| Name(s) |
USTAD VILAYAT KHAN |
| Date of
Birth |
August 28, 1928
– Gauripur, Dhubri District, Assam, India. |
| Date of
Death |
March 13, 2004 |
|
Identity |
Indian Sitar Maestro |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- One of India's well known and
greatest sitar maestros.
- He recorded his first 78-RPM
disc at the age of 8, and gave his
last concert in 2004 at the age of
75.
- He was a traditional interpreter
of grand, basic ragas such as Yaman,
Shree, Todi, Darbari and Bhairavi.
- He had been broadcasting on
All-India Radio for about 6 decades.
- He had been touring outside
India off and on for more than 50
years.
- He is presumed to be the
first Indian musician to play in
England after independence
(1951).
- He performed duet concerts with
maestros like Bismillah Khan, Ali
Akbar Khan, brother Imrat Khan.
- He composed and conducted the
score for three feature films -
Satyajit Ray's Jalsaghar
in Bengali, Merchant-Ivory
Productions' The Guru
in English, and Madhusudan Kumar's
Kadambari in Hindi.
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Awards and Accolades |
- 1964 – Padma Shri
- 1968 – Padma Bhushan
- 2000 – Padma Vibhushan
- But, the only titles he accepted
were the special decorations of "Bharat
Sitar Samrat" by the
Artistes Association of India and "Aftab-e-Sitar"
(Sun of the Sitar) from President
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed. All
other awards he refused to accept on
various pretexts.
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