Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia - Bansuri Flute 
Hariprasad Chaurasia has taken the simple bamboo flute to heights of musical sophistication never seen before. His playing unravels a gamut of musical images that range from the enchanting to the hauntingly melancholic. Born in Allahabad, Pandit Chaurasia had his early training from Pandit Bholanath Bhatt of Varanasi. 

Later he traveled to Bombay, to study with Smt. Annapurna Devi, daughter of the legendary Ustad Allaudin Khan. His control and rapport with his instrument have made him the unsurpassed standard.

Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Qawaali Vocalist 
Ustad Khan is the most widely acclaimed exponent of Qawwali Vocal music, which is the devotional music of the Sufis - the mystics of Islam. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan comes from a long line of great musicians. 

 Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan has taken his art all over the world and has transcended the barriers of language and culture with his art. His magnificent voice has been praised not only in the east but by popular musicians in the west such as Peter Gabriel. As a child he received training in classical music as well as in poetry by the Sufi mystics.