The Sabri Family: The Spirit Of India

The Sabri Family

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India is a country of great cultural diversity, both in terms of traditional customs and music. There are two major systems of Indian classical music: North Indian classical music (Hindustani Sangeet) and South Indian classical music (Carnatic Sangeet). Many families have dedicated themselves to Indian classical music for many generations.

The Sabri family is one of the few families that have dedicated themselves to North Indian classical music for eight generations. The Sabri family comes from an important gharana (music school), the Moradabad Gharana. This gharana produced many great musicians and singers, such as Ustad Chhajju Khan, Ustad Nazeer Khan, Ustad Aman Ali Khan, Ustad Ahmed Jan Thirakwa Khan, Ustad Maseet Khan, Ustad Keramtaullah Khan and Ustad Sabri Khan... The Sabri family is known for its virtuosity in playing a very important and difficult musical instrument, the sarangi.

Ustad Sabri Khan made the sarangi known to the world through his successful world tours on the tabla, which he undertook with his eldest son Sarvar Sabri, who accompanied him. Together with his son Kamal, he founded the world's first sarangi duo, the world's first live performance of "three generations of sarangi" (Ustadji, Kamal and Suhail) and the world's first sarangi ensemble consisting of five sarangis.

His performances have been highly acclaimed by audiences, critics, musicians and scholars around the world. This is the first true recording of the "Sabri Family" with three generations of sarangi players plus tabla from one family, all coming together to offer their listeners a soulful musical experience.

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ARC Music

5/22/20

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