Ustad Ustad, ustadh, ustaz or ustadz (abbreviated as Ust., Ut. or Ud.; from Persian language, Persian ''ustād'') is an honorific title used in West Asia, North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is used in various languages, incl ...

Bahadur Khan (born Bahadur Hossain Khan; 19 January 1931 – 3 October 1989) was an Indian

sarod The sarod is a stringed instrument, used in Hindustani music on the Indian subcontinent. Along with the sitar, it is among the most popular and prominent instruments. It is known for a deep, weighty, introspective sound, in contrast with the sweet ...

player and film score composer.

Early life and family

Ustad Bahadur Khan, a Bengali, was born on 19 January 1931 in Shibpur, Brahmanbaria,

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(then

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). From a musical family, he was the son of the Indian classical musician Ayet Ali Khan and related to sitar player Pandit Ravi Shankar. Khan first learnt to play the sarode from his father and his uncle Alauddin Khan in

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, before he finally settled in

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. He also practiced vocal music and later collaborated with his cousins

Ali Akbar Khan Ali Akbar Khan (14 April 192218 June 2009) was an Indian Hindustani classical musician of the Maihar gharana, known for his virtuosity in playing the sarod. Trained as a classical musician and instrumentalist by his father, Allauddin Khan, ...

and Shrimati Annapurna Devi. Khan's brothers Abed Hossain Khan and Mobarak Hossain Khan were also musicians and based in Bangladesh, and were the recipients from the

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for their contributions to classical music. Bahadur Khan is the father of sitar player Kirit Khan, who died in 2006. One of his better-known students is the sarod player Tejendra Narayan Majumdar. He died on 3 October 1989 in

, India. His eldest son Bidyut Khan continues to perform the sarod around the world.Listing
on itcsra.org for Bahadur Khan, (accessed 23 November 2014).

Filmography

Khan was a regular performer at the

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and Radio Bangladesh. He composed and directed music for many films by the legendary Indian filmmaker

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and featured in the following: *'' Subarnarekha (The Golden Line)''. *'' Meghe Dhaka Tara (The Cloud-clapped Star)'' *'' Komal Gandhar (E Flat)'' *'' Jukti Takko Aar Gappo (Reason, Debate and A Story)'' *'' Titash Ekti Nadir Naam (A River Named Titash)'' *''Nagarik (The Citizen)'' *''Shwet Mayur (White Peacock)'' *''Yekhane Dariye (Where I Am Standing)'' *''Trisandhyay (Three Twilights)'' *''Notun Pata (New Leaf)'' *'' Garm Hava'' (Hot Winds, 1973)

Teaching

Khan was a reputed teacher, and a faculty member for six months at the Ali Akbar College of Music in

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, US, where he taught

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.Jan Haag
Ali Akbar Khan, an appreciation
2000 (accessed 23 November 2014). His students include his son Bidyut Khan, nephew Shahadat Hossain Khan, Tejendranarayan Majumdar, Kalyan Mukherjee, Monoj Shankar and his nephew Khurshid Khan. Every year, a one-day music festival takes place commemorating the death anniversary of the Khan in

, organized by the "Ustad Bahadur Khan Music Circle". In

, his legacy is continued through the "Ustad Ayet Ali Khan Sangeet Niketon" (Ustad Ayet Ali Khan Memorial School of Music), a music school in memory of his father Ayet Ali Khan, at their native village

Shibpur Shibpur is a neighbourhood in Howrah of Howrah district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). It is well known for being the ...

References

External links

*
Bidyut Khan's blog

Kalyan Mukherjee's Homepage

Home Page of Ali Akbar College of Music
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