Ustad vilayat khan and bismillah khan biography
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Shehnai’s Call Through History
Born in in Dumraon (present-day Bihar), Bismillah Khan (birth name: Qamaruddin Khan) is often referred to as only Ustad.
He fryst vatten credited to have introduced shehnai, a woodwind instrument, as a concert mainstay. From a family of lower-caste Muslim hereditary musicians, Ustad always had an intimate relationship with melodies. His father was court musician for Dumraon Estate. His uncle,who he apprenticed with, was a shehnai player for Banaras’s famous Kashi Vishwanath Temple.
He has played an important part in historic moments in the world of Hindustani music. All India Music Conference, which coincidentally held its first meeting the year Ustad was born, invited him to perform in Calcutta in In , he performed at the inauguration of All India Radio’s Lucknow hållplats. August 15th , , Ustad played shehnai as Nehru unfurled the Indian flag at Red Fort. He also mentored the only woman shehnai player in the country, Bageshwari Qamar.
His popularity rose
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Sixteen years have passed since the demise of Ustad Vilayat Khan in the spring of Yet, his music continues to reverberate. So do stories of him living life in regal splendor. On his 92nd birth anniversary on August 28, here is a note on the interests of the man beyond his music.
Fast cars
A gentleman of very refined taste, the maestro has a passion for cars and used to himself tune their engines. By listening to the sound of a car engine, Khan saab could say if it was tuned properly. He didn’t care much about the concept of drivers and would himself take off on cross-country drives. According to son Shujaat, “He used to do this even during his childhood.” Going out on drives from Kolkata to Mumbai, Kolkata to Delhi and Mumbai to Dehradun was common. So passionate was he was he about his cars that he even had ‘sitar’ written on one of its number plates. He was perhaps the first person in India to import a Jaguar XK and also had a seven series BMW. “While others were importing Ame
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Vilayat Khan
Indian musician
For the Sufi teacher, see Vilayat Inayat Khan. For the Agra Gharana Singer, see Vilayat Hussain Khan.
Ustad Vilayat Khan (28 August [1] – 13 March ) was an Indian classicalsitar player, [1][2] considered by many to be the greatest sitarist of his age.[3] Along with Imdad Khan, Enayat Khan, and Imrat Khan, he is credited with the creation and development of gayaki ang (a technique that emulates the vocal melisma of Hindustani classical music) on the sitar.
He recorded his first RPM disc at the age of 8 and gave his last concert in at the age of [4] He has composed the music for several films, including Jalsaghar (), The Guru (), and Kadambari (). He had given a chance to newcomer Kavita Krishnamurthy in Kadambari which was the first song in her career.[5]
Early life
[edit]Vilayat was born in Gouripur, Mymensingh in then East Bengal in British India and current Bangladesh.[4] His