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 Shujaat Husain Khan is perhaps the greatest
North Indian classical musician of his generation.
He belongs to the Imdad Khan gharana (tradition)
of the sitar and is the seventh in the unbroken
line from his family that has produced many
musical masters. His style known as the gayaki ang,
is imitative of the subtleties of the human voice.
Shujaat Husain Khan is the son and disciple
of master sitarist Ustad Vilayat Khan. His musical
pedigree continues back through his grandfather,
Ustad Inayat Khan; his great-grandfather, Ustad
Imdad Khan; and his great-great-grandfather, Ustad
Sahebdad Khan - all leading artist of their
generation.
At the age of three Shujaat began practicing
on a specially made small sitar, and by the time he
was six, the child prodigy started giving public
performances. Since then he has performed at all the
prestigious music festivals in
India and has traveled around the world performing
in
Asia,
Africa, North America and Europe. Shujaat Husain
Khan has developed his own unique style of playing
Indian classical music. His approach to rhythm is
largely intuitive, fresh and spontaneous, always
astonishing his audiences. He is also known for his
exceptional voice, which he uses for singing folk
songs and poetry.
On the occasion of India's 50th anniversary of
independence, a music festival was held in the
United States. In this Shujaat Husain Khan was a
featured artist and among other locations performed
at the Carneige Hall in
New York,
Paramount Theater in
Seattle, and Meyers Symphony Theater in
Dallas. In continuance of this commemoration, the
United Nations bestowed upon him a special honour,
choosing him as the sole artist to represent India
with a performance at the prestigious Assembly Hall
in Geneva.
His memorable appearances include performance at
the Royal Albert Hall in
London, Royce Hall in Los Angeles and Congress Hall
in
Berlin. In the summer of 1999, he was the
featured soloist with the Edmonton Symphony
Orchestra. His collaboration with different genres
of music has been a very strong point as is
evidenced by the enormously successful Indo-Persian
venture, the Ghazal Ensemble. Their album, Rain, was
nominated for a Grammy award in 2004. 2007 will see
him donning the hat of music director for the film
Mr Singh & Mrs Mehta. |
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