Mian Shaukat Hussain

Mian Shaukat Hussain (tabla player)
Birth name Shaukat Hussain
Born 1930[1]
Phagwara, Jalandhar, Punjab, British India[1]
Died 25 Jan 1996 at age 65[2]
Genres Pakistani classical music
Occupation(s) Tabla Maestro

Mian Shaukat Hussain or Shaukat Hussain (1930 – 25 January 1996) was a Pakistani tabla player who belonged to the Punjab gharana of tabla-playing music artists.[2][3][4]

Early life

Mian Shaukat Hussain was born to a family of professional musicians. His father, Mian Maula Bakhsh, was a professional singer. But young Shaukat was drawn to percussion instruments from an early age. He began his career from All India Radio, Delhi at the age of 18. His family migrated to Pakistan after its independence in 1947. In Pakistan, he was employed by Radio Pakistan, Lahore as a staff artist.[5]

Career

Mian Shaukat Hussain was a disciple or student of renowned tabla maestro Mian Qadir Baksh, founder of the Punjab gharana of tabla players who also was the teacher of many tabla players that later gained international recognition. Mian Qadir Baksh was known throughout the world for his skill and mastery of tabla.[3] After learning the art of tabla playing from Mian Qadir Baksh, Mian Shaukat Hussain soon started gaining recognition in the music circles in Pakistan and was the music group accompanist of choice for Pakistan's great classical music vocalists and instrumentalists including Amanat Ali Khan-Bade Fateh Ali Khan classical-music-singing-duo, Roshan Ara Begum, Mehdi Hassan, Ghulam Ali and many others during the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.[2] When these artists performed on Pakistan Television shows, they frequently selected Mian Shaukat Hussain as tabla player to accompany them on stage. Also riding on a wave of success, Mian Shaukat Hussain toured Europe, Africa, India and Bangladesh with these artists.[5] Another contemporary famous tabla player in Pakistan is Tari Khan, who is now known as the Prince of Tabla of Pakistan, was also a disciple of Mian Shaukat Hussain, "who is said to be a 'ditto copy' of the great ustad." According to a major newspaper of Pakistan, The Friday Times.[5][3] The same newspaper also states, "In the early 1990s, Ustad Zakir Hussain (musician), India's famous young tabla player, paid a visit to Pakistan and was performing at Lahore's Pearl Continental Hotel. When Ustad Shaukat Hussain walked in, Zakir stopped playing, came down from the stage, stooped before Shaukat and presented him with 'nazrana', declaring that while his own father, the great Ustad Alla Rakha, was in India at present, his musical father was right here in front of him."[5]

Awards and recognition

Death and legacy

Mian Shaukat Hussain retired in 1992 and died 4 years later in 1996 of kidney failure. He is survived by his son Raza Shaukat Hussain, a tabla player of merit himself.[5] According to Radio Pakistan website, "Ustad Shaukat Hussain Khan has been ranked amongst the finest musicians of South Asia."[2]

See also

Here are some other prominent tabla players:

References

  1. 1 2 https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/ustad_shaukat_hussain, Mian Shaukat Hussain's birth place info on rateyourmusic.com website, Retrieved 8 July 2017
  2. 1 2 3 4 Profile of Mian Shaukat Hussain (tabla player) on Radio Pakistan website, Retrieved 8 July 2017
  3. 1 2 3 Profile of Mian Shaukat Hussain on pakistan360degrees.com website, Retrieved 8 July 2017
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwRQpuxMyOY, Mian Shaukat Hussain's tabla performance videoclip on YouTube, Retrieved 8 July 2017
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Profile of Mian Shaukat Hussain on The Friday Times newspaper, Published 11 March 2011, Retrieved 8 July 2017


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