Ustad

Ustad

Ustad is an Arabized Persian word is a honorific title for a Muslim man in South Asia. The title precedes the name and is usually used for well regarded teachers and artists, most often musicians. It is applied and used via informal social agreement. It is abbreviated as ut. or ud.-References:*...

 Shahid Parvez Khan (born 14 October 1955) is a sitar

Sitar

The 'Tablaman' is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...

 player of Hindustani classical music

Hindustani classical music

Hindustani classical music is the Hindustani or North Indian style of Indian classical music found throughout the northern Indian subcontinent. The style is sometimes called North Indian Classical Music or Shāstriya Sangeet...

. He carries on a legacy of sitar playing that goes back several generations in his family. He belongs to the famous Etawah Gharana and belongs to the seventh generation of this musical lineage. He is one of India’s most celebrated younger musicians, prized especially for the vocalistic phrasing of his raga improvisations.
His family has produced the many of the most revered and influential instrumentalists in Hindusthani Classical Music including the likes of Ustad Sahabdad Khan, Ustad Imdad Khan

Imdad Khan

Ustad Imdad Khan was a sitar and surbahar player. His two sons Enayat Khan and Wahid Khan, his grandsons Vilayat Khan and Imrat Khan, and great-grandsons Shahid Parvez, Shujaat Khan, Nishat Khan, Irshad Khan, Wajahat Khan, Shafaatullah Khan and Hidayat Khan have all upheld his musical tradition,...

 (his great grandfather), Ustad Enayat Khan

Enayat Khan

Enayat Khan was one of India's most influential sitar and surbahar players in the first decades of the 20th Century. He was the father of Vilayat Khan, one of the topmost sitariyas of the postwar period....

 , Ustad Wahid Khan

Wahid Khan

- Childhood and training :When Wahid Khan was still quite young, Imdad Khan moved into Kolkata from Etawah with his family. There they used to stay at the house of noted connoisseur Sri. Taraprasad Ghosh, where Imdad Khan rigorously trained his two talented sons Enayat Khan and Wahid Khan. Wahid...

 (his grandfather) and Ustad Vilayat Khan

Vilayat Khan

Ustad Vilayat Khan was one of India's well known sitar maestros, born in Gauripur in Mymensingh, Bengal...

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Early life

Born in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. He was initiated into the rich music of the Gharana by his illustrious father and Guru Ustad Aziz Khan, a famous musician and a noted composer and the son of the legendary Sitar and Surbahar virtuoso Ustad Wahid Khansahab

Wahid Khan

- Childhood and training :When Wahid Khan was still quite young, Imdad Khan moved into Kolkata from Etawah with his family. There they used to stay at the house of noted connoisseur Sri. Taraprasad Ghosh, where Imdad Khan rigorously trained his two talented sons Enayat Khan and Wahid Khan. Wahid...

. As is the custom, Ustad Aziz Khan first initiated his son into vocal music and tabla before training him on the Sitar over many years with all the intensity and rigor that has made this Gharana famous. Incidentally, he got his vocal training from his own uncle Ustad Hafeez Khan a famous singer and a surbahar and sitar exponent and received taleem in tabla for many years from Ustad Munnu Khan of the Delhi Gharana.

Performing career

Shahid Parvez was recognized as a child prodigy and had started performing in public by the time he was only eight years of age. Tremendous perseverance and hard work over the years have been rewarded with an outstanding technical prowess and a mastery over Layakari.

He is a Top Grade artist of All India Radio

All India Radio

All India Radio , officially known since 1956 as Akashvani , is the radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati. Established in 1936, it is the sister service of Prasar Bharati's Doordarshan, the national television broadcaster. All India Radio is one of the largest radio networks...

 and a recipient of numerous national and international awards including the Sur Shringaar, the Kumar Gandharva Samman, the M.L. Koser Award, etc. He is also a recipient of the prestigious "Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

Sangeet Natak Akademi

Sangeet Natak Akademi is the national level academy for performing arts set up by the Government of India.-History:...

". He has performed in all major musical festivals in India and abroad including the Festival of India held in the US, Europe, USSR, Canada, Africa, Middle-East and Australia, enthralling the audience everywhere. With numerous LP records, audio and video cassettes, CDs and DVDs, numerous awards and accolades, and a distinguished performance career in India and around the world, he is widely recognized as one of the finest living sitar players.

Discography

• Synergy

Jog and Piloo

• Saptak Festival Gujarat 2003

Bageshree

• Sitar - II

Bihag

• A Tribute to Dulal Babu

Darbari & Sahana

• Sensational- Live in May 2000 Vol. 1

Puriya Kalyan

• Sensational- Live in May 2000 Vol. 2

Jhinjhoti and Bhairavi

• Maestro's Choice - Classical Instrumental

Deshkar , Mand , Hansdhwani , Tilak Kamod

• Emotive Sitar

Darbari Kanada

• Rageshwari Live Concert

Rageshri

• Sitar

Mian Ki Malhar, Gavati, Pilu, Pahadi

• Whispering Strings

with E Gayathri (Veena) Hindustani / Carnatic Music Mahaganpathim ,Naatai Adi Taalam..

• Sitar and Vocal Jugalbandi

with Rashid Khan - Bageshri & Desh

• Art Of The Sitar

Yaman, Jhinjhoti.

• Morning Glory

Ahir Bhairav and Bhairavi Dhun

• Excellent Sound of Sitar /Shahid Parvez At His Best

Gurjari Todi & Rageshri, Bhairavi Dhun

• Enchanting Sitar of Shahid Parvez

Bairagi Bhairavi, Puryia, Dhun in Mishra Kammaj.

• Sitar

Gavati

• Live in Switzerland

Marwa

• Sitar

Shree

• Sitar

Yaman

• Live in New York

Bhimpalasi

• Sitar

Jaijaiwanti & Charukeshi

• Sitar

Jog & Mishra Khammaj

• Sitar

Bihag

• Sitar

Yaman Kalyan

• Sitar

Shahana & Megh Malhar, Mishra Pilu

• Raag Bilaskhani Todi

Bilaskhani Todi

• Shanti-Inner Peace
• Morning Dews
• Dunes
• Stress Relief - Music Therapy
• Relaxation - Music Therapy

• Sounds of Stream
• Raags and Time of the Day
• Magnificent Melody
• Shahid Parvez - Live
• A Bouquet of Ragas Live at Houston TX

Bageshri, Rageshri, Jogkauns

• Singing Sitar Live at Toronto, Canada

Pooriya Kalyan

• An Enchanting Evening with Shahid Parvez

Yaman, Bhinna Shadaj

• Selection - Sitar Recital

Bilaskhani Todi, Desh, Dhun in Bhatiali

• Classics for Pleasure - Shahid Parvez

Sudh Sarang, Ahir Bhairav

• Classics for Pleasure

Jhinjhoti, Kedar

• Sitar & Tabla

Malkauns, Gujri Todi, Bhairavi Dhun.

• Sitar Sublime

Jhinjhoti, Puriya Dhanashri, Mishra Shivranjani

External links

• The official website of Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan
• Interview with Ustad Shahid Parvez