Mohammad Sharif Khan (Born in 1926,
British India – Died 26 May 1980,
Pakistan ) known as Ustad Sharif Khan
Poonchwaley was a classical player of
sitar ,
vichitra veena and raza been (
rudra veena ) in the
hindustani classical music tradition.
[1] Career Sharif Khan was born at Hisar , now in Haryana , India in a family of musicians.[2] [1] [2]
Ustad Sharif Khan Poonchwaley‚ belongs to
Baroda and Ustad
Amir Khan of
Indore . All of these musicians were invited to participate in the 2-day music festival at
Lahore in 1942. He played a key role in promoting the sitar in
Pakistan .
[2] He was a member of the early original team hired by the first Managing Director
Pakistan Television,
Lahore Center to perform as a sitar player, when it first started TV broadcasts in 1964. Everywhere he went, he charmed audiences with his stylishness, registering the intricacies and subtleties of otherwise typical
ragas . He also played the sitar for some of the film compositions of Pakistan's noted film music director
Khwaja Khurshid Anwar and before the
Partition of India in 1947, he played the sitar for film music director Pandit
Amar Nath .
[2] Awards and recognition Sharif Khan was awarded the Pride of Performance Award in 1965 for his services to Pakistan.[2] [1]
Legacy In 2011, his son Ashraf Sharif Khan gives sitar performances at music festivals in Pakistan.[3] [1] [2]
References External links Audiovisual YouTube
Sharif Khan Poonchwaley's performance on YouTube
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Khwaja Moinuddin (1966)
Ayat Ali Khan (1966)
Ustad Haji Mohammad Sharif (1967)
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Khalid Hameed Baig (1990)
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Abdul Aziz Baloch (2003)
Ghulam Mustafa (2003)
Majeed Khan (sarangi player) (2003)
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Mahtab Akbar Rashdi (2004)
Chishty Bin Subh-o-Mujahid (2004)
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Naseem Sultan (2009)
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Sahib Dino Mallah (2009)
Satish Chandra Anand (2009)
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