Bahadur Khan
Ustad Bahadur Hossain Khan – (1931-1979) – d’après une pochette de LP
Le sarod est l’instrument indien que je préfère
(avec le sarangi et la vicitra vina… et le bin, et le sitar, et l’esraj, et le shenai, et le violon, et la flûte, et la guitare, et le pakhawaj, et le tabla, et le santur…;-).
J’ai une admiration sans bornes pour Bahadur Khan.
septembre 29th, 2005 at 12:14
Il y a quelques temps, un soir, Tejendra Majumdar avait évoqué avec moi quelques souvenirs très touchants sur celui auprès de qui il a étudié durant près de 20 ans.
Il m’avait aussi raconté pis que pendre sur le fils de son défunt gourou et je m’étais dit qu’il s’agissait-là sans doute de racontars exagérés comme on en entend tant de la bouche de certains musiciens. Or en cherchant des renseignements sur Bahadur Khan je viens de découvrir ceci :
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050605/asp/bengal/story_4829117.asp
Maestro son arrested
A STAFF REPORTER
Calcutta, June 4: Kirit Khan, a sitar player and son of the late sarod maestro Ustad Bahadur Khan, was arrested this afternoon on charges of duping a tabla player of Rs 45,000.
After Proloy Ghoshal lodged the complaint, Khan was called to the Lalbazar police headquarters from his Palm Avenue residence and taken into custody.
“We arrested him on the basis of a specific complaint. Ghoshal, from Khardah, alleged that Khan had promised to give him a chance to perform abroad and charged him Rs 45,000. We decided to arrest him after finding inconsistencies in his statement during questioning,” said Gyanwant Singh, a detective department deputy commissioner.
In the complaint, Ghoshal said Khan had promised last year that he would arrange shows for him in Frankfurt and London. “An agreement was signed between them and Khan charged the money as the cost of work permit and passage,” said Singh.
A detective department official said Khan had not made any arrangement for the trip. “Ghoshal began prodding him after the time promised by Khan went by,” said an official, adding: “Whenever Ghoshal asked Khan the reason for the delay, he gave lame excuses. Sensing something was wrong, Ghoshal asked for a refund. But Khan refused to pay him back.”
Ghoshal alleged that when he told Khan he would go to police, he said he knew a number of influential people and that a police complaint would not be of any help. Ghoshal came to Lalbazar today, met Singh and gave a blow-by-blow account of his deal with Khan.
A team of detectives was asked to look into the allegations. Some of the sleuths went to Khan’s house and met him. “We did not arrest him there. Rather, we told him to come over to our headquarters,” said one of them.
At the detective department, Khan was questioned. “We told him about the allegations and asked him to clarify his point. But he failed to give us any satisfactory answer,” Singh said.
An officer working on the case said the sitar player has been accused of duping other artistes as well. An inquiry has been ordered.
octobre 5th, 2005 at 11:05
Je viens de découvrir cette page en faisant une simple recherche sur Google :
‘Bahadu Khan’
http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/K_0169.htm
Ce site présente des photos et des textes intéressants.
Notamment sur son père Ustad Ayet Ali Khan, et ses oncles
Fakir Aftabuddin Khan et Ustad Alauddin Khan.
J’ai aussi découvert quelques disciples de son oncle Baba (Alauddin Khan) inconnus pour ma part jusqu’a maintenant :
Khadem Hossain Khan, Ustad Mir Kashem Khan, Ustad Phuljhuri Khan, Ustad Khurshid Khan
D’ailleurs existe-t-il des enregistrements de tous ces Ustads ?
octobre 6th, 2005 at 1:52
J’avais vu cette page en effet.
Il doit bien exister des enregistrements, mais où et dans quel état ?