Ustad Vilayat Khan
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Vilayat Khan (Bangla: বিলায়েত খাঁ Bilaeet Khã) (b. August 8, 1928–March 13, 2004) was one of India’s well known sitar maestros, born in Gauripur in Mymensingh, Bengal (now in Bangladesh). He recorded his first 78-RPM disc at the age of 8, and gave his last concert in 2004 at the age of 75.
Vilayat Khan was born into a family of musicians tracing its pedigree generations back to the court musicians of the Mughal rulers. His father was Enayat Khan (1895–1938), recognized as a leading sitar and surbahar (bass sitar) player of his time, as had been the grandfather, Imdad Khan (1848–1920), before him. Vilayat was taught in the family style, known as the Imdadkhani Gharana (school), or Etawah Gharana, after a village outside Agra where Imdad lived.
However, Enayat Khan died when Vilayat was only nine, so much of his education came from the rest of his family: his uncle, sitar and surbahar maestro Wahid Khan, his maternal grandfather, singer Bande Hassan Khan, and his mother, Bashiran Begum, who had studied the practice procedure of Imdad, Enayat and Wahid. Vilayat’s uncle Zinde Hassan looked after his riyaz (practice). As a boy, Vilayat wanted to be a singer; but his mother, herself from a family of vocalists, felt he had a strong responsibility to bear the family torch as a sitar maestro.
The Imdadkhani gharana never added the bass string to their sitar, which is a smaller, lighter instrument, easier to handle, than for example Ravi Shankar’s.
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kimrazs
ustad means "grand master".
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southpacific
Fantastic!
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NI64
Man is a genius. I've been trying to learn his style for about a year now, and I'm barely begininng to grasp the insane complexity in his playing. My teacher was actually a student of his too, so I'm getting about as good of lessons as you can get.
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mlansman
basically to do anything to. except maybe mosh
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mlansman
and to sleep to
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mlansman
great to work to.
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silverlage
Blissful.
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mehranf32
fabulous Sitar player.Helloooo ustaad vilayat khaaaan.
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evangeline6
only one shout? Here let me add another. Good yoga music.
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gautam3
join the Sitar group!
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