Vocalist: Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan
Harmonium: Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh
Tabla:  Pandit Chandrabhan Shree Sundar
Year: 1985

Raag: Malkauns


Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan has musical blue blood in his veins owing to his family lineage.  A direct descendant of the family of the great Ustad Abdul Karim Khan and the much legendary Sartaj-e-Mousiqui, Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan who were the founders of the famous Kirana Gharana. Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan is the son of the great Sarangi-nawaz, Padmashree Ustad Shakoor Khan, who was the grand nephew of Ustad Bande Ali Khan Beenkar who composed numerous Bandishes under his pseudonym ‘Sabras”.

Ustad Mehboob Baksh Khan alias Aajiz Pia was Maskoor Ali’s great grandfathers.  The family tree shows that he has a distinguished line of elders who reigned supreme in the world of music.  As such he has inherited a veritable treasure of compositions and rare knowledge of Ragas which few musicians can boast of.

Initiated and trained by his father for fifteen years, young Mashkoor Ali had secured a place for himself in the world of music even before his father breathed his last.  Now as a Guru of the ITC Sangeet Research Academy (Institute of Hindusthani classical vocal and music, Kolkata, India), he is nurturing scholars under his able wings.
Growing in maturity, Mashkoor Ali Khan now displays multi dimensional imaginativeness and vocal agility in his recitals.  He has an erudite concept of Ragas and keen understanding of the various “angs” of Kirana gayakee emphasizing the numerous permutations of Khandmeru.


Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan

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