Roshan Jamal Bhartiya

Ustad Roshan Jamal Bhartiya was born in 1952 in a family with a long musical history tracing back to the Moghul periods and connected with the Seniya tradition through Amrit Sen, the grandson of the legendary Tan Sen. Roshan’s grandfather, Ustad Abdul Qadir Kahn, was a court musician in Sailana and Palampur State. A story illustrates the power of his art: “The ruler of Waziria State, Nawab Kesar Kahn, complained that Indian music had deteriorated;