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DescriptionShakir Khan belongs to the 8th generation of the famous Etawah Gharana. He is the eldest son and disciple of Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan. Shakir gave his first public recital at the age of 11. He has performed in prestigious music conferences in India including the Dover Lane Music Conference (Kolkata), Saptak Music Festival (Ahmedabad), Bombay Festival (Mumbai) and many more. He has also performed in the U.S and Europe. Shakir has had the honor of accompanying his father on stage and has been appreciated as a prodigious talent by great masters such as Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Pandit Jasraj, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma and Ustad Zakir Hussain. The ghazal maestro, Ghulam Ali, was so impressed by Shakir’s playing that he insisted on taking him into the recording studio. Shakir Khan is a promising and talented young artist with an exquisite sense of
sur and laya reflected through his performance. He has distinguished himself by winning a Government of India merit scholarship and first prize at the All India Radio (AIR) Music Competition. Shakir’s academic accomplishments include a Masters in Music from Pune University. Arup Sen Gupta is a disciple of Sri Subhen Chatterjee, an illustrious Tabla player from Kolkata and the seniormost disciple of Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, the world famous Tabla maestro. Arup also gets additional training from Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri- the torch bearer of the Lucknow-Gharana (school of playing). Arup has accompanied many famous musicians in Europe, India and the US and is now one of the most sought after Tabla players in Germany. www.arupsengupta.com http://shakirkhansitar.blogspot.be/ EventList powered by schlu.net |
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