Artist Info: Annapurna Devi

Annapurna Devi (Devanāgarī: अन्नपूर्णा देवी) (Roshanara Khan, Maihar, India, 23 April 1926 - 13 October 2018) was an Indian surbahar (bass sitar) maestro of Hindustani Classical Music.

Family and early life

Annapurna Devi represents a family of great tradition of Indian classical music. Her father and guru Ustad Alauddin Khan, founder of the "Senia Maihar Gharana" or "Senia Maihar School" of Indian classical music, was considered a singular phenomenon in the twentieth century Indian classical music. [read more...]