Background
He belongs to the Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana and he is the son of Waris Hussain Khan and grandson of Inayat Hussain Khan of Sahaswan Gharana. He was born on March 3, 1931 in Badayun, Uttar Pradesh.
He belongs to the Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana and he is the son of Waris Hussain Khan and grandson of Inayat Hussain Khan of Sahaswan Gharana. He was born on March 3, 1931 in Badayun, Uttar Pradesh.
He has been associated with Hindi film industry and as a teacher he has trained several noted playback and classical singers. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991, followed by Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award of India in 2006. In 2003 he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists given by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India"s National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.
Some of his students are singers in the field of Indian playback singing: Asha Bhosle, Geeta Dutt, Hariharan, Shaan, Sonu Nigam Sagarika.
Sons: Murtuza, Qadir, Rabbani, Hasan. Grandsons: Aamir and Faiz etc.Murtuza"s son Faiz was the youngest singer of coke studio he was part of Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan"s 3 generation performance with A.R.Rahman at coke studio season 3 for Music Television India.
Well known Shilpa Rao,Kalpana Patowary, Arkansas Rahman, Alisha Chinnoy, Ankita Dixit, Amitabh Narayan Ruchi Sharma (singer), et cetera
Padma Shri(1991) Padma Bhushan (2006) Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2003) He is among the few artists to perform at the conference held by Doctor Rajendra Prasad (Former President of India) in 1952. Named as Junior Tansen in 1969 by Haridas Sangeet Sabha, Mangalore. Ustad Haafiz Ali Khan award and Ustad Chand Khan award He performed at Baltimore University and was conferred an Honorary Citizenship of Baltimore City. Honorary Citizenship for outstanding contribution to the field of Indian Classical Music in 1986 (by Governor of Maryland) He performed at Golden Jubilee in the presence of the honorable Queen of United Kingdom He performed at Festival de Lille in the presence of Lady Diana in France.
