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Classical singer Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan passes away
Presidential Award winning classical singer passed away at the age of 81 in Lahore last night
LAHORE:
Presidential Award-winning classical singer Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan passed away at the age of 81 in a Lahore hospital on Thursday night. According to family sources, Khan was unwell for the past few days and suffered a heart attack, which resulted in his demise. His funeral prayers were offered in Shahdara Town on Friday morning.
Khan was born in a village in India’s Jalandhar district in 1940. While he did not belong to a renowned musical household, he became the harbinger of music in his family. He was the paternal uncle and mentor of Javed Bashir and Akbar Ali.
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1 The musical virtuosity of the maestro can be measured by the spectrum of his work. While connoisseurs of Hindustani classical music cherish his compositions, lovers of ghazals consider his interpretation of Mirza Ghalib definitive
SD Sharma
THE intuitive seers of music opine that Hindustani classical and light classical music, in the truest sense, is the serene, sacred and sweet language of the immortal soul and, as such, any musical performance should invariably be in tune with celestial peace and tranquility. Very few performers are gifted and blessed to induce a scintillating reverie among their audiences. The maverick maestro Jagjit Singh merits this distinction.