Shahid Parvez

Shahid Parvez Khan
Birth name Shahid Parvez Khan
Born 14 October 1955 (1955-10-14) (age 56)
Mumbai, India
Genres Hindustani Classical Music
Instruments sitar
Years active 1980–present
Website Official site

Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan (born 14 October 1955) is a sitar player of Hindustani classical music.[1] He carries on a legacy of sitar playing that goes back several generations in his family. He belongs to the famous Etawah Gharana and belongs to the seventh generation of this musical lineage. He is one of India’s most celebrated younger musicians, prized especially for the vocalistic phrasing of his raga improvisations.[2]

His family has produced the many of the most revered and influential instrumentalists in Hindusthani Classical Music including the likes of Ustad Sahabdad Khan, Ustad Imdad Khan (his great grandfather), Ustad Enayat Khan , Ustad Wahid Khan (his grandfather) and Ustad Vilayat Khan.

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Early life

Born in Mumbai, India. He was initiated into the rich music of the Gharana by his illustrious father and Guru Ustad Aziz Khan, a famous musician and a noted composer and the son of the legendary Sitar and Surbahar virtuoso Ustad Wahid Khansahab. As is the custom, Ustad Aziz Khan first initiated his son into vocal music and tabla before training him on the Sitar over many years with all the intensity and rigor that has made this Gharana famous. Incidentally, he got his vocal training from his own uncle Ustad Hafeez Khan a famous singer and a surbahar and sitar exponent and received taleem in tabla for many years from Ustad Munnu Khan of the Delhi Gharana.

Performing career

Shahid Parvez was recognized as a child prodigy and had started performing in public by the time he was only eight years of age. Tremendous perseverance and hard work over the years have been rewarded with an outstanding technical prowess and a mastery over Layakari.

He is a Top Grade artist of All India Radio and a recipient of numerous national and international awards including the Sur Shringaar, the Kumar Gandharva Samman, the M.L. Koser Award, etc. He is also a recipient of the prestigious "Sangeet Natak Akademi Award". He has performed in all major musical festivals in India and abroad including the Festival of India held in the US, Europe, USSR, Canada, Africa, Middle-East and Australia, enthralling the audience everywhere. With numerous LP records, audio and video cassettes, CDs and DVDs, numerous awards and accolades, and a distinguished performance career in India and around the world, he is widely recognized as one of the finest living sitar players.

Discography

  • Synergy

Jog and Piloo

  • Saptak Festival Gujarat 2003

Bageshree

  • Sitar - II

Bihag

  • A Tribute to Dulal Babu

Darbari & Sahana

  • Sensational- Live in May 2000 Vol. 1

Puriya Kalyan

  • Sensational- Live in May 2000 Vol. 2

Jhinjhoti and Bhairavi

  • Maestro's Choice - Classical Instrumental

Deshkar , Mand , Hansdhwani , Tilak Kamod

  • Emotive Sitar

Darbari Kanada

  • Rageshwari Live Concert

Rageshri

  • Sitar

Mian Ki Malhar, Gavati, Pilu, Pahadi

  • Whispering Strings

with E Gayathri (Veena) Hindustani / Carnatic Music Mahaganpathim ,Naatai Adi Taalam..

  • Sitar and Vocal Jugalbandi

with Rashid Khan - Bageshri & Desh

  • Art Of The Sitar

Yaman, Jhinjhoti.

  • Morning Glory

Ahir Bhairav and Bhairavi Dhun

  • Excellent Sound of Sitar /Shahid Parvez At His Best

Gurjari Todi & Rageshri, Bhairavi Dhun

  • Enchanting Sitar of Shahid Parvez

Bairagi Bhairavi, Puryia, Dhun in Mishra Kammaj.

  • Sitar

Gavati

  • Live in Switzerland

Marwa

  • Sitar

Shree

  • Sitar

Yaman

  • Live in New York

Bhimpalasi

  • Sitar

Jaijaiwanti & Charukeshi

  • Sitar

Jog & Mishra Khammaj

  • Sitar

Bihag

  • Sitar

Yaman Kalyan

  • Sitar

Shahana & Megh Malhar, Mishra Pilu

  • Raag Bilaskhani Todi

Bilaskhani Todi

  • Shanti-Inner Peace
  • Morning Dews
  • Dunes
  • Stress Relief - Music Therapy
  • Relaxation - Music Therapy
  • Sounds of Stream
  • Raags and Time of the Day
  • Magnificent Melody
  • Shahid Parvez - Live
  • A Bouquet of Ragas Live at Houston TX

Bageshri, Rageshri, Jogkauns

  • Singing Sitar Live at Toronto, Canada

Pooriya Kalyan

  • An Enchanting Evening with Shahid Parvez

Yaman, Bhinna Shadaj

  • Selection - Sitar Recital

Bilaskhani Todi, Desh, Dhun in Bhatiali

  • Classics for Pleasure - Shahid Parvez

Sudh Sarang, Ahir Bhairav

  • Classics for Pleasure

Jhinjhoti, Kedar

  • Sitar & Tabla

Malkauns, Gujri Todi, Bhairavi Dhun.

  • Sitar Sublime

Jhinjhoti, Puriya Dhanashri, Mishra Shivranjani

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