Instrumental | Santoor | Kashmiri Dhun | PT BHAJAN SOPORI | Bihaan Music | Classical

  • 5 years ago
Sopori hails from Sopore in Kashmir Valley and traces his lineage to ancient Santoor experts. He belongs to the Sufiana Gharana of Indian classical music. His family has played santoor for over six generations. His first public performance was at a conference organised by Prayag Sangeet Samiti & the University of Allahabad.
His performances have been broadcast in India and seen by both cultural associations there and by audiences in countries such as Belgium, Egypt, England, Germany, Norway, Syria and the USA. Pandit Sopori, considered as the cultural link between Jammu and Kashmir and rest of India. He also runs a music academy called SaMaPa(Sopori Academy for Music and Performing Arts), which is actively involved in promoting Indian classical music. SaMaPa is involved in promoting music with jail inmates, with the objective of using music for healing the prisoners and creating an emotional bond between the society & the prisoners. The academy has trained several musicians and revived old instruments. It was presented the state government dogri award in 2011.
Shujaat Husain Khan is perhaps the greatest North Indian classical musician of his generation. He belongs to the Imdadkhani Gharana (tradition) of the sitar (lute) and is the seventh in the unbroken line from his family that has produced many musical masters. His style known as the gayaki ang, is imitative of the subleties of the human voice.
Shujaat Husain Khan is the son and disciple of master sitarist Ustad Vilayat Khan. His musical pedigree continues back through his grandfather, Ustad Inayat Khan,his great-grandfather Ustad Imdad Khan and his great-great-grandfather, Ustad Sahebdad Khan - all leading artist of their generation.

Album : Sapphire
Artist : Pt Bhajan Sopori and Enayet Hussain
Kashmiri Dhun on Santoor

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