how low can a man go
Steven Bhullar Sr
become famous and later humiliate other's father -- is this the
Father's Day special.
Shujaat -- may God bless you!
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.indian.classical/browse_thread/thread/1800035bbecdc6be
Akhil
very much sure that he is misinformed about the whole issue and his
allegations about his elder cousin Ustad Shahid Parvez is totally
false.
1> The great Ust Vilayat Khan was a genius and his contribution to
sitar is immense and unsurpassed. Never has Ust Shahid Parvez
entertained anyone who has questioned Ust Vilayat Khan's contribution
to music. In fact, he never gets tired of praising Ust Vilayat Khan's
music, be it in public or within his close circle. Ust Shahid Parvez,
as I personally know him, is a very simple and honest person and he
will be the first person to protest if ever Ust Vilayat Khan's musical
genius is questioned. Also he has often said on stage and in public
that he has drawn inspiration from the music of Ust Amir Khan, Ust
Vilayat Khan and Ust Bade Ghulam Ali Khan.
2> Ust Shahid Parvez has never, I repeat, never ever claimed that
he is the creator of the 'Gayaki Ang', as falsely alleged by his
younger cousin Shujat. In fact, Ust Shahid Parvez believes that
"Gayaki Ang' is the greatest gift of Ust Vilayat Khan to sitar.
3> Ust Shahid Parvez has never ever claimed that he is the creator
of the specific stroke-pattern as alleged in the interview by
Shujatbhai. Actually the mentioned stroke-pattern, the world knows, is
the invention of Ust Shahid Parvez's great-grandfather Ust Imdad Khan;
and his grandfather Ust Wahid Khan, Vilayat Khansahib's uncle and
Guru, has also used it in his playing. Ust Shahid Parvez has
extensively uses that particular stroke-pattern in all his recitals,
which is a very remarkable thing because it is indeed the most
difficult stroke to master.
4> Coming to the 'structure of the sitar', the world knows that
the normal (so-called) 'Gandhar-Pancham' sitar is the innovation of
Ust Vilayat Khan, and these sitars are manufactured in the make of Ust
Vilayat Khan's sitar. Shujatbhai's allegation in this regard is also
baseless. The old sitar Ust Shahid Parvez used was the sitar of Ust
Aziz Khan, his father and Guru, who inherited it from his father Ust
Wahid Khan. The sitar that Ust Shahid Parvez now uses is a customized
sitar manufactured by Yusuf Mirajkar and this sitar is not of the same
measurement and tone as a normal 'Gandhar-Pancham' sitar. Actually, he
has researched a lot on this subject and he made this sitar to suit
his playing-style and 'Mizaj'. Having said that, Ust Shahid Parvez has
never claimed that the normal 'Gandhar-Pancham' sitar is his
contribution. In fact, he believes that this sitar is the result of
Ust Vilayat Khan's endeavour to play khayal-style gayaki on the
sitar.
5> Ust Shahid Parvez is a true musician and has never bothered
about trivial issues such as "who was the first to use the ebony
bridge on the sitar'. As a matter of fact, the bridge Ust Shahid
Parvez uses is not even 'ebony'. 'Ebony' is a type of wood, while the
black bridge he uses for quite sometime is not made of wood but of a
synthetic material.
6> Ust Shahid Parvez has always acknowledged Ust Vilayat Khan's
inspiration in his music, but Ust Vilayat Khan has never given him
'Talim'. It is a totally false allegation made by Shujatbhai that his
elder cousin has learned from Ust Vilayat Khan sitting alongside him
with the sitar in hand. Ust Shahid Parvez's Guru is his father Ust
Aziz Khan and also his own uncle Ust Hafiz Khan.
7> God knows why Shujatbhai is giving emphasis on some Anwar
Khurshid's words when the one and only official website of Ust Shahid
Parvez is present and there all the authentic information about the
Ustad and his Khandan and views & news can be accessed. I definitely
know Ust Shahid Parvez has a school but its name is "Ustad Aziz Khan
Memorial School of Music" and no branch of it is situated in Toronto
as of now. Ust Shahid Parvez is not even associated with the Toronto
Sitar School, which Shujatbhai says belongs to Ust Shahid Parvez. I
have corroborated this fact with quite a few of his trusted students
and I have come to know that this Anwar Khurshid is a reject of Ust
Shahid Parvez and is in no way related to Ust Shahid Parvez, leave
aside being close to him. The Toronto Sitar School website is the
website of Anwar Khurshid only and not Ust Shahid Parvez's and any
comment posted in that website doesn't necessarily represent Ust
Shahid Parvez's views, even a layman can understand. To know more
about Ust Shahid Parvez's views it's better to visit his website
www.shahidparvezkhan.com.
8> Ustad Shahid Parvez has never bothered about self-promotion or
publicity and such a highly busy artiste like him need not beg for
concerts. Concerts come to him, not the other way round. Leave aside
unnecessary bickering and brawls, whenever Ust Shahid Parvez has been
asked about his cousins, he has said that all his younger brothers
including Shujat, Nishad, Irshad, Wajahat are talented and have the
caliber to uphold the legacy of the family. His father Ust Aziz Khan
has given him 'Talim' in such a way and he knows how to respect
others. You will hear good words in his interviews and not false
allegations. Actually a great musician is always confident about his
own abilities and they never worry about competition. In Ust Shahid
Parvez's words, "Competition is for the mediocre, not for the Elite".
He has proved himself to be one of the Elite and Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma,
Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Ust Zakir Hussain have all praised Ust
Shahid Parvez in their own interviews. Celebrated veteran Veenkar
maestro Ust Asad Ali Khan has publicly stated "ye Vilayat Kha ka
jawani ka Sitar tha" while describing Ust Shahid Parvez's music. The
renowned vocalist of Delhi Gharana Ust Nasir Ahmed has said the same
thing about Ust Shahid Parvez. Eminent sarod maestro Pt Budhadev Das
Gupta narrates on stage how many years ago, the first time he heard
Ust Shahid Parvez's recording he mistook it as that of the legendary
Ust Vilayat Khan, such is the virtuosity of Ust Shahid Parvez he says.
Ust Zakir Hussain, in his interview has referred to him as a genius
and predicts that Ust Shahid Parvez will be remembered as a legend of
his generation. Although he has received such critical acclaim from
such great musicians, Ust Shahid Parvez has remained down-to-earth and
has always said that Ust Vilayat Khan was a great genius whose
contribution to sitar is immense and there will never be another Ust
Vilayat Khan again, and this is sincerely what he believes from the
bottom of his heart as he has mentioned in innumerable occasions.
The above article is the least I can do to defend this great musician
and a gem of a person i.e., Ust Shahid Parvez from being wrongly
vindicated. I have been to a lot of his concerts where he has openly
praised Ust Vilayat Khan and talked about his inspiration and have met
many of his trusted students who have given me authentic information
about him. I have personally seen him from close range and I was truly
blown away by his humble attitude. Hope this will help you to better
understand this Maestro and pure gentleman.
Thanks,
Akhil
Bless you.
Town Crier
> 2> ... Ust Shahid Parvez believes that
> "Gayaki Ang' is the greatest gift of Ust Vilayat Khan to sitar.
Nothing special there: that is a mantra of the gharana, oft repeated
by everyone in the gang. Pt. Ravi Shankar's retort to that is "to
baki sab kya bhains ki ang bajate hain?" [So do all others play the
buffalo-aspect? - jocularly re-parsing gayki (vocal) as gay-ki (of a
cow)]. Imitating human voice on an instrument is instinctive
behaviour - instrumentalists must have done so the world over ever
since a bowman used his bow to make music after a successful hunting
expedition.
On the flip side, singers praise singers saying "uske gale main tant
hai" (He has "string" in his throat/voice).
DG
Sitariya
> On Jul 4, 8:53 am, Akhil <akhil.theo.salvad...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 2> ... Ust Shahid Parvez believes that
> > "Gayaki Ang' is the greatest gift of Ust Vilayat Khan to sitar.
>
> Nothing special there:
Actually there is. Vilayat khan's innovation to change the structure
of sitar to make that happen was special. But again you can call me as
member of the gang.
bdixit
made about so called "gayaki ang" anyway! .....................BND
Samii
"...............His Father & Guru, Ustad Aziz Khan, trained Ustad
Shahid Parvez Khan up to the age of 15-16 years. His father
prematurely passed away when he was that age. He was also trained by
his own Vocalist and Surbahari uncle Ustad Hafeez Khan (H Khan
Mastana). Both his uncle and father were highly trained musicians.
Ustad Waheed Khansahab was a great Surbahari but he was also an
equally great Sitariya. His recordings of Piloo (Drut Gat) and Khammaj
(Vilambit Gat-toda) are great examples of his virtuosity. He trained
one of his sons in Surbahar and the other in Sitar. Ustad Waheed
Khansahab lived into his ripe old age and Ustad Hafeez Khan and Ustad
Aziz Khan were the eldest sons of the Khan family, so it's not
surprising that his sons got a huge amount of 'Khandani Taleem' from
him.
Ustad Hafeez Khan was not just a Classical Vocalist and Surbahari
but he was one of the foremost and celebrated singers of the pre-
Mohammed Rafi era. Although Ustad Aziz Khan was a very competent
Sitariya he never took it up as his profession, nor did he earn his
bread by commercially teaching students. He was a top-notch music-
composer of his time and that was his profession. However, contrary to
what some believe, Ustad Aziz Khan had students other than his
foremost disciple and son Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan. I personally know
one of them who is a sitarist from Delhi and has learned sitar from
Ustad Aziz Khan alongside Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan.
Ustad Aziz Khan was very strict and demanding and the kind of
intense riyaz he has made his son do, the goals and rules he had set
before him are largely responsible for what Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan
is today. 'Taleem' doesn't mean just teaching a few paltaas, sargams
or ragas, but one of the most important things about 'Taleem' is
teaching 'Tameez' or the way to present oneself before others. It is
because of Ustad Aziz Khan's 'Taleem' that Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan
has learned not just the Khandani Gat-Todas, Paltaas of the Ragas but
also the lesson to remain humble as a man and honest to the art.
Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan, among numerous other national and
international awards, is the first and youngest Sitariya of his
generation to have been awarded with the highest, non-political
musical honour of India. His Music has been highly appreciated not
just by the masses but also by the Masters. But Ustad Shahid Parvez
Khan has never given importance to achievements; instead he has always
remained down-to-earth, humble and honest.
To this 'Taleem' of his Father Ustad Aziz Khan, Ustad Shahid
Parvez Khan has adopted techniques from musicians who inspired him,
including the great Ustad Vilayat Khansahab. As I have seen infinite
times, Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan is never short of praise when he
speaks fondly about Vilayat Khansahab's music, and he has always
acknowledged Vilayat Khansahab's inspiration in his music. The other
day, at the recent Kolkata Workshop, Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan masterly
executed a super difficult Drut Gat of Ustad Enayat Khansahab (with DR-
R bol) and observed that - 'sirf Vilayat Khansahab k haath mein hi ye
baj sakhta tha', and it was so sad that Vilayat Khansahab was no more.
From the above sentence, I hope you will understand what love and
respect he has always had for Ustad Vilayat Khan. However, I must
emphasis, Vilayat Khansahab has inspired him, but he is not his Guru,
Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan has always respected Vilayat Khansahab as
"Guru-Saman' but never got Taleem from him.
Coming back to Ustad Aziz Khansahab, I will request all to please
read the memoirs of respected musician Pandit D.T. Joshi, one of the
senior-most and bona fide disciples of Ustad Enayat Khansahab (father
of Vilayat Khansahab) and Aftab-e-Mausiki Ustad Faiyaz Khansahab.
Those who have read it will know that Joshiji has mentioned both the
names of Ustad Hafeez Khan (Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan's uncle) and
Ustad Aziz Khan (Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan's father and Guru) as
musicians with whom he has practiced a lot. So, from there also the
reader will come to know that Ustad Aziz Khan was a musician.
However, we don't feel there is a need for third party assurance
in this regard; Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan, through his work and music,
is singularly enough to prove that his Father and Guru Ustad Aziz Khan
was a musician of caliber.
What was Vilayat Khansahab's view about this?
.
.
Ustad Vilayat Khansahab, in his bio, 'Komal Gandhar' has actually
named people who have received Taleem from him, sitting in front of
him with the sitar in hand. Please go through it, you will get
valuable insight.
For those who haven't , do note there has been not a single referance
about Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan being his student at all.
However mainly overtly and sometimes covertly he has named the
following people as his Shahgirds, whom he has given taleem -------
Ustad Imrat Khansahab and his sons,
Ustad Rais Khansahab,
his elder son Ustad Shujaat Khan
and younger son Hidayatji,
Pandit Arvind Parikh,
Smt Kalyani Roy,
and one Mr. Sandeep.
No where has Ustad Vilayat Khansahab said that Ustad Shahid Parvez
Khan is his student.
.
.
In quite a few TV programmes compered by Ustad Vilayat Khansahab,
Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan has performed, where Ustad Vilayat Khansahab
has himself talked about Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan.
There he had introduced him as only his nephew, but not a single time
has he said that Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan is his student or disciple
or Shahgird............."
I hv quoted a reply by one of Shahidjee's most trusted shahgirds, whom
I have consulted with queries about Shahidjee's guru.
regards
Samii
Steven Bhullar Sr
publicity......is this Vilayat Khan's son??????????
wanna see this ????
that Purbayan.., Shujaat was talking about, has responded to the
allegations thrown at him by Shujat. I got it through google alerts
and man....do you know what Purbayan has said......he said.....he is
influenced by Shahid Parwez like most of the sitarists of his
generation (Shahidji is a great influence on many of us contemporary
sitar players. - he said) ....he has also said he never claimed being
a student of Nikhil, as Shujaat has alleged.....he has also denied
playing Shujaat's music...man this Shujaat lad is totally frustrated
and really jealous after seeing Shahid Parwez reach the pinnacle of
success.......he does he not play and prove his point instead of
abusing others....
go through his interview:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2179055.cms
Steven Bhullar Sr
an....... know what I found Kavita Chibber, the interviewer, is
closely associated with Shujaat and even has sung a few duet songs
with him.
See what Shujaat has to say about Kavita Chibber >>
"The funny thing is that we often don't like the same people, and I
speak my mind and at times am a little too out spoken, but till date
she has never misunderstood or misconstrued anything I've said on or
off record.
I have met thousands of people in my life time, but there are only a
small handful of people I trust totally and call my friend. Kavita is
one of them."
this I got from Kavita Chibber's site only.....
http://www.kavitachhibber.com/main/main.jsp?id=Celebspeak
Steve