Popular dhrupad vocalist Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar has died after a brief illness. He was 80. Zia Fariduddin Dagar passed away yesterday at his Gurukul near Panvel, family sources said. Son of the ...

T he word ‘Dhrupad’ immediately triggers in our memories the names of the Dagar brothers, Zia Mohiuddin Dagar and Fariduddin Dagar. A musical tradition which has a grammar that is not too easy to be ...

Renowned Hindustani classical vocalist Zia Fariduddin Dagar passed away on Thursday at his Gurukul near Panvel, family sources said. Son of the illustrious Dhrupadiya Ustad Ziauddin Dagar, Zia along ...

The Dhrupad inheritance is apparent in the way Ustad Mohi Bahauddin Dagar speaks — in a refined and measured tone. He explains in fluent English, how as a person he may have acquired modern ...

BANGALORE: SPIC MACAY is organising a rudra-veena recital by Dhrupad exponent Ustad Bahauddin Dagar at JN Tata Auditorium at 6.30 pm on February 5. <div class ...

The rudra veena is difficult to master and there are only a handful of musicians who play it. Panvel-based Bahauddin Dagar, 42, the son and pupil of the veteran rudra veena player the late Zia ...

The presence of his music is still felt in his road facing house in Chembur where his wife Pramila Dagar and son Bahauddin Dagar live.Bade Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar hails from the Udaipur and came to ...

It was a style of singing that the imperial courts of India resounded with, but after Independence, as royalty faded away, so did its patronage for music. Efforts were made to revive Dhrupad in 1981 ...