Sabri Khan
{{short description|Musician from India (1927 – 2015)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
|honorific_prefix=Ustad
| name = Sabri Khan
| image = Sabri Khan 2018 stamp of India.jpg
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| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_date = 21 May 1927
| birth_place = Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2015|12|1|1927|5|21}}
| death_place = New Delhi, Delhi, India
| origin =
| instrument = Sarangi
| genre = Indian classical music, Hindustani classical music
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Ustad Sabri Khan (21 May 1927 – 1 December 2015) was an Indian sarangi player, who was descended on both sides of his family from a line of distinguished musicians.
Early life
Sabri Khan was born on 21 May 1927 in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, British India.[https://scroll.in/article/773311/a-tribute-to-the-sarangi-mastery-of-sabri-khan A tribute to the sarangi mastery of Sabri Khan (link to his old interview on Rajya Sabha TV also included)] Scroll.in website, Published 5 December 2015, Retrieved 14 December 2021{{cite web|last=Hunt|first=Ken|title=Sabri Khan – Biography|publisher=Allmusic website|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p28624|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=14 December 2021}} He belonged to the Sainia Gharana. This Gharana traces the tradition of its music back to Mian Tansen, the great vocalist in the court of Mughal Emperor Akbar. He had been initiated into sarangi-playing by his grandfather, Ustad Haji Mohammed Khan and later continued his training under his father Ustad Chajju Khan, both accomplished sarangi exponents of their time. Khan also learned some important and rare techniques of playing from his uncle Ustad Laddan Khan of Rampur.
Music career
Sabri Khan played sarangi with vocalist musicians on All India Radio and also served as a staff artiste there. He accompanied the noted sitar player Ravi Shankar and tabla player Alla Rakha on their tour of the United States in the early 1960s.
Sabri Khan toured extensively and performed in Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Japan, USSR, United States, Canada, England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Mexico. The credit of introducing the Sarangi to American and European audiences goes to Sabri Khan. He also played a duet with violinist Yehudi Menuhin and was invited as a visiting professor by the University of Washington, Seattle, United States in 1981.
In appreciation of his contribution to the Classical Music of India, Ustad Sabri Khan received the Sahitya Kala Parishad Award, UP, Sangeet Natak Academy Award, National Sangeet Natak Academy Award (1986), the Padma Shree Award (1992) and Padma Bhushan Award (2006) by the President of India – Government of India.[https://www.hindustantimes.com/music/sarangi-maestro-ustad-sabri-khan-dead/story-kVmDPgP7NOkdWZPlVOfRRO.html Sarangi maestro Ustad Sabri Khan dead] Hindustan Times (newspaper), Published 2 December 2015, Retrieved 14 December 2021
Family
Ustad Sabri Khan Sahib has four sons (1) Sarwar Sabri (2) Jamal Sabri (3) Kamal Sabri (4) Gulfam Sabri, and five daughters. He has many grandsons playing musical instruments: Suhail Yusuf Khan (Sarangi), Faisal Yusuf
Khan (Tabla), Shariq Khan (Tabla), Junaid (Guitar) and Nabeel Khan (Sarangi).
Death and legacy
Awards and honours
- Sahitya Kala Parishad Award
- Shobhna Kala Sangam Award – 1985
- Begum Akhtar Award
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award – 1986{{cite web|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |date=17 April 2010|archive-date=31 March 2016|access-date=14 December 2021|title=Award Winners List – Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (scroll down to read under Instrumental - Sarangi)|website=Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331060603/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm|url-status=dead}}
- Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Academy Award, Lucknow, UP – 1990
- Padma Shree Award by the President of India, Government of India – 1992{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |date=1 September 2014|archive-date=15 October 2015|website=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India website|access-date=14 December 2021|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954-2013) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|url-status=dead}}
- Ustad Chand Khan Award – 2002
- Sangeet Bhushan Award – 2002
- Lifetime Achievement Award – LEGENDS OF INDIA – DMA – Delhi – 2003
- National Artist Award – All India Radio Prasar Bharti Award – 2004
- Padma Bhushan Award by the President of India, Government of India – 2006[https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/ustad-sabri-khan-dies-at-88-1249849 Ustad Sabri Khan Dies at 88] NDTV website, Published 1 December 2015, Retrieved 14 December 2021
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna Award – 2012
References
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External links
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Category:Hindustani instrumentalists
Category:Indian male classical musicians
Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in arts
Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts
Category:People from Moradabad
Category:20th-century Indian male classical singers