Pt.Ishwar Lal Mishra Banaras Gharana Tabla maestro

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 renowned 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. E mail [email protected] mobile no.+919473521826