| Tansen Samaroh | |
| Dates: | 4 days December |
| Location: | Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh |
| Years Active: | 1950s-present |
Tansen Samaroh or Tansen Sangeet Samaroh is celebrated every year in the month of December in Behat village of Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh.[1] It is a 4-day musical extravaganza. Artists and music lovers from all over the world gather here to pay tribute to the Great Indian Musical Maestro Tansen. The event is organized near the tomb of Tansen by Ustad Alauddin Khan Kala Evam Sangeet Academy, under the department of culture, Government of Madhya Pradesh.[2] Artists from all over India are invited to deliver vocal and instrumental performances.
Tansen Samaroh was originally a local festival but it was at the initiative of BV Keskar, who was Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting between 1952 and 1962, that Tansen Samaroh was turned into a popular national music festival.[3]
The 'National Tansen Samman' is a musical award conferred to the exponents[4]
| Year | Name | Field | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Ustad Abdul Haleem Jafar Khan[5] | Sitar maestro | |
| 2001 | Sarod maestro | ||
| 2002 | Niyaz Ahmad Khan | ||
| 2003 | Pandit Dinkar Kaykini | ||
| 2004 | Santoor maestro | ||
| 2005 | Maqbool Ahmed Sabri Malini Rajurkar | one of the leading members and music composer of legendary Classical Qawwali group Sabri Brothers Hindustani vocalist of the Gwalior gharana and acknowledged master of Tappa and Tarana | |
| 2006 | Sulochana Brahaspati | Hindustani vocalist and exponent of the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana | |
| 2007 | Hindustani vocalist | ||
| 2008 | Hindustani vocalist and exponent of the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana | ||
| 2009 | Hindustani vocalist and exponent of the Kirana gharana | ||
| 2010 | Hindustani vocalist from the Benaras Gharana | ||
| 2011 | Vocalist duo.[6] | ||
| 2013 | Hindustani classical music instrumentalist[7] | ||
| 2014 | Indian Classical vocalist.[8] | ||
| 2015 | Indian Hindustani classical vocalist of the Patiala-Kasur gharana[9] | ||
| Pt. Laxman Krishnarao Pandit | Vocalist (Son of Krishnarao Shankar Pandit) | ||
| 2016 | Pt. Dalchand Sharma | Pakhawaj Player | |
| 2017 | Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar | Classical Vocalist (Jaipur gharana) | |
| 2018 | Indian classical sitar player[10] | ||
| 2019 | Indian Hindustani vocalist (Gwalior gharana) | ||
| 2020 | Santoor player | ||
| 2021 | Pt. Nityanand Haldipur | Flute maestro | |
| 2022 | Pt. Ganapati Bhat Hasanagi | Indian Hindustani classical vocalist |