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SUMMARY:Strings: A Sarod Concert with a Reflection on Traditions
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DESCRIPTION:Entry is free but registration is required. \n\nIndian Classic
 al Music at Oxford - Sarod Concert and Discussion with Ustad Irfan Muhamma
 d Khan of Lucknow-Shahjahanpur Gharana\n\nAs a part of the Indian Classica
 l Music at Oxford series\, and produced in association with Bristol Baitha
 ks\, an Arts Council England National Lottery funded project\, join us for
  a beautiful performance of the repertoire and profound expression of raga
  on sarod that Ustad Irfan Muhammad Khan has become known for. This will b
 e followed by a discussion with Prof. Nandini Chatterjee about the musical
  and historic contributions that are woven along the strings of the Luckno
 w-Shahjahanpur Gharana's practices\, which Ustad Irfan Muhammd Khan has nu
 rtured over a lifetime.\n\nSarod is a string instrument of South Asia that
  bears traces of connection across present-day nation states\, and across 
 time. Adapted from the Afghan Rubab\, evidenced in use in South Asia from 
 at least the fourteenth century CE\, the sarod was created by removing the
  frets\, attaching a steel plate to the fingerboard and changing the gut s
 trings for steel strings\, in the 1850s.\n\nUstad Irfan Muhammad Khan’s 
 family and musical lineage (the Lucknow-Shahjahanpur gharana) are an essen
 tial part of that story of historical continuity and change\; of musical a
 nd instrumental innovation\, as well as the nurturing of tradition. Ustad 
 Irfan Muhammad Khan’s great-great-grandfather\, Ustad Niamatullah Khan w
 as a musician in the Lucknow court of Wajid Ali Shah\, the last king of Aw
 adh — a major kingdom of northern India before it was overtaken by the v
 iolence of colonialism. \n\nUstad Niamatullah Khan trained with the Seniya
  musicians of the court\, Basat Khan and Pyar Khan and joined these musici
 ans in the king's company when he was banished to the colonial city of Cal
 cutta (now Kolkata).The repertoire and musical knowledge Ustad Niamatullah
  Khan attained at this time reflects one of three strands running through 
 the Lucknow-Shahjahanpur Gharana. The second strand comes from another lin
 e of sarod players who were originally rubab players who gained training f
 rom Seniya musicians\, based in Shahjahanpur. The third strand comes from 
 a little known lineage of veena players originating in Kalpi.\n\nExponents
  of the Lucknow-Shahjahnpur Gharana have been authoritative representative
 s of Hindustani music in India and internationally for several generations
 . They have written treatises in several languages and given some of the e
 arliest recitals of Hindustani music in Europe (including the first perfor
 mance in the UK\, to Queen Victoria\, for her 40th Jubilee celebrations). 
 As the current inheritor and figurehead of such a crucial musical lineage\
 , Ustad Irfan Muhammad Khan has remained steadfast in sustaining the knowl
 edge of his forebears. He has been recognised as possibly the last survivi
 ng hereditary sarod player in India to have received\, in detail\, the met
 hod of developing a raga as practised by the late nineteenth century Seniy
 a instrumentalists.\n\nThis event forms part of the series Indian Classica
 l Music in Oxford. Instituted in 2026\, this series offers public-facing p
 erformances rooted in the rich field of South Asian musical knowledge and 
 practice\, and relates this to research and teaching on the subject at the
  University of Oxford. Ustad Irfan Muhammad Khan has kindly offered to lea
 d an informal one-hour workshop on the morning of 16 June\; basic knowledg
 e of Indian classical music required.
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LOCATION:St John's College\, St John's College St Giles'  Oxford Oxfordshi
 re OX1 3JP United Kingdom
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