Gurus
& Gharana . . .
Bari
Siddiqui with V.G. Karnad
Pandit
Pannalal Ghosh is considered as the 'Giver
of Flute' to Indian Classical Music, as he was the first to transform
a tiny folk instrument to a novel bamboo flute (32 inches long
with 7 holes for fingering) suitable for playing traditional Indian
classical music. He regarded the "Harmonium Wizard",
Khurshid Ahmad Khan,
as his first guru, and was fortunate also to have had the blessings
and systematic training from the legendary Ustad
Allauddin Khan (the greatest icon of the North
Indian Classical music from Beenkar gharana and the successor
of the glory of Mian Tan Sen
from Moghul Emperor Akbar's court), with whom he studied, beginning
in 1947.
On
breathing his last on April 20, 1960, Pannalal Ghosh left behind
a large number of disciples and admirers. Amongst his noteworthy
students and followers have been Haripad Choudhari, Aminur
Rahman, Fakirchandra Samanta, Devendra Murdeshwar,
V.G.
Karnad, Shreeram Joshi, Rashbihari Desai,
Keshav Ginde, Nityanand Haldipur, Tawfique Nawaz, Bari Siddiqui.
Bari
comes from a family of musicians. His formal vocal training began
at the age of 12 under Gopal Dutta of Netrokona. His career takes
flight in 1981, when he was taken under the wings of Ustad
Aminur Rahman, direct disciple of Pandit
Panna Lal Ghosh (1911- 1960) and Dabir
Khan (Beenkar). Ustad Aminur Rahman spotted Bari during
a concert, and offered to tutor him. For the next six years Bari
trained under Rahman.
Ustad
Aminur Rahman's house was frequented by the contemporary legends
like Devendra Muddereshshor, Director All India Radio (also the
sonin-law of Pandit Panna Lal Ghosh), VG Kannad, Daagar Brothers,
Ustad Zia Mohiuddin (Veenakar), Ustad Asad Ali Kha Veenakar, Pandit
Sriram Tewari. AfterAminur Rahma, Bari continued to take special
training on Alap from Tawfique Nawaz, second son of Ustad
Aminur Rahman.
At
one stage, Bari went to Pune and got professional tutelage under
Pandit VG Karnad. For many years
to come, Bari, being in an environment surrounded by musical maestros,
kept his search for his own true self and to achieve newer heights
of infinite journey of music.
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Beenkar,
Dabir Khan
Pandit
Pannalal Ghosh
Ustad Aminur Rahman
Pandit
V.G. Karnad
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