Lucknow_gharana

Lucknow gharana

Lucknow gharana

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The Lucknow Gharānā, also known as "Purab Gharâna" for tabla, is a discipleship tradition ("gharana") with a tabla legacy and Kathak legacy. These two traditions are known for being one of the six major gharanas of tabla and three gharanas of kathak.

Exponents

Kathak

  • Durga Prasad Mishra (c. 1800–1880), father and guru of Bindadin Maharaj and Kalka Prasad Mishra.
  • Thakur Prasad Misha (c. 1800–1880), uncle and guru of Bindadin Maharaj and Kalka Prasad Mishra.
  • Bindadin Maharaj (1830-1918), co-founder of the gharana. Disciple of father, Durga Prasad Mishra, and uncle, Thakur Prasad Mishra.
  • Kalka Prasad Mishra (1842-1913), co-founder of the gharana. Disciple of father, Durga Prasad Mishra, and uncle, Thakur Prasad Mishra.
  • Acchan Maharaj (1883-1960), son and disciple of father Kalka Prasad Mishra.[1]
  • Lacchu Maharaj (1901-1978), son and disciple of father Kalka Prasad Mishra.
  • Shambhu Maharaj (1910-1970), son and disciple of father Kalka Prasad Mishra.
  • Birju Maharaj (1938-2022), foremost kathak performer of the 20th Century.[2] Son and disciple of Acchan Maharaj. Also learned from uncles Lacchu Maharaj and Shambhu Maharaj.

Tabla

  • Miyan Bakshu[3]
  • Abid Hussain khan
  • Wajid Hussain Khan
  • Afaq Hussain Khan
  • Ilmas Hussain Khan
  • Santosh Krishna Biswas
  • Kanai Dutta Disciple of Hemant Bhattacharya who is the disciple of Pt. Manmanath Ganguly who is the disciple of Khalifa Ustad Abid Hussain Khan of Lucknow Gharana.
  • Swapan Chaudhuri (b. 1945), disciple of Santosh Krishna Biswas.
  • S. R. Chishti (b. 1965), disciple of Afaq Hussain Khan.[4][5]
  • Ustad Julfikar Hussain disciple of Khalifa Ustad Afaq Hussain khan.
  • Pandit Swaraj Bhattacharya
  • Pandit Ashok Maitra
  • Sri Ujjal Roy
  • Sri Shubhrangshu Das

References

  1. [1]
    "Kathak dancer Pandit Munna Shukla dies at 78". 13 January 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Birju Maharaj, legend of India's Kathak dance, dies at 83".
  3. [3]
    "Listen: Doyens of Lucknow gharana display the khulaa baaj, a tabla-playing style inspired by Kathak".
  4. [4]
    Chishti, S. R. (2013). Table Mein Das Anko Ka Mahetva (Hindi). New Delhi: Kanishka Publishers, Distributors. ISBN 978-81-8457-448-7.
  5. [5]
    Chishti, S. R. (2014). Bhartiye Talon Mein Theke Ke Vibhinn Sworoop (Hindi). New Delhi: Kanishka Publishers, Distributors. ISBN 978-81-8457-640-5.
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