Biography
Sulochana Brahaspati ranks among the foremost exponents of khyral, the Indian classical vocal form that fuses devotional Hindu elements with Persian and Sufi influences. As an adherent of the Rampu Gharana, she has internalized the school’s signature sequence—an opening poem rendered in an ultra-slow tempo, a subsequent poem at medium speed, and a final, densely improvised section propelled at rapid tempo. A substantial share of her repertoire originated with her husband, the noted musician and musicologist Dr. Acharya K.C. D. Brahaspati.
Her earliest training in classical Indian singing came from Pandit Bholanath Bhatta during childhood. In adolescence she advanced her studies under Ustad Mushtak Hussein Khan, the leading figure of the Sahaswan/Ranpur Gharana, and in later performances she was supported by accompanists who had once performed alongside Khan more than fifty years earlier.
Her earliest training in classical Indian singing came from Pandit Bholanath Bhatta during childhood. In adolescence she advanced her studies under Ustad Mushtak Hussein Khan, the leading figure of the Sahaswan/Ranpur Gharana, and in later performances she was supported by accompanists who had once performed alongside Khan more than fifty years earlier.