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Origin
  
Jaipur, Rajasthan

Awards
  
Padma Shri

Role
  
Instrumentalist

Name
  
Moinuddin Khan

Instruments
  
sarangi


Moinuddin Khan Sarangi Dr Ragini Trivedi on techniques with Ustad Moinuddin Khan

Occupation(s)
  
instrumentalist, vocalist

Genres
  
Hindustani classical music

Similar
  
Sabir Khan, T H Vinayakram, Tarun Bhattacharya, Parveen Sultana, Vijay Ghate

Moinuddin Khan (died 2017was a veteran Indian classical instrumentalist and vocalist, who plays sarangi. Based in Jaipur, he belongs to the "Jaipur gharana" of Hindustani classical music. Renowned for dignified method of presenting ASTHAI-ALAAP-ANTRA in Vilambit and DRUT with LAYAKARI has an extereme control over TAN - GAMAKplaying.

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Ustad Moinuddin Khan was a TOP GRADE ARTIST from All India Radio, Jaipur in Hindustani Classical Music. Ustad Moinuddin Khan used to performed his solo programmes under the National programme of music on Tuesday as well as Saturday Night on All India Radio a number of times

In 2014, Government of India conferred upon him its fourth-highest civilian award the Padma Shri.

Ustad moinuddin khan Sahab Recieving Padma Shri from President of India parnab mukharjee .


Early life and background

Ustad Moinuddin Khan belongs to a traditional family of musicians of Jaipur. Khan Saab inherited the art of music form and started his musical training in sarangi at age 7 from his (Late) Father Ustad Mehboob Khan who was a well known Sarangi Player. Ustad Mehaboob Khan himself has trained a number of students and the most outstanding students among them is the well known Pandit Ram Narayanji. Ustad Moinuddin Khan hails from a family of noted musicians , .

Career

He worked with All India Radio, jaipur as sarangi player for several years. Over the years he has given solo performances, on state-run Doordarshan television channel, and also All India Radio. Besides this he has also performed at concerts in countries like France, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany and other European countries. He also accompanied on sarangi notable vocalists like Ghulam Ali Khan, Amir Khan, Bhimsen Joshi, Begum Akhtar, Faiyaz Khan, and tabla maestro, Zakir Hussain at various concerts.

He also received acclaim to his sarangi renditions as he appeared in a sequence of 1999 English film, Holy Smoke!, shot in Pushkar. He was shown playing sarangi along with his disciples and actress Kate Winslet also featured in the scene.

He was won several state-level and national-level awards during his career, including a state-level award on Republic Day, 1994. He was awarded the Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for the year 2001-2002. In 2006, he received the annual Dagar Gharana honour given by Maharana Mewar Foundation of Udaipur for his contribution to the promotion of classical music.

He lives in the Kalyanji Ka Rasta area within the Walled City area of Jaipur, where he continues to teach his disciples employing the guru-shishya tradition, sarangi, violin, and Hindustani classical singing.

References

Moinuddin Khan Wikipedia