TWO-DAY
MUSIC FEST AT BHARATIYA
VIDYA BHAVAN, BENGALURU
VIDYA BHAVAN, BENGALURU
on 17th & 18th December
2017
Bengaluru: Parveen Begum
Smruthi Educational Trust has organized a two-day music fest at Bharatiya Vidya
Bhavan, Bengaluru, beginning December 17. The trust has been established by
well-known Hindustani vocalist and Sarangi player Faiyaz Khan in memory of his
wife, Parveen Begum. This is the fourth annual programme organized by the
Trust. The Trust also imparts training in Hindustani classical music in the
Gurukul system.
Classical musicians of repute
have performed under the aegis of the trust and this year too, the aficionados
will not be disappointed.
Concerts
on December 17, 2016
1.
DILSHAD KHAN - SARANGI
2.
HIRANMAYEE SHARMA- HINDUSTANI VOCAL
3.PANDIT
RAJEEV TARANATH- SAROD PLAYER
Concerts
on December 18, 2016
1.RASHID
MUSTAFA THIRAKWA AND SHARIQ MUSTAFA -TABLA PLAYER [DUET PERFORMANCE BY FATHER
AND SON]
2. SARFARAAZ KHAN - SARANGI
3.
USTAD FAIYAZ KHAN - HINDUSTANI VOCAL
About
the artistes:
DILSHAD
KHAN (SARANGI)
Dilshad Khan
hasperformed in all the major music festivals and concerts in India
like Savai Gandharva in Pune, Saptak in Ahmedabad,
Shankar Lal music festival in Delhi etc.,. He has performed in many prestigious
venues in world like Royal Albert Hall, London, Japan, Korea, Singapore,
Malaysia, Australia, Canada, Holland, USA, UAE, Muscat, Bahrain, Europe, etc.
2.
HIRANMAYEE SHARMA- HINDUSTANI VOCAL
Hiranmayee has so far given
more than 200 concerts which includes devotional music, light music,
semi-classical and Hindustani classical performances. Hiranmayee has been
honoured with ‘Kalashree’.
3.PANDIT
RAJEEV TARANATH (SAROD)
Internationally
acclaimed performer, Rajeev Taranath is one of the world's leading exponents of
the Sarod. A distinguished disciple of Maestro Ali Akbar Khan, his performances
masterfully combine the depth and rigor of the tradition of Hindustani
classical music with an inspired imagination and emotional intensity.
Hailed a
prodigy in Hindustani vocal music, he had been earlier trained by his father
Pandit Taranath and other eminent musicians and was a concert and radio artist
before he was 20.
Rajeev
has toured extensively as a performer in India, Australia, Europe, Yemen and
throughout the U.S. He has also composed
music
for several nationally and internationally honored Indian films. He is the
recipient of the Indian Government's highest award in the arts, the Sangeet
Natak Academy Award for 1999-2000. In 1998, he received the prestigious
‘Chowdiah Award for Music’ from the Government of Karnataka in India for
excellence in the field of instrumental music. He has also received the Sangeet
Nritya Akademi Award in 1993 and the Karnataka Rajya Prashasti in 1996.
4.
RASHID MUSTAFA THIRAKWA AND SHARIQ MUSTAFA (TABLA)
Initiated
into tabla playing at the age of four, Shariq Mustafa obtained a strong
grounding and honed his skills under the tutelage of his illustrious father -
Ustad Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa.
This young
talented tabla player is vibrantly keeping his tradition alive by developing
unique styles of tabla playing. He has performed for his the President of India
had the opportunity to perform in the Sangeet Natak Academy Music Festival,
Delhi Classical Musical Festival and Youth Festival. He recently performed at
Southbank Centre for the London Jazz Festival, UK.
Shariq
Mustafa has accompanied eminent performers such as Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia,
Sri Kamal Sabri,ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas and has collaborated with other
musicians of different genres as well.He
has received
various awards in recognition of his accomplishments.
5. SARFARAZ
KHAN (SARANGI)
Sarfaraaz
Khan is born into a family Kirana Gharana musicians. His grandfather Ustad
Abdul Quader Khan Sahab was a Sarangi Maestro. Safaraaz’s father, Ustad Faiyaz
Khan is also a renowned Sarangi player and vocalist.
He
has given concerts for The GangubaiHangalMusic Foundation and the Dharwad
Children’s Festival ( Bharati Sangeet Vidayalaya), Ustad Abdul Kareem Khan
Music Festival (Miraj), SIFAS Music Foundation, Singapore, etc.
6.
USTAD FAIYAZ KHAN - HINDUSTANI VOCAL
Ustad Faiyaz Khan was born in
Dharwad into a family of musicians from the Kirana Gharana. His father Ustad
Abdul Quadar Khan was a staff artiste in A.I.R (Dharwad).
Faiyaz khan started his
training under the guidance of his father in both Sarangi and vocal at the age
of 6. At the same time, he learnt tabla under the able guidance of tabla
maestro and Guru, Pt. Basavaraj Bendigeri and Ustad Mammulal Sangaunkar. From
an early age, Ustad Faiyaz Khan accompanied accomplished musicians like late
UstadBale Khan, Pandit Basavaraj Rajguru and many more stalwarts. Ustad Faiyaz
khan has accompanied on sarangi with Dr
Gangu Bai Hangal, Pt. C.R. Vyas, Dr. Prabha Athre to name a few. He has also
worked with famous music directors like A.R. Rahman, Rajan-Nagendra,
Vijay-Bhaskar, Hamsalekha among others.
Ustad Faiyaz Khan is an
accomplished performing artiste and has travelled across the globe. He has
performed at prestigious venues in Malasiya, Dubai, China, Singapore, Germany,
France, Europe, Canada. He is amongst the few musicians in India who has the
distinction of being recognized as a high-caliber vocalist, instrumentalist and
an extremely meticulous and inspiring teacher imparting the knowledge and
keeping alive the finer aspects of the traditions of the Kirana Gharana. He is
actively involved with Institutions like the Bharteeya Sangeeth Vidyalaya
(Kochi) that are seriously working on promoting pure classical music. He also
runs his own Music Academy, Parveen
Begum Smruti Music and
Education Trust in Bengaluru, where students are trained in Hindustani
classical music in the traditional Gurukul system.
Ustad Faiyaz Khan has been
honoured with Pandit Puttaraj Krupabhushan Samman, national award of All India
Radio, Bangalore Music Academy award, Kala Kaumudi award among others.
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