Question: Legendary Indian Classical Musician Ustad Imrat Khan belongs to which of the following Gharana of India?
(a) Imdadkhani Gharana
(b) Senia Gharana
(c) Jaipur Gharana
(d) Bishanpur Gharana
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- On 22nd November, 2018, classical music stalwart Ustad Imrat Khan, who dedicated his life in propagating the Sitar and the Surbahar worldwide, passed in United States after a brief illness. He was 83 years old.
- Surbahar sometimes known as Bass Sitar is a plucked string instrumentused in the Hindustani Classical Music is closely related to the sitar, but has a lower tone.
- He belonged to the eminent Etawa Gharanaor the Imdadkhani Gharana, named after his grandfather Ustad Imdad Khan.
- Imrat Khan had performed at the Cannes Film Festival in year 1970 for a Merchant-Ivory partnership.
Links:
http://newsonair.nic.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=355785
https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2018/11/23/del9-sitarist-imrat%20khan-dead.html