Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan
Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan | |
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Background information | |
Born | Jaora, Madhya Pradesh, India | 18 February 1927
Died | (aged 89) Mumbai, India |
Genres | Hindustani classical music |
Occupation(s) | Sitarist, Composer, Innovator, Author |
Instrument(s) | sitar |
Labels | Various |
Website | www.jafferkhanibaaj.com |
Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (18 February 1927 – 4 January 2017) was an Indian sitar player. Khan received the national awards Padma Shri (1970) and Padma Bhushan (2006) and was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 1987.[1][2]
Early life
Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan was born in 1927 in Jaora (35 km away from
Career
Khan is known for his own style Jafferkhani Baaj.[4] He describes it as, "a synthesis of precision in technique, systematic thought"[5] with a vigorous playing style. Cultural anthropologist and reader at the University of Mumbai, Dr. Kamala Ganesh states: "His music making is full of eclectic yet deeply informed choices. He is a thinking musician but puts across his complex views with a simplicity and feeling which demarcate the articulate performer from the articulate theoretician.... In him, one gets an unmistakable sense... a syncretic tradition".[6] The Indian santoor player Shivkumar Sharma remembers of Khan's performance of the raga Chhayanat: "It was probably in 1955–56, I was relaxing in my terrace in Jammu. In the stillness of the night I heard the notes of Raga Chhayanat on the sitar emanate from my neighbor's radio. I immediately noticed that the tone of the sitar was completely different and the style of playing radically unique. I rushed to switch on my radio.... I was totally engrossed and was very curious to know who this maestro was."[7]
Khan has been credited with bringing Carnatic ragas Kirwani, Kanakangi, Latangi, Karaharapriya, Manavati, Ganamurti, and others into the sitar repertoire, rendering them through a Hindustani sensibility and in the Jafferkhani style. He was the first Hindustani musician to collaborate with Carnatic music in a performance with renowned Veena player Emani Sankara Sastry[citation needed].
Khan was also involved with Indian cinema. Music Director
In 1976, Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan created the Halim Academy of Sitar in Mumbai, India.[citation needed]
Death
Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan died on 4 January 2017, at his home in Mumbai, India, from cardiac arrest, aged 89.[11][12]
Works and awards
Select awards
- Tagore Fellow of Sangeet Natak Akademi in 2012[13]
- Hanumant Sanman Murari Bapu, 2010
- Godavari Gaurav Kusumagraj Pratishthan, Nashik, 2010
- Padma Bhushan Government of India 2006[14]
- Pillar of Hindustani Society TACCI, Mumbai, 2006
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Legends of India, 2005[15]
- Giants International Award, 2004
- Kala Ratna Mumbai, 2003
- Swarsagar Award (PCMP), Pimpri-Chinchwad, 2003
- Acharya Pt. Ramnarain Foundation Award, Mumbai, 2002
- Sharda Ratna Mumbai, 2002
- Tansen Samman, Gwalior, 2000
- Sangeet Research Academy ITC-SRA Award, Mumbai, 2000
- Srestha Kala Acharya, 1998
- Nada Nidhi Avadhoota Datta Peetham, Mysore, 1998
- Haafiz Ali Khan Award Haafiz Ali Khan Memorial Trust, 1992[16]
- Swar Sadhana Ratna Award, Mumbai, 1992
- Shikhar Samman Government of Madhya Pradesh, 1991
- Gaurav Puraskar, Government of Maharashtra, 1990
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Delhi, 1987
- Ustad Allauddin Sangeet Ratna Bhopal, 1986
- Civil Medal awarded by the Mayor of Bombay, 1985
- Tantri Vilas, Sur Singar Samsad, Mumbai, 1984
- "Silver Tanpura," AICC Delhi, 1975
- Padma Shri , Government of India, 1970
- Hzt Amir Khusrau Gold Medal, Hyderabad, 1959
- Gold Medal, Bombay State Music Conference, 1956
- "Silver Sitar," Hyderabad, 1955
- Gold Medal All Bengal Music Conference, 1953
Video
Narrated by violinist Yehudi Menuhin, Deben Bhattacharya's film Raga features a young virtuosic Halim Jaffer Khan playing raga Sindh Bhairavi.
Select discography
- 75th Celebration Swar Sadhna (Raag Zila Kafi)
- 70th Birthday Release (Raag Tilak Kamod, Raag Jaijaiwanti, Raag Sindhi Bhairavi)
- Columbia (EP) (Raag Mand, Raag Ahir Bhairav)
- Enchanting Sitar (Raag Aarabi, Raag Multani)
- Guzra Zamana (Live in Concert- 1968) (Raag Abhogi)
- His Master's Voice (EP) (Chakra dhun, Thumri in Deepchandi taal)
- Immortal Series: Vol 1 (Raag Pahadi, Raag Kedar); Vol 2 (Raag Kirwani, Raag Jaunpuri)
- Instrumental Classical: Sitar (Raag Jaijaiwanti, Raag Sindhi Bhairavi)
- Lilting Strings (Raag Bhairavi, Raag Gaud Sarang, Raag Kamod, Raag Rageshri, Raag Shyam Kalyan, Raag Yaman Kalyan)
- Live in Jaipur 1968
- A Night at the Valley (Raag Kirwani, Raag Marwa, Raag Pahadi, Chakradhun, Thumri)
- Sangeet Suman (Raag Patdeep, Raag Shyam Kedar)
- Sitar Quintet (Raag Chandani Kedar, Raag Mazamiri, Raag Khusravani, Raag Sharavati, Raag Kalpana, Raag Miya ki Malhaar)
- Sitar Through the Ages [Soofiyana rang, Raag Bhimpalasi, Raag Zila Kafi, Raag Farghana]
- Sitar Ecstasy [Raag Hemavati, Raag Jaitshri, Sufiana Sama (dhun)]
- Theme on Strings (Raag Saraswat Ranjani, Sitar Anjuman, Hulban)
- Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (Raag Champakali, Raag Chhaya Nat, Raag Mishra Pilu)
- Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (Raag Jaunpuri, Raag Rajeshwari, Raag Anand Bhairav, Thumri)
- Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (Raag Araj, Raag Madhyami)
- Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (Raag Marwa, Raag Pahadi)
References
- ^ "Padma Awards". Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
- ^ "SNA: List of Akademi Awardees – Instrumental – Sitar". Sangeet Natak Akademi. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
- ^ [1][usurped], The Hindu, 19 July 1953.
- ^ Mark Slobin; Frank Kouwenhoven Co-editor, CHIME; Ruth Hellier; Carole Pegg; Gerry Farrell Ethnomusicology Forum, 1741-1920, Volume 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 123–132
- ^ Khan, Abdul Halim Jaffer. Jafferkhani Baaj: Innovation in Sitar Music. Kohinoor Printers, 2000.
- ^ Khan, Abdul Halim Jaffer. Jafferkhani Baaj: Innovation in Sitar Music. Kohinoor Printers, 2000
- ^ Khan, Abdul Halim Jaffer. Jafferkhani Baaj: Innovation in Sitar Music. Kohinoor Printers, 2000.
- ^ Kabir, N.M. & Akhtar, S. (2007). The Immortal Dialogue of K. Asif's Mughal-e-Azam. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
- ^ "Mughal-E-Azam - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ Dhaneshwar, Amarendra. Strings Attached Archived 2 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine, "The Times of India", 19 February 2010.
- ^ a b Kamala Ganesh (12 January 2017). "His baaj had no boundaries (Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan)". The Hindu newspaper. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ Bella Jaisinghani (4 January 2016). "Sitar maestro Ustad Abdul Halim dead". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "Sangeet Natak Akademi citation". sangeetnatak.gov.in. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Padma Awards 2006". outlookindia.com/. 25 January 2006. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Legends of India Lifetime Achievement Awards". Legends of India. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Haafiz Ali Khan Awards". www.sarod.com. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
Further reading
- Jafferkhani Baaj: Innovation in Sitar Music. Khan, Abdul Halim Jaffer. Jafferkhani Baaj: Innovation in Sitar Music. Kohinoor Printers, 2000.
External links
- Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan at AllMusic
- The Beenkar Gharana, ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata, 2001.
- JafferKhaniBaaj - Official Website
- The Sitarist's Sitarist