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The vociferous virtuosi

Staff Correspondent
In the build-up to the Bengal Classical Music Festival 2013 in association with 1TC-SRA (Kolkata), Star Arts & Entertainment introduces you to the maestros set to perform in Dhaka this month. Today's featured artistes are ones who need no introduction; the living legend of Rudra Veena Ustad Bahauddin Dagar and renowned classical vocalist Vidushi Parveen Sultana. T hey are all set to appease the thirst of Dhaka music enthusiasts at this year's festival, to which The Daily Star is a partner.
Baha'ud-din Dagar
Baha'ud-din Mohiuddin Dagar (born 1970) is a Rudra Veena maestro. I Ie is the son of Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar and a nephew of the renowned vocalist Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar. 1 Ie plays Rudra Veena in dagarbani style. I Ie represents the 20th generation of Dagar lineage, referring to Nayak 1 laridas Dagar of the 16th century. I lowever, he traces his ancestry to Baba Gopal Das, who converted to Islam, and became Baba Imam Baksh in the 18th century, making him the representative of the 8th generation.
I Ie began his training on sitar under the tutelage of his mother Pramila Dagar at seven. Three years later, he started learning Surbahar and Rudra Veena under his father's tutelage. After the demise of his father, he continued his talim under the tutelage of his uncle Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar. The untimely demise of his father in 1990 forced Baha'ud-din to step on to the concert platform at the early age of twenty.
Since then he has been responsible for keeping the Saadharani Geeti (Dagarbani) style of dhrupad alive on the Rudra Veena. Baha'ud-din has incorporated a personal dimension to the depth and exploration of the raga. The vocal training he has received from his uncle has helped him incorporate the dhrupad syllables in the playing of the Rudra Veena. This gives a unique and precise
sense of timing in the cutting of phrases whilst presenting the alap, jod and jhala.
Acknowledging his responsibility in taking the dhrupad tradition to future generations, Baha'ud-din teaches both vocal and instrumental forms of music to students from different backgrounds at the Dhrupad Gurukul at Palaspe near Panvel which was established by his father.
Ustad Baha'ud-din Dagar received many awards and honours including the 'Sangeet Natak Akademi Award' in 2012.
Parveen Sultana
Parveen Sultana (born 10 July 1950) is an Assamese I lindustani Classical vocalist of Patiala Gharana. She is among the foremost classical vocalists in India and is known as the Queen of Classical Vocal as she has styled a distinctive position through performing khayal, thumri, ghazal and bhajan with expertise. She was conferred the Padmashri in 1976, at the age of 25.
Parveen Sultana was born to Ikramul Mazid and Maroofa Begum. I ler father was her first guru and a strict disciplinarian. She also received early training from her grandfather Mohammed Najeef Khan. She later went to Kolkata to learn music under the guidance of late Pandit Chinmoy Lahiri and from
1973, she became a disciple of Ustad Dilshad Khan of the Patiala Gharana.
Parveen Sultana gave her first stage performance in 1962 when she was only 12. Sultana has sung for movies like Gadar, Kudrat, Do Boond Pani, and Pakeezah. Recently, she sang the theme song of Vikram Bhatt's latest opus 1920.
T he vocalist received many awards and recognition including "Padmashree award" (1976), MiyanTansen Prize (1986), Filmfare Best Female Playback Award (1981) and "Sangeet Natak Akademi Award" (1999).