Rare opportunity to listen to Gan-Yogini Dhondutai Kulkarni

Rare opportunity to listen to
Gan-Yogini Dhondutai Kulkarni, who will sing in the fond
memory of her Guru Late. Ustad. Azizuddin Khansaheb (Baba). A treat to connoisseur listners of
Jaipur-Atruuli Gharana.

Sangeet Samrat Ustad Alladiya Khan Sangeet Mahotsav 2012

Venue: Princess Padmaraje Girls Highschool Ground,New Mahadwar Road,KOLHAPUR.

Date: 20 Jan 2012

Shri. Raghunandan Panshikar
(Jaipur Atrauli Gharana)

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma
(Santoor)

Date: 21 Jan

Shri. Omkar Dadarkar
(Gwalior Gharana)

Pandit Atulkumar Upadhye
(Violin)

Date: 22 Jan

Shrimati. Kaushiki Chakravarti
(Patiala Gharana)

Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan
(Sitar)

The Last Khalifa of Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana Indian Classical Vocalist Ustad Azizuddin Khansaheb(Baba) no more.

The Last Khalifa of Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana
Indian Classical Vocalist Ustad Azizuddin Khansaheb(Baba)[90 years old] died on Tuesday 23 August 2011.[islamic Date: 22 Ramzan] at our House "Allahdiya Mazil,Kolhapur" in the morning at 10.30Am.
"Innalillahe wa inna ilayhi rajiun"
Allah unki magfirat farmaye wa jannat me Aala maqam ata farmaye
Aameen

Ustad Azizuddin
Khan was born in
Uniara village(District: Tonk) in
Rajasthan on
February 7, 1921.

The family settled in Kolhapur when he
was an infant. His
father, Bhurji Khan,
who died in 1950.
He was also well-
known vocalist
Azizuddin Khan
started singing at age
8,
stopped singing at
the age of 24
because of some medical reasons.
He played important role in the syllabus of Music Department of Shivaji university,Kolhapur
His disciples :
Pandit Mallikarjun
Mansur
Madhusudan Kanetkar
Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki
Panchakshri Mattikatti
Dhondutai
Kulkarni
Shruti Sadolikar Katkar

Ustad Alladiya Khan (Gulam Ahmed Khan)Founder Of Jaipur-Atrarauli Gharana

Ustad Alladiya Khan (1855-1946) is the
founder of Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana to which several modern titans belong. Born into
a family of musicians in Uniara
(Rajasthan) he lost his father
early. His uncle Jehangir Khan
taught him dhrupad for 5 years
and khayal for another 8. Until
he was 25 Alladiya Khan learnt
and practised music, occasionally
performing but yet to take it
up as profession. After initial success at Ajaygad court as
singer, Alladiya Khan set off on a concert tour visiting Patna,
Mujaffarpur, Allahabad, Calcutta
and other places with successful
recitals everywhere. His concert at Motihari resulted in an invitation by the king of Nepal,
where the ustad spent two years until he felt homesick.
Even during travel Alladiya Khan
would not neglect music. He
practised hard literally from
dusk to dawn even at 51.
Alladiya Khan enjoyed royal patronage at several
places. He was the court musician of the Kolhapur king Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj,
until the king died in 1922 and later moved to Bombay. At
Amlata, he almost lost his voice due to hours of riyaaz daily. for a couple of years. His voice lost
sweetness and he had to depend on taans.So he adopted a new style which helped him sing without
compromising the purity of raga.

His main disciples were his famous younger brother Haider Khan, Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale and his own sons. Khansaheb
invariably started training with
dhrupad-dhamar and took up khayal only after their voices
stabilized and became tonally
perfect. While the second son Manji Khan died in 1937, the youngest son Bhurji Khan
continued to teach his father’s disciples like Kesarbai Kerkar.
Among the others Mogubai Kurdikar (Kishori Amonkar‘s
mother) learnt from Haider Khan while Mallikarjun Mansur
learnt from Manji Khan and Bhurji Khan. Alladiya Khan,Won The Title Gana Samrat (Emperor Of Music)

Annual Ustad AlladiyaKhan Music Festival By Times of india in 2003

HINDUSTANI Classical music lovers
in chembur are once again
enjoying the festive season till
April 20. The annual Ustad
Alladiya Khan festival is being held to pay
tribute to the maestro of the
Jaipur Atrauli gharana at Bal
Vikas Sangh, D K Sandu Marg,
Chembur. The festival draws
large music loving audience.
This year the programme began
with Tulika Ghosh redering vocal
music of Agra atrauli gharana.
Tulika Ghosh is the daughter of
the legendary tabla player
Pandit Nikhil Ghosh and niece of
flautist Pandit Pannalal Ghosh.
Among the other vocalists are
Dr Ram Deshpande, Pandit
Chandrakant Limaye and Ustad
Aslam Khan. There is a special
programme by the veteran
guitarist Pandit Brij Bhushan
Kabra on April19.

Classical Music: Recital in memory of UstadAlladiya KhansahebBy Screen in 2005

Music compositions in
films are mostly based
on ragas from Indian
classical music. Music
directors select ragas having
relevance to specific moods
inherent in songs which then
create the expected impact and
also impart eternal significance
of film songs.
Indian classical music has
therefore a specific,
indispensable value. While there
are different gharanas in
classical music, the main aim is
to achieve the emotional impact
relevant to ragas. A two-day
music concert as also
presentation of a few stalwarts
through their gramophone
records marked the celebration
of the 150th birth anniversary
of late Alladiya Khan, an
exponent of the Jaipur gharana
in the Indian classical music. A
veteran institution Gayan Samaj
Deval Club having a cultural
legacy of 120 years joined with
the Kolkata-based ITC music
research centre and organized
the programme in which eminent
classical singers participated.
Amit Mukarjee, a disciple of
Shankar Mujumdar belonging to
Amir Khan gayaki presented
raags Yaman Kalyan and Abhogi
with a very serene and duly
cultivated voice. His taans and
boltans created an impact
peculiar to these ragas.
Mr.Mukarjee, who left a secure
government job in the Union
government by sacrificing
promotion to a high
bureaucratic status, dedicated
himself to classical music in
which he is interested since
childhood. As a mature artiste
he is also director and teacher
in the ITC research centre at
Kolkata.
Ulhas Kashalkar, a Mumbai-
based classical singer who is
now teaching classical music in
the ITC Research Centre
presented raag Nat-Kedar Kafi-
Kanada and concluded with
Bhairavi. His superb presentation
of notes and varied
combinations, besides a very
appealing creation of beauty
and dexterity relevant to ragas
enthralled the audience. His
expertise in achieving perfection
of sur and laya(notes and
rhythm) - which combination
alone can let the sincere
audience realize the eternal
experience of ecstasy in
classical music - was highly
appreciated by Kolhapur
audience.
Shruti Sadolikar, who belongs to
the Jaipur gharana also
presented a few bandishein
(compositions) specially belonging
to Jaipur gayaki. She also
interviewed Azizuddin Khan,
grandson of Alladiya Khan and in
this question-answer interview
the peculiarities of Jaipur
gharana, the way Alladiya Khan
was doing his riyaaz and other
memorable incidents in his life
were disclosed by Mr.Azizuddin
Khan. The recorded recital of
past veteran singers of
Kolhapur revived the good old
days when stalwarts in classical
music nurtured the Jaipur
gayaki which is also known as
Kolhapur gayaki.