Bismillah Khan - Shehnai Recital (MUSIC CD) by Bismillah Khan


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ARTISTE:
Ustad Bismillah Khan

With
Nazim Hussain - Tabla
Nayyar Hussain, Mumtaz Hussain
& Zamin Hussain - Supporting Shehnai
Nanhey Hussain - Sur Shehnal
Mehetab Hussain - Surpeti
Basharat Hussain - Khurdak

1. RAGA Nabnd Kedar
Taal: Teen Taal

2. RAGA Jaunpuri
Taal: Teen Taal

3. PURABI Dhun

About the Author

Bismillah Khan is an outstanding and popular contemporary shehnai player. He has attained astonishing mastery over the instrument. He was born into a family of shehnai players and it was natural that he would train in the art of playing shenai.

He was born in a small village called Dumraon in the Shahbad district of Bihar, on November 21, 1916. His early childhood was spent in Varanasi, on the banks of the Ganga, where his uncle was the official shehnai player in the famous Vishwanath temple. His elder brother was also a renowned shehnai player. His father, Paigamber Bax, was a musician for the Dumraon State.

He started his training under the guidance of his maternal uncle, Ali Bax, at the age of six. He often accompanied him to perform at marriage celebrations or music conferences. Bismillah Khan made a recording for the first time in 1930,. However it was sold in the name of a relative, Vilayat Hussain, a more popular musician at the time!

He made his first major public appearance in 1930 at the age of 14, when he played along with his uncle at the All India Music Conference in Allahabad. His second performance was at the Music Conference at the Lucknow Exhibition, where he won a gold medal for his recital.

A jugalbandi of the shehnai and sitar performed by Bismillah Khan and Sitat Nawaz Abdul Halim Jaffar Khan, for the film Gunj Uthi Shehnai (The Shehnai Resounded), was a great success.

Bismillah Khanªs has the ability to produce intricate sound patterns on the shehnai which, till before his time, were considered impossible on this instrument. He has been a source of inspiration to succeeding generations of shehnai players and has groomed many in this fine art.

He was given the Sangeet Natak Academy Award in 1956,for his outstanding services in the field of music, and the title Shehnai Chakravarti by the National Cultural Organisation in 1955. The Government of India bestowed on him the title Padmashree in 1961, and later he was further honoured by the Padmabhushan and the Padmavibhushan.

Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan died of cardiac arrest on Aug 21, 2006. He was 91.

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