Hindustani Classical Music

“If in every home one child was taught Hindustani classical music this country would never have been partitioned.”
– Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan

Hindustani classical music (Hindi: हिन्दुस्तानी शास्त्रीय संगीत, Urdu: کلاسیکی موسیقی‎) is the Hindustani or North Indian style of Indian classical music found throughout the northern Indian subcontinent. The style is sometimes called North Indian classical music or Shāstriya Sangīt. It is a tradition that originated in Vedic ritual chants and has been evolving since the 12th century CE, primarily in what is now North...