Pt.Ishwar Lal Mishra Banaras Gharana

Pt.Ishwar Lal Mishra Banaras Gharana
Family Back Ground : Pt. Ishwarlal Mishra represents the 6th generation of the acclaimed Mishra family.The Mishra family is the main component of the Banaras Gharana, a school or method of Indian classical music performance.
The family is rich with talented musicians such as the late Sarangi Master Pt. Bachaou Mishra and his son, the late Pt Banshi Maharaj. The late Pt. Navaratin Mishra was a talented Sarangi player and vocalist too.
Ishwar lal Mishra's father was the late Pt. Dauji Mishra, a great Vocalist of the Banaras Gharana. Ishwar lal trained with Pt Anokhe Lal Mishra, a world famous tabla player. He finished his accompaniment training under the guidance of a world famous vocalist, the late Pt Mahadev Prasad Mishra.
All of these were very talented musicians formed the essence of the Banaras Gharana.
Performances : Ishwar lal Mishra gave his first performance at the young age of 12, accompanying the famous flautist the late Pt. Panna Lal Ghosh at the ceremony for Swami Vivekenand Jayanti, which was held at the Ram Krishna Mission in Varanasi. He carried on performing across India and abroad, accompanying some of the greatest Indian artists. He had a long career of teaching at Banaras Hindu University as the chair of the tabla department. Along with his duties at the University he held private classes with many talented students.These students are carrying on the tradition of the Banaras Gharana with performances around the world.
India,s Performance :
Vocal artist : Here are some of the famous vocalists that
Pt. Ishwar lal Mishra has performed with:
Late Pt.Mahadev Prasad Mishra ,Late Smt.Siddeshwari Devi,Smt.Girza Devi,Late Pt.Omnkar Nath Thakur ,Late Pt.Vinayak Rao Patwardhan,Bharat Ratna Late Pt.Bhimsen Joshi,Late Ustad Amir Khan & Late Ustad Bade Gulamali Khan,Pt.Jasarj ji etc.
Instrumental artist : Here are some of the instrumental artists that
Pt. Ishwar lal Mishra has performed with:
Late Ustad Aliakbar Khan,Ustad Amjad Ali Khan Late Pt.Nikhil Benerjee,Ustad Rahis Khan,Pt.Hari Prasad Chaurasia,Pt.Shiv Kumar Sharma,Late Pt.V.G. Joge ,Late Pt.Gajanan Rao Joshi & Shri M.S. Gopal Krishnan etc.
Abroad Tour : Ishwar lal Mishra was a visiting artist/teacher at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia in 1970, 1974 and 1976. It was here that he performed with the late Vichitra Veena and Sitar maestro Pt Lal Mani Mishra.
In 1972 he traveled to the USSR and Germany with him as well and toured through the ICCR. He returned in 1977 with the famous violin player Dr N. Rajam and toured through the same countries.
It was in 1983 that he toured with the reknowned Bharat Ratna Pt Ravishankar
through China and ICCR. Two years later in 1985 they toured extensively through the USA.
In 1995 Ishwar lal ji again visited the US as a guest artist and performance teacher at the University of Texas.
Awarded : In 2001, Ishwar lal Mishra was awarded by the Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Academy in Lucknow for all of his accomplishments.He is a regular artist on All India Radio and Doordarshan.
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