Shahid Parvez

Shahid Parvez Khan (commonly known as Shahid Parvez; born 14 October 1954) is an Indian classical sitar maestro from the Imdadkhani gharana. He represents the seventh generation of the Etawah Gharana as its primary exponent. He is praised especially for the vocalistic phrasing and quality of his raga improvisations, known as "Gayaki ang". This translates to "singing branch/limb" ("branch" and "limb" referring here to musical style). The sitar legend Ustad Vilayat Khan who was the son of the sitar and surbahar player Wahid Khan. As is the custom among musical families with a storied lineage, Aziz Khan first initiated his son into vocal music and tabla before training him on the Sitar over many years.

The maestro embodies the Etawah Gharana style, which was developed by one of the oldest music schools in India. Here, the particularity is to give an echo to the human voice at the end of the strings, or rather from the resonance chamber of the sitar. Having heard it in 2010, we can say that the effect is striking. The technique makes it possible to tame genres, such as the dhrupad, which is said to be the oldest song in North India, and the khayal, which is that of the great virtuosos. It's all built into the music.

Shahid Parvez Khan marries this with the techniques of tantrakari, which allows him to explore all kinds of rhythmic patterns with the right hand.

Awards and honours Kalajyoti Lifetime Achievement Award (2020) Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2006 AIR – Top Grade artist Sur Shringaar Kumar Gandharva Samman M. L. Koser Award