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The Art of the Indian Sarangi Ustad Sabri Khan

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Musician from India (1927 – 2015)

Ustad

Sabri Khan
Sabri Khan on a 2022 stamp of India

Sabri Khan on a 2022 postage of India
Background information
Built-in 21 May 1927
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died i December 2015(2015-12-01) (aged 88)
New Delhi, Delhi, Bharat
Genres Indian classical music, Hindustani classical music
Instruments Sarangi

Musical creative person

Ustad Sabri Khan (21 May 1927 – 1 December 2015) was an Indian sarangi player, who was descended on both sides of his family from a line of distinguished musicians.

Early life [edit]

Sabri Khan was born on 21 May 1927 in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, British India.[one] [2] He belonged to the Sainia Gharana. This Gharana traces the tradition of its music back to Mian Tansen, the great vocalizer in the court of Mughal Emperor Akbar. He had been initiated into sarangi-playing by his grandfather, Ustad Haji Mohammed Khan and afterward connected his training under his father Ustad Chajju Khan, both accomplished sarangi exponents of their time. Khan likewise learned some of import and rare techniques of playing from his uncle Ustad Laddan Khan of Rampur.[1]

Music career [edit]

Sabri Khan played sarangi with a galaxy of singer musicians on All Bharat Radio and besides served as a staff artiste there.[1] He accompanied the noted sitar thespian Ravi Shankar and tabla role player Alla Rakha on their tour of the United States in the early 1960s.[one]

Sabri Khan toured extensively across the earth and performed in Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Nihon, USSR, United States, Canada, England, France, Germany, kingdom of the netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Sweden, Kingdom of norway, Finland and Mexico. The credit of introducing the Sarangi to American and European audiences goes to Sabri Khan. He too played a duet with the renowned Yehudi Menuhin and was invited as a visiting professor by the Academy of Washington, Seattle, United States in 1981.[one]

In appreciation of his contribution to the Classical Music of India, Ustad Sabri Khan received numerous honours and awards, including the Sahitya Kala Parishad Award, UP, Sangeet Natak Academy Award, National Sangeet Natak University Award, the prestigious Padma Shree Award (1992) and Padma Bhushan Award (2006) by the President of India – Government of India.[iii] [4]

Family unit [edit]

Ustad Sabri Khan Sahib has iv sons and five daughters. He has many grandsons playing musical instruments: Suhail Yusuf Khan (Sarangi), Faisal Yusuf Khan (Tabla), Shariq Khan (Tabla), Junaid (Guitar) and Nabeel Khan (Sarangi).

Decease and legacy [edit]

In the early morning on ane December 2015, Ustad Sabri Khan died surrounded past his family at his home in New Delhi at age 88.[3] [5]

Awards and honours [edit]

Sabri Khan receiving Padma Bhushan from the President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

  • Sahitya Kala Parishad Award[three] [5]
  • Shobhna Kala Sangam Award – 1985
  • Begum Akhtar Award
  • Sangeet Natak Akademi Award – 1986[six] [3] [5]
  • Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Academy Award, Lucknow, UP – 1990[5]
  • Padma Shree Award by the President of India, Government of Republic of india – 1992[three] [5] [four]
  • Ustad Chand Khan Award – 2002
  • Sangeet Bhushan Laurels – 2002
  • Lifetime Achievement Award – LEGENDS OF Republic of india – DMA – Delhi – 2003
  • National Creative person Laurels – All Republic of india Radio Prasar Bharti Award – 2004
  • Padma Bhushan Laurels by the President of India, Government of Bharat – 2006[3] [5]
  • Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna Award – 2012

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e A tribute to the sarangi mastery of Sabri Khan (link to his quondam interview on Rajya Sabha Idiot box also included) Scroll.in website, Published 5 December 2015, Retrieved 14 December 2021
  2. ^ Hunt, Ken. "Sabri Khan – Biography". Allmusic website. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d eastward f Sarangi maestro Ustad Sabri Khan dead Hindustan Times (newspaper), Published ii December 2015, Retrieved 14 December 2021
  4. ^ a b "Padma Awards Directory (1954-2013)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Authorities of Republic of india website. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 14 Dec 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Ustad Sabri Khan Dies at 88 NDTV website, Published 1 December 2015, Retrieved xiv December 2021
  6. ^ "Award Winners List – Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (scroll downwardly to read under Instrumental - Sarangi)". Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards website. 17 April 2010. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2021.

External links [edit]

  • Sabri Khan at AllMusic

hermansomea1990.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabri_Khan

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