Moinuddin Khan is a veteran Indian classical instrumentalist and vocalist, who plays sarangi. Based in Jaipur, he belongs to the "Jaipur gharana" of Hindustani classical music.
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Origin | Jaipur, Rajasthan |
Genres | Hindustani classical music |
Occupation(s) | instrumentalist, vocalist |
Instruments | sarangi |
Khan has performed his music for All India Radio, Jaipur, in solo programmes.
In 2014, the Government of India conferred upon him its fourth-highest civilian award the Padma Shri.[1]
Moinuddin Khan belongs to a traditional family of musicians of Jaipur. Khan Saab inherited the art of music form and started his musical training in sarangi at age 7 from his father Ustad Mehboob Khan who was a well-known Sarangi player. Ustad Mehaboob Khan himself has trained a number of students and the most outstanding students among them is the well known Pandit Ram Narayanji. Ustad Moinuddin Khan hails from a family of noted musicians , .[2][3] His son Momin Khan is an Indian sarangi player and his grandson is the comedian Zakir Khan.
He worked with All India Radio, jaipur as sarangi player for several years.[4] Over the years he has given solo performances, on state-run Doordarshan television channel, and also All India Radio.[5] Besides this he has also performed at concerts in countries like France, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany and other European countries.[2] He also accompanied on sarangi notable vocalists like Ghulam Ali Khan, Amir Khan, Bhimsen Joshi, Begum Akhtar, Faiyaz Khan, and tabla maestro, Zakir Hussain at various concerts.[6][4]
He also received acclaim to his sarangi renditions as he appeared in a sequence of 1999 English film, Holy Smoke!, shot in Pushkar. He was shown playing sarangi along with his disciples and actress Kate Winslet also featured in the scene.[6][5]
He was won several state-level and national-level awards during his career, including a state-level award on Republic Day, 1994.[2] He was awarded the Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for the year 2001-2002.[7] In 2006, he received the annual Dagar Gharana honour given by Maharana Mewar Foundation of Udaipur for his contribution to the promotion of classical music.[5]
He lives in the Kalyanji Ka Rasta area within the Walled City area of Jaipur,[8] where he continues to teach his disciples employing the guru-shishya tradition, sarangi, violin, and Hindustani classical singing.[6][4]
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