, Abhang, Raag Bhairavi

2000s

48th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (2000)^[48] 

(Day 1) Thursday, 7 December 2000 Shri. Tukaram Daithankar (Shehnai) • Raag Kedar • Dhun Shri. Uday Bhawalkar (Vocal) (Dhrupad) • Raag Malkauns Smt. Madhuri Ambekar (Vocal) • Raag Maru Bihag • Natyageet Pt. Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor) • Raag Jogkauns • Raag Kirwani Pt. Prabhakar Karekar (Vocal) • Raag Swanandi • Natyageet Utd. Usman Khan (Sitar) • Raag Basant Mukhari Smt. Malini Rajurkar (Vocal) • Raag Nat Bhairav • Tappa in Raag Bhairavi

(Day 2) Friday, 8 December 2000 Shri. Sharad Khaladkar (Shehnai) • Raag Puriya Shri. Mohan Darekar (Vocal Dhrupad) • Raag Rageshree • Natyageet Shobhana Bharat Natyam (Dance) Shri. Vijay Koparkar (Vocal) • Raag Jogkauns • Raag Paraj • Natyageet Smt. N. Rajam & Smt. Sangeeta Shankar (Violin Jugalbandi) • Raag Swanandi • Natyageet Begum Parveen Sultana (Vocal) • Raag Miyan Ki Todi • Meera Bhajan • Bhaavgeet • Raag Bhairavi Pandit Jasraj (Vocal) • Raag Ahir Bhairav • Bhajan

(Day 3) Saturday, 9 December 2000 Shri. Pramod Gaikwad (Shehnai) Shri. Pandarinath Kolhapure (Vocal) • Raag Bageshree • Raag Sohini Bhatiyar Smt. Gangubai Hangal (Vocal) • Raag Kalawati • Natyageet Utd. Shujaat Khan (Sitar) • Raag Jhinjhoti Utd. Rashid Khan (Vocal) • Raag Darbari • Raag Charukeshi • Thumri • Tarana Shri. Partho Sarathy (Sarod) • Raag Bairagi • Raag Basant Mukhari Smt. Aarti Ankalikar-Tikekar (Vocal) • Raag Ahir Bhairav Pt. Frioz Dastur (Vocal) • Raag Gujari Todi • Bhajan Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) • Raag Asawari Todi • Raag Bhairavi

49th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (2002)^[49] 

Saturday, 12 January 2002 Raghunandan Panshikar (Vocal) • Raag Bhimpalas • Dhun Pt. Ganpati Bhat (Vocal) • Raag Madhuwanti Pt. Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor) • Raag Shree • Dhun Smt. Malini Rajurkar (Vocal) • Raag Chakradhar • Tappa in Raag Tilang • Tarana

Sunday, 13 January 2002 Dr. Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande (Vocal) • Raag Vibhas • Raag Jaunpuri Pt. Ajay Pohankar (Vocal) • Raag Komal Rishabh Asawari • Thumri Shounak Abhisheki (Vocal) • Raag Desi • Raag Khat Todi Pt. Vishwamohan Bhat (Mohan Veena) • Raag Madhuwanti • Raag Tilak Kamod Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) • Raag Shuddha Sarang • Abhang • Raag Bhairavi Utd. Rashid Khan (Vocal) • Raag Puriya • Tarana in Raag Yaman Smt. Zarin Sharma (Sarod) • Raag Yaman • Dhun in Raag Mishra Pilu Firoz Dastur (Vocal) • Raag Maru Bihag • Bhajan Pt. Jasraj (Vocal) • Raag Jaijaiwanti • Bhajan

50th (Golden Jubilee) Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (2002)^[50] 

Thursday, 26 December 2002 Tukaram Daithankar (Shehnai) • Raag Bhimpalas • Dhun Shrikant Deshpande (Vocal) • Raag Multani • Abhang Satish Vyas (Santoor) • Raag Puriya Dhanashri Madhava Gudi (Vocal) • Raag Puriya Kalyan • Abhang Dr. Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande (Vocal) • Raag Jhinjhoti • Raag Shuddha Kalyan • Raag Mishra Mand Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia (Bansuri) • Raag Bihag • Raag Haripriya Utd. Rashid Khan (Vocal) • Raag Malkauns • Raag Bhairavi

Friday, 27 December 2002 Sharad Khaladkar (Shehnai) • Raag Madhuwanti • Natyageet Smt. Padma Deshpande (Vocal) • Raag Madhuwanti • Natyageet Shounak Abhisheki (Vocal) • Raag Purba • Raag Dhani • Abhang Pt. Jasraj (Vocal) • Raag Darbari Kanada • Bhajan Smt. Shobhana (Bharatnatyam) Utd. Amjad Ali Khan (Sarod) • Raag Mishra Kirwani • Raag Lalita Dhwani • Raag Bhairavi

Saturday, 28 December 2002 Pramod Gaikwad (Shehnai) • Raag Patdeep • Dhun Smt. Manjusha Kulkarni-Patil (Vocal) • Raag Shree • Abhang • Natyageet Shashank Maktedar (Vocal) • Raag Chhayanat • Raag Bahar Vyankatesh Godkhindi (Bansuri) • Raag Marwa • Raag Hamsadhwani Smt. Malini Rajurkar (Vocal) • Raag Yaman • Tappa Smt. Manisha Sathe & Smt. Yogini Gandhi (Kathak) Smt. Girija Devi (Vocal) • Raag Jog • Tappa • Thumri

Sunday, 29 December 2002 Chidanand Jadhav (Sundri) • Raag Ahir Bhairav • Dhun Shrinivas Joshi (Vocal) • Raag Lalit, RAag Jogiya • Bhajan Pt. Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor) • Raag Bairagi • Dhun Dr. Prabha Atre (Vocal) • Raag Ramkali • Raag Desi • Dadra in Raag Bhairavi Anand Bhate (Vocal) • Raag Puriya Dhanashri • Abhang Pt. Uday Bhawalkar (Vocal Dhrupad) • Raag Bhoopali • Raag Shankara • Bhajan Pt. Venkatesh Kumar (Vocal) • Raag Puriya • Thumri Smt. Kalpana Zokarkar (Vocal) • Raag Gawati • Tappa • Raag Mishra Mand Utd. Vilayat Khan (Sitar) • Raag Jog & Raag Tilang • Raag Tilak Kamod Smt. Shobha Gurtu (Vocal) • Thumri • Raag Mand • Natyageet Smt. Sucheta Bhide (Bharatnatyam) Pt. Jagdish Prasad (Vocal) • Raag Komal Rishabh Asawari • Abhang • Raag Bhairavi

51st Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (2003)^[51] 

Friday, 12 December 2003 Tukaram Daithankar (Shehnai) • Raag Patdeep • Dhun Shrikant Deshpande (Vocal) • Raag Puriya Dhanashri • Abhang Smt. Kalapini Komkali (Vocal) • Raag Kedar • Thumri • Raag Mishra Kafi Ronu Majumdar (Bansuri) • Raag Bihag • Bhajan Dr. Veena Sahasrabuddhe (Vocal) • Raag Malkauns • Nirguni Bhajan Pt. Jasraj (Vocal) • Raag Jog • Bhajan

Saturday, 13 December 2003 Gauri Pathare (Vocal) • Raag Shree • Bhajan Saiduddin Dagar (Vocal) • Raag Bhimpalas • Raag Khamboji • Raag Sur Malhar Pt. D. K. Datar (Violin) • Raag Yaman • Dhun in Raag Purab • Bhajan Raja Kale (Vocal) • Raag BIhag • Kabiri Bhajan • Nanak Bhajan Ken Zuckerman (Sarod) • Raag Bageshri Kanada • Mand in Raag Bhoopali Radha Raja Reddy (Kuchipudi) Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar (Vocal) • Raag Kaunshi Kanada • Raag Bhairavi

Sunday, 14 December 2003 Sangeeta Katti (Vocal) • Raag Ahir Bhairav • Raag Gunakari • Bhajan Pt. Prabhakar Karekar (Vocal) • Raag Bilaskhani Todi • Raag Bilawal • Natya Sangeet • Bhajan Rafique & Shafique Khan (Sitar Jugalbandi) • Raag Parameshwari • Dhun Smt. Malini Rajurkar (Vocal) • Raag Shuddha Sarang • Raag Dhani Pramod Gaikwad (Shehnai) • Raag Madhuwanti • Dhun Jayateerth Mevundi (Vocal) • Raag Patdeep • Abhang • Kannadi Bhajan Aman Ali Bangash (Sarod) • Raag Puriya Kalyan Smt. Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar (Vocal) • Raag Maru Bihag • Raag Kalawati • Bhajan Rahul Sharma (Santoor) • Raag Chandrakauns Firoz Dastur (Vocal) • Raag Jaijaiwanti • Bhajan Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) • Raag Darbari Kanada • Abhang • Raag Bhairavi

52nd Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (2004)^[52] 

Thursday, 10 December 2004 Sharad Khaladkar (Shehnai) • Raag Madhuwanti Vibhavari Bandhavkar (Vocal) • Raag Multani • Thumri in Raag Khamaj Pt. Satyasheel Deshpande (Vocal) • Raag Bhimpalas • Bhajan Pt. Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor) • Raag Kalawati • Dhun in Raag Pahadi Dr. Balamurali Krishna (Carnatic Vocal) • Vallabhi Raagam • Hamsa Anandini Raagam Pt. Jasraj (Vocal) • Raag Darbari Kanada • Bhajan

Friday, 11 December 2004 Girish Sanzgiri (Vocal) • Raag Multani • Abhang Smt. Padma Talwalkar (Vocal) • Raag Lalita Gauri • Raag Kamod Ayan Ali Bangash (Sarod) • Raag Jhinjhoti Smt. Girija Devi (Vocal) • Raag Jog • Thumri

Saturday, 12 December 2004 Raghunandan Panshikar (Vocal) • Raag Miyan Ki Rodi • Abhang Ganpati Bhat (Vocal) • Raag Bairagi Bhairav Dr. N. Rajam (Violin) • Raag Devgiri Bilawal • Raag Suha Sughrai • Bhajan Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar (Vocal) • Raag Shuddha Sarang • Raag Hindol Bahar Chidanand Jadhav (Sundri) • Raag Patdeep • Dhun Shounak Abhisheki (Vocal) • Raag Marwa • Raag Khem Kalyan • Raag Jait Kalyan • Natyageet Utd. Shujaat Khan (Sitar) • Raag Yamani • Dhun in Raag Pahadi Pt. Birju Maharaj (Kathak) Firoz Dastur (Vocal) • Raag Chandrakauns • Bhajan Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) • Raag Malkauns • Raag Bhairavi

53rd Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (2005)^[53] 

Thursday, 7 December 2005 Kalyan Apar (Shehnai) • Raag Madhuwanti Shrinivas Joshi (Vocal) • Raag Patdeep • Raag Charukeshi • Thumri, Abhang Smt. Kala Ramnath (Violin) • Raag Shuddha Varali • Chaiti Dhun Rajeshree Pathak (Vocal) • Thumri • Dadra • Kajri Pt. Jasraj (Vocal) • Raag Darbari Kanada • Raag Sohani • Bhajan

Friday, 8 December 2005 Vinayak Prabhu (Vocal) • Raag Bhimpalas • Raag Shankara • Abhang Sudhakar Devale (Vocal) • Raag Gawati • Raagmala • Bhajan Utd. Usman Khan (Sitar) • Raag Yaman Kalyan • Dhun Gundecha Brothers (Vocal) • Raag Marwa • Raag Charukeshi Pt. Buddhadev Dasgupta (Sarod) • Raag Jaijaiwanti Smt. Malini Rajurkar (Vocal) • Raag Rageshrikauns • Chaiti • Raag Bhairavi

Saturday, 9 December 2005 Pt. Upendra Bhat (Vocal) • Raag Puriya Dhanashri • Thumri • Bhajan Piyu Sarkhel (Vocal) • Raag Puriya Kalyan • Raag Hamsadhwani • Bhajan Sujata Mahapatra (Odissi) Pt. Rajan & Pt. Sajan Mishra (Vocal) • Raag Nayaki Kanada • Raag Jhinjhoti • Bhajan

Saturday, 10 December 2005 Anand Bhate (Vocal) • Raag Miyan Ki Todi • Abhang • Bhajan Dr. Ram Deshpande (Vocal) • Raag Jaunpuri • Raag Virat Bhairav Utd. Nishat Khan (Sitar) • Raag Ramkali • Raag Alhaiya Bilawal Begum Parveen Sultana (Vocal) • Raag Shuddha Sarang • Kabir Bhajan • Bhavgeet Muddu Mohan (Vocal) • Raag Multani • Kannadi Bhajan Sandipan Samajpati (Vocal) • Raag Puriya • Raag Bahar Bhajan Sopori (Santoor) • Raag Gawati • Raag Champakali Shrikant Deshpande (Vocal) • Raag Darbari Kanada • Raag Suha Kanada • Raag Sohani • Abhang Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia (Bansuri) • Raag Kirwani • Dhun Pt. Sangmeshwar Gurav (Vocal) • Raag Gorakh Kalyan • Raag Bhairavi

54th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (2006)^[54] 

55th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (2007)^[55] 

56th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (2008)^[56] 

Thursday, 11 December 2008 Tukaram Daithankar (Shehnai) Krishnendra Wadikar (Vocal) Pt. Suhas Vyas Pt. Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor) Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty (Vocal)

Friday, 12 December 2008 Prasad Khaparde (Vocal) Shrikant Deshpande (Vocal) Smt. Devaki Pandit (Vocal) Anuj Mishra & Smriti Mishra (Kathak) Smt. Malini Rajurkar (Vocal)

Saturday, 13 December 2008 Utd. Arshad Ali Khan (Vocal) Madhup Mudgal (Vocal) Ganesh & Kumaresh (Violin Jugalbandhi) Pt. Rajan & Pt. Sajan Mishra (Vocal)

Sunday, 14 December 2008 Pt. Vinayak Torvi (Vocal) Ronu Majumdar (Bansuri) Pt. Jasraj (Vocal) Smt. Madhuri Dandge Madhyalaya Tala Vadya Ensemble (Orchestra) Shrinivas Joshi (Vocal) Smt. Aruna Sairam (Vocal) Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar (Sarod) Smt. Prabha Atre (Vocal)

57th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (2009)^[57] 

Thursday, 7 January 2010 Pramod Gaikwad (Shehnai) Pt. Nagnath Wodeyar (Vocal) Smt. Devaki Pandit (Vocal) Pt. Tarun Bhattacharya (Santoor) Pt. Jasraj (Vocal)

Friday, 8 January 2010 Rajendra Kandalgaonkar (Vocal) Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia (Bansuri) Shrinivas Joshi (Vocal) Smt. Malini Rajurkar (Vocal)

Saturday, 9 January 2010 Chandrashekhar Vaze (Vocal) Shrikant Deshpande (Vocal) Bishwajit Roy Choudhury (Sarod) Smt. Sanhita Nandi (Vocal) Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar (Vocal)

Sunday, 10 January 2010 Raja Kale (Vocal) Utd. Shahid Parvez (Sitar) Smt. Girija Devi (Vocal) Raja Miya (Vocal) Pt. Ram Narayan & Harsh Narayan (Sarangi) Pt. Satyasheel Deshpande (Vocal) Pt. Madhav Gudi (Vocal) Mallika Sarabhai (Dance) Smt. Prabha Atre

2010s

58th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (2010)^[58] 

(Day 1) Thursday, 9 December 2010 Bhaskar Nath (Shehnai) • Raag Multani • Dhun in Raag Pilu Sudhakar Chavan (Vocal) • Raag Madhuwanti • Bhajan Bhuvanesh Komkali (Vocal) • Raag Puriya Dhanashri • Raag Shuddha Shyam • Kabir Nirguni Bhajan Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia (Bansuri) • Raag Latangi • Dhun in Raag Pahadi Begum Parveen Sultana (Vocal) • Raag Jog • Natyageet • Bhajan in Raag Bhairavi

(Day 2) Friday, 10 December 2010 Smt. Uma Garg (Vocal) Sawani Shende (Vocal) Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Mohan Veena) & U. Shrinivas (Mandolin) – Raag Yaman U. Shrinivas (Mandolin) Pt. Jasraj (Vocal)

(Day 3) Saturday, 11 December 2010 Sharad Khaladkar (Shehnai) Anand Bhate (Vocal) Chandrakant Limaye (Vocal) Pt. Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor) Smt. Malini Rajurkar (Vocal)

(Day 4) Sunday, 12 December 2010 Morning Performances Sameer Dublay (Vocal) Debapriya Adhikary (Vocal) & Samanvaya Sarkar (Sitar) Pt. Rajan & Pt. Sajan Mishra (Vocal) Evening Performances Smt. Meena Faterpaker (Vocal) Utd. Shakir Khan (Sitar) Smt. Padma Talwalkar (Vocal) Upendra Bhat (Vocal) Deepak Maharaj & Mamta Maharaj (Kathak) Dr. Prabha Atre (Vocal)

59th Sawai Gandharva Music Festival (2011)^[59]

(Day 1) Wednesday, 7 December 2011 Tukaram Daithankar (Shehnai) Sanjay Garud (Vocal) Pt. Satish Vyas (Santoor) Smt. Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande (Vocal) Pt. Ajay Pohankar (Vocal)

(Day 2) Thursday, 8 December 2011 Mahesh Kale (Vocal) Shaila Datar (Vocal) Pt. Ronu Majumdar (Bansuri) & Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone) Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna (Carnatic Vocal)

(Day 3) Friday, 9 December 2011 Kumar Mardur (Vocal) Kartik Seshadri (Sitar) Shankar Mahadevan (Carnatic Vocal) Pt. Jasraj (Vocal)

(Day 4) Saturday, 10 December 2011 Yojana Shivanand (Vocal) Shrinivas Joshi (Vocal) Smt. Malini Rajurkar (Vocal) Nritya Niketan (Udipi Dance) Shama Bhate's "Nadroop" (Kathak Dance) Utd. Amjad Ali Khan (Sarod)

(Day 5) Sunday, 11 December 2011 Omkar Dadarkar (Vocal) Padma Deshpande (Vocal) Nagarajrao Hawaldar (Vocal) Dr. N. Rajam & Sangeet Shankar (Violin) Pandit Venkatesh Kumar (Vocal) Dr. Prabha Atre (Vocal)

List of performing artists

The following musicians have performed at the Sawai Gandharva festival (listed by seniority). The featured musicians have included:

Vocalists

• Smt. Mogubai Kurdikar (1904–2001): debuted in 1955
• Smt. Hirabai Badodekar (1905–1989): debuted in 1954
• Pt. Mallikarjun Mansur (1910–1992): 1952–1992
• Smt. Gangubai Hangal (1913–2009): debuted in 1962
• Smt. Saraswati Rane (1913–2006): debuted in 1954
• Begum Akhtar (1914–1974): 1952–1974
• Pt. Firoz Dastur (1918–2008): debuted in 1962
• Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande (1920–1983): debuted in 1962
• Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (1922–2011): debuted in 1953
• pt. madhav gudi (1941–2011): debuted in 1969
• Pt. Kumar Gandharva (1924–1992): debuted in 1962
• Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki (1929–1998): debuted in 1962
• Smt. Girija Devi (born 1929): debuted in 1965
• Pt. Jasraj (born 1930): debuted in 1965
• Pt. Sangameshwar Gurav (born 1931): debuted in 1955
• Dr. Prabha Atre (born 1932): 1952–present.
• Smt. Kishori Amonkar (born 1932): 1952–1976
• Pt. Ajay Pohankar (born 1948): debuted in 1959
• Begum Parveen Sultana (born 1950): debuted in 1964

Age Unknown:

• Pt. Sadashiv Jadhav: debuted in 1962
• Utd. Niyaz Ahmed & Utd. Faiyaz Ahmed Khan: debuted in 1962
• Smt. Sudha Divekar: debuted in 1962
• Dr. V. V. Patankar: debuted in 1960
• Utd. Mohammed Hussain Khan: debuted in 1962
• Smt. Vatsalabai Joshi: debuted in 1962
• Dr. Vasant Shivram "Nanasaheb" Deshpande: debuted in 1953 (inaugural concert)
• Balsaheb Atre: debuted in 1953 (inaugural concert)
• Pt. Chandrakant Kapileshwari: debuted in 1962
• Pralhadbuwa Joshi: debuted in 1954
• Mr. Kagalkar: debuted in 1955
• Utd. Mohammed Khan of Afghanistan: debuted in 1957
• Pt. Ramkrishna Patwardhan: debuted in 1958
• Smt. Jaimala Shiledar: debuted in 1959
• Smt. Kusum Shende: debuted in 1964
• Dattopant Deshpande: debuted in 1964
• Pt. Vitthalrao Sardeshmukh: debuted in 1964
• Pt. Jagdish Prasad: debuted in 1964
• Pt. Rambhau Bhavebuwa: debuted in 1964
• Utd. Ahmed Hussain Sattar: debuted in 1964
• Smt. Leela Jalgaonkar: debuted in 1965
• Smt. Meera Khirwadkar: debuted in 1965
• Smt. Nirmala Arun: debuted in 1965
• Smt. Nalini Mulgaokar: debuted in 1965
• Smt. Kshipra Bose: debuted in 1965
• Chinmay Lahiri: debuted in 1965

Bansuri

• Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia (born 1938): 1952–2010

Harmonium (soloists)

• Pt. Appasaheb Jalgaonkar (born 19??)

Kathak

• Pt. Birju Maharaj (born 1938): debuted in 1964

Age Unknown:

• Smt. Rohini Bhate: debuted in 1954
• Pt. Gopi Krishna: debuted in 1965
• Smt. Vandana Sen: debuted in 1965
• Smt. Manda Malviya: debuted in 1966

Santoor

• Pt. Shivkumar Sharma (born 1938): 1952–present
• Pt. Ulhas Bapat (born 1950): 1975–present

Sarod

• Utd. Ali Akbar Khan (born 1922): debuted in 1957
• Utd. Amjad Ali Khan (born 1945): 1952–present

Shehnai

• Utd. Bismillah Khan (born 1916): 1952–2006

Age Unknown:

• Mahadev Lonkar: debuted in 1962
• Shyamrao Lonkar
• Baburao Khaladkar: debuted in 1962
• Baburao Devlankar: debuted in 1962
• Ramesh Khaladkar: debuted in 1963
• Prabhashankar Gaikwad: debuted in 1964

Sitar

• Pt. Ravi Shankar (1920–2012): 1952–1980
• Pt. Balaram Pathak (1926–1991): debuted in 1965
• Utd. Vilayat Khan (1928–2004): debuted in 1957
• Utd. Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (born 1929): debuted in 1954
• Pt. Nikhil Banerjee (born 1931): debuted in 1964

Tar shehnai

Age Unknown:

• Madhukar Golvalkar: debuted in 1965

Tabla (soloists)

• Utd. Ahmedjan Thirakwa (born 1892): debuted in 1955
• Utd. Shaikh Dawood (born 1916): debuted in 1964
• Utd. Alla Rakha (born 1918): debuted in 1962
• Pt. Samta Prasad (born 1921): debuted in 1964
• Jerald Massey (born 1939): debuted in 1965
• Utd. Zakir Hussain (born 1951): debuted in 1962

Age Unknown:

• Utd. Shamsuddin Khan: debuted in 1962
• Keshav Joshi: debuted in 1964
• Kailash Mshra: debuted in 1964

Violin

• Padmabhushan Dr. N. Rajam (born 1939): debuted in 1958
• Pt. D. K. Datar (born 1932): debuted in 1963

Age Unknown:

• Pt. Gajanan Karnad: debuted in 1962
• Chandrakant Gokhale: debuted in 1964
• Vasant Ranade: debuted in 1965
• Dr. Sangeeta Shankar (born 1965): debuted in 1978
• Ragini Shankar (born 1989): debuted in 2011
• Nandini Shankar (born 1993): debuted in 2011

Accompanists

• Pt. Appasaheb Jalgaonkar (born 1922): 1952–2009
• Pt. Arawind Thatte (born 1958): 1990–present
• Pt. Purushottam Walawalkar
• Ustad Shaik Dawood (born 1916) 1953–1988

See also

• List of Indian classical music festivals
• Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival, Hyderabad

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External links

• Official website
• Media related to Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival at Wikimedia Commons