In the decades after, the humble reed instrument associated with all things auspicious in Indian tradition went from being an ‘accompaniment’ to the global centrestage. Khan was the virtuoso, the ...

“Bismillah Khan converted the shehnai into a classical instrument. It used to be played at weddings and ceremonies, but he added the singing bit to it, added elements of dhrupad and dhamar, worked on ...

Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday paid tribute to shehnai maestro and Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan on his 109th birth anniversary. In a post on X, the CM said, "Famous shehnai ...

Varanasi: The stairs are crumbling to dust, the walls ravaged by the passage of time and just beyond flows the Ganga as if in eternal serenity. It was here that a young Bismillah Khan practiced for ...

Buxar: Several artists will perform at the Ustad Bismillah Khan Mahotsav to be organised on the birth anniversary of the shehnai maestro at Raj High School ground, Dumraon, on Friday. The district ...

New Delhi [India], August 21 (ANI): With music that transcends the boundaries of space and time, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is a global icon. And warmth and nostalgia filled the air as he recalled the ...

Bismillah Khan, one of India’s most celebrated musicians and known for popularizing the shehnai woodwind instrument (aka the Indian oboe) — died Aug. 21 in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi of a heart ...

Bismillah Khan, 90, a master of the Indian wind instrument called the shehnai, died Monday of a heart attack in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi, India. He had been in failing health for several months ...