He had performed all over the world and also he was affiliated with the American society of eastern arts in Berkeley, California and taught for many years at the university of Washington in Seattle and Rotterdam Music Conservatory in Holland.

In 1990 , Ustad was awarded by Kalidas Samman, one of the most prestigious award of the country , by M.P. Government. He had also received Sangeet Natak Academy Award , Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Academy award, Maharana Kumbha award and many more.

Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar redesigned and innovated the traditional veena .His contribution in improving the sound of Veena is historical. He added more deeper and base sound to the playing of veena. He captured the subtle unique character of each Raga often depends on accentuating the sharp ,flat or very flat qualities of certain notes; and it was the perfect rendering of these subtleties that became a Dagar trademark. In a deliberate and unhurried fashion , he unfolded and revealed each note of the Alap movement , the slow , serene solo exposition of Raga – hypnotically, hauntingly coaxing and stretching the most delicately shaded nuances , the notes between the notes, from the thick bronze strings. Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar died in 1990.

Pandit Shrikant Mishra , born in 1952 in Banaras, is highly acclaimed name in the world of Dhrupad and Pakhawaj . Pandit Shrikant Mishra started studying pakhawaj from the age of 15 with the great master Late Pandit Amarnath Mishra of Varanasi.
Pandit Shrikant Mishra has a great privilege of accompanying all the Dhrupad maestros of our time from Dagar Gharana and Darbhanga style including late Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, late Ustad Nasir Aaminuddin Dagar, late Pandit Ramchatur Mallik and late Pandit Siyaram Tiwari.
Known for his great sensibility to music and for the sonorous sound and tuning of his Pakhawaj,Pandit Shrikant Mishra has participated in many important indian and international music festivals. He has been to Japan, Germany, France, Switzerland, Holland, England and many other countries. Pandit Shrikant Mishra is regarded not only as a perfect accompanist but also as a solo player too. These days he is living in Varanasi and working in Banaras Hindu University.

Raja Chhatrapati Singh born in the year 1919 hails from the famous lineage of Bijna State. Raja Mukund singh ji his great grand father and Raja Himmat Singhji his father were great connoisseurs of Indian classical music and were patronizing the famous artistes of their days and employing them as court musicians. Raja Chhatrapati Singh went one step further in and he himself started taking interest in Pakhawaj.

While on a pilgrimage tour with his father he met swami Ramdasji in Ayodhya who was a great Pakhawaj exponent, Raja Chhatrapati Singh decided to become his student and taking tuition's on this instrument .

He was simply fascinated and that too at the tender age of ten -twelve. His teacher Swami Ramdasji was the pupil of Shri Madan Mohanji who was student of great Pakhawaj player Shri Kudau Singhji. Shri Kudau Singhji was very famous Pakhawaj exponent of his time. In 1951 Pandit Omkarnath Thakur bestowed on him the title of 'Professor of Pakhawaj' from Banaras Hindu University. He was a top grade artiste of All India Radio. He was also awarded Sangeet Natak Academy Award and Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Academy Award. He has developed a new Tala combination known as a 'CHATURANG' consists 4 Taals , 'VEDANG' which consists of 6 Talas , "Taal Sagar" having 7 Talas , Taal Mala which consists 108 Talas and Lehras of 108 Ragas . Normally it takes 24 hours to complete the whole 'Tala Mala' but it can be completed in 12 or 6 hours also.

He had accompanied also some great masters like Ustad Rahimuddin Dagar , senior Dagar Brothers, Pandit Ramchatur Mallik and some more.

He has taught and performed at the school of music of the university of Washington during 1975-76. He has participated in many international music festivals and has toured several countries like Italy, France, Germany, London in 1964 with famous singers Senior Dagar brothers Ustad Nasir Moinuddin Dagar and Ustad Nasir Aminuddin Dagar, perhaps among few Indian musicians who performed in west for the first time.

Apart from music he was very fond of Chess. He has written a big volume on Chess named ' Ashwa Nirupan Granth' in which he has shown the five thousand different moves of knight. Raja Chhatrapati Singh passed away in 1998.