Mohammad Sharif Khan(Born in 1926,Poonch,British India– Died 26 May 1980,Pakistan) known as Ustad Sharif Khan Poonchwaley was a classical player ofsitar,vichitra veenaand raza been (rudra veena) in thehindustani classical musictradition.[1]
Career
editSharif Khan was born atHisar,now inHaryana,India in a family of musicians.[2] He learned sitar from his father Ustad Rahim Bakhsh Khan, who himself was a student of Ustad Imdad Khan. His father, in fact, was a court musician of the Raja of Poonch. Sharif Khan Poonchwaley learned vichitra veena from Ustad Abdul Aziz Khan Beenkar.[1][2]
Ustad Sharif Khan Poonchwaley‚ belongs toEtawah gharana(Imdadkhani gharana) (traditional school) of sitar. He performed as a young sitar player at the YMCA Hall inLahorein 1942. Some renowned luminaries of music also performed there with him includingBade Ghulam Ali KhanofKasur,Ustad Fayyaz Khan ofBarodaand UstadAmir KhanofIndore.All of these musicians were invited to participate in the 2-day music festival atLahorein 1942. He played a key role in promoting the sitar inPakistan.[2]
He was a member of the early original team hired by the first Managing DirectorAslam AzharofPakistan Television,LahoreCenter to perform as a sitar player, when it first started TV broadcasts in 1964. Everywhere he went, he charmed audiences with his stylishness, registering the intricacies and subtleties of otherwise typicalragas.He also played the sitar for some of the film compositions of Pakistan's noted film music directorKhwaja Khurshid Anwarand before thePartition of Indiain 1947, he played the sitar for film music director PanditAmar Nath.[2]
Awards and recognition
editSharif Khan was awarded thePride of PerformanceAward in 1965 for his services to Pakistan.[2][1]
Legacy
editIn 2011, his son Ashraf Sharif Khan gives sitar performances at music festivals in Pakistan.[3][1][2]
References
edit- ^abcdUstad Ghulam Haider Khan (15 April 2011)."Sharif Khan Poonchwaley (profile)".The Friday Times (newsweekly).Archived fromthe originalon 5 November 2013.Retrieved13 July2023.
- ^abcdefSarwat Ali (26 May 2024)."Remembering a maestro".The News International newspaper.Archived fromthe originalon 27 May 2024.Retrieved27 May2024.
- ^Sitar festival ends on a high noteDawn (newspaper), Published 7 May 2011, Retrieved 13 July 2023
External links
edit- AudiovisualonYouTubeSharif Khan Poonchwaley's performance on YouTube