Ustad Vilayat Khan - Captivating Melodies of Sitar '1988

Tracks list

	       Famous Indian sitar player (1928—2004), son of Enayat Khan and elder
brother of Imrat Khan. He is the father of Shujaat Husain Khan and Hidayat Khan.

After he lost his father at the age of eleven, having had only 5 or 6 years
training, the most eminent amongst his father’s disciples denied him the
training of his gharana. Years before he had already recorded his first 78 for
the Megaphone label at age 8. 
He left Calcutta in his early teens in search of training and a career and can
therefore be denoted as a largely self-taught musician. He later studied also
the Surbahar under his father's brother, Ustad Waheed Khan. 
Besides his extraordinary career as instrumentalist – he is estimated to have
released between 70 and 100 commercial recordings during his career spanning six
decades – he composed and conducted the score for three feature films. The
music for “Jalsaghar” won a national award. 
He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1964 and Padma Bhushan award in 1968 but
refused to accept them, declaring the committee musically incompetent to judge
him. 
In 2000 he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan and refused again. 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. 
He passed away in 2004 from lung cancer.

Tracklist:
27:59 | 01. Ustad Vilayat Khan - Raga Mian Ki Todi: Alap & Jod
27:40 | 02. Ustad Vilayat Khan, Zakir Hussain - Raga Mian Ki Todi: Gat in
Teentaal 

Related artists