Pt Firoz Dastur (Hindustani Vocalist)

Dates b. 1918 Genre Hindustani - Kirana Gharana Instrument Vocal   Profile   Discography   Related Artists   Audio Sample

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Pt Firoz Dastur is one of the most important Kirana vocalists of 20th century.

Pt Firoz Dastur was born in 1918 in a Parsi family to parents who had a deep love for music and poetry. Initially he opted to act and sing in films. He was a well known name in the film industry in 1930s. Later he started learning hindustani music from Krishnarao Jaokar, a disciple of Khan Sahab Abdul Karim Khan. For advanced learning he was sent to Sawai Gandharva.

Pt Firoz Dastur turned out to be a brilliant exponent of Kirana gayaki and one of the very few Parsis who made it big in classical music. He has also been a great teacher training musicinas like Srikant Deshpande (grandson of Sawai Gandharva), Milind Chittal, Sudha Divekar and Achyut Abhyankar. He was the professor of Hindustani Music in Bombay University from 1969. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 1987 and the prestigious Tansen Samman of the Madhya Pradesh Government .

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Teachers & Influences	Krishnarao Jaokar, Sawai Gandharva
Disciples & Followers	Srikant Deshpande, Milind Chittal, Sudha Divekar, Achyut Abhyankar
Similar Artists	Pt Basavraj Rajguru, Pt Bhimsen Joshi, Pt Pran Nath
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