The Dagar Family
One of the oldest and most influential Indian musical families with an unbroken history of court musicians back to the days of Tansen. Authorities in raag and specialists in Dhrupad, the oldest and most strict Hindustani classical music. The late Ustad Z.M. is the greatest beenkar (rudra veena player) of modern times and his brother Ustad Z.M. Dagar is a major vocalist in the Dhrupad idiom.