Shanti Hiranand

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{{short description|Indian vocalist}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
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'''Shanti Hiranand''' (Hindi : शान्ती हीरानंद) (1932 – 10 April 2020) was an Indian vocalist, classical musician and writer, known for her proficiency as a [[ghazal]] singer. She was the author of the book ''Begum Akhtar: The Story of My Ammi'', a biographical work on [[Begum Akhtar]], a renowned Ghazal singer.

==Biography==
Born in 1933 in a [[Sindhis|Sindhi]] business family based in [[Lucknow]] (now in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]), Shanti Hiranand studied at the [[Bhatkhande Music Institute Deemed University|Bhatkhande Music Institute]], when her father had relocated his business in 1940s.<ref name="Shanti Hiranand on Indian Raga">{{cite web | url=https://indianraga.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/shanti-hiranand/ | title=Shanti Hiranand on Indian Raga | publisher=Indian Raga | date=2016 | access-date=19 January 2016}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Kidwai|first=Saleem|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/with-the-passing-of-shanti-hiranand-the-begum-akhtar-era-is-formally-over/article31313057.ece|title=With the passing of Shanti Hiranand, the Begum Akhtar era is formally over|date=10 April 2020|work=The Hindu|access-date=11 April 2020|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/shanti-hiranand-death-ghazal-singer-begum-akhtar-6356867/|title=Ghazal singer Shanti Hiranand, torchbearer of Begum Akhtar's legacy, passes away|date=11 April 2020|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=11 April 2020}}</ref>

Her debut music performance was on [[All India Radio]] Lahore in 1947 and she continued her music training in Lucknow, under the tutelage of Ustad Aijaz Hussain Khan of Rampur, when her family returned to India after the [[partition of India]] in 1947.<ref name="Explaining nuances of ghazals the begum Akhtar way">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Explaining-nuances-of-ghazals-the-begum-Akhtar-way/articleshow/16519046.cms | title=Explaining nuances of ghazals the begum Akhtar way | publisher=Times of India | date=23 September 2012 | access-date=19 January 2016}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> In 1952, an official at a radio station suggested her to train under [[Begum Akhtar]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> In 1957, she started training in [[thumri]], [[dadra]] and ghazal singing under Begum Akhtar and the relationship continued till Akhtar's death in 1974; the story of the relationship is documented in Hiranand's book on Akhtar, ''Begum Akhtar: The Story of My Ammi'', published in 2005.<ref name="About the book">{{cite web | url=http://www.vivagroupindia.com/frmBookDetail.aspx?BookId=6408&Status=C | title=About the book | publisher=Viva Books | date=2016 | access-date=19 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="Looking into the mirror">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/looking-into-the-mirror/article5804960.ece|title=Looking into the mirror|date=19 March 2014|access-date=19 January 2016|newspaper=The Hindu|last1=Rajan|first1=Anjana}}</ref>

The Government of India awarded her its fourth highest civilian honour, the [[Padma Shri]], in 2007, for her contributions to [[Hindustani music]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref> Some of her renditions have been compiled and brought out as an audio CD, ''Expressions of Love'' by Music Today.<ref name="Expressions of Love">{{cite web | url=http://mio.to/album/Shanti+Hiranand/Expressions+Of+Love | title=Expressions of Love | publisher=Music Today | date=2016 | access-date=19 January 2016}}</ref> She lived in Lucknow and was associated with the efforts of ''Begum Akhtar Admirer's Group'' (BAAG Trust) in converting Akhtar's house in Lucknow into a museum in memory of the singer.<ref name="In memory of Begum Akhtar">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/In-memory-of-Begum-Akhtar/articleshow/7297205.cms | title=In memory of Begum Akhtar | publisher=Times of India | date=16 January 2011 | access-date=19 January 2016}}</ref> She taught music at Triveni Kala Sangam, Delhi in her last decades.<ref name=":1" />

Shanti Hiranand died on 10 April 2020 in [[Gurgaon|Gurugram]], India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.siasat.com/padma-shri-classical-singer-shanti-hiranand-passes-away-87-1872283/|title=Padma Shri singer Shanti Hiranand passes away at 87|date=10 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/hindustani-classical-singer-and-padma-shri-awardee-shanti-hiranand-passes-away-at-87/articleshow/75091635.cms|title=Hindustani classical singer and Padma Shri awardee, Shanti Hiranand, passes away at 87|date=11 April 2020|work=The Economic Times|access-date=11 April 2020}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
*{{cite book|author=Shanti Hiranand|title=Begum Akhtar: The Story of My Ammi|publisher=Viva Books|year=2005|isbn=978-8130901725|pages=200}}

== See also ==
* [[Begum Akhtar]]
{{portal|India|Music}}

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{Discogs artist|Shanti Hiranand}}

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[[Category:Singers from Lucknow]]
[[Category:Indian women ghazal singers]]
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[[Category:Thumri]]
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[[Category:Women musicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian singers]]
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[[Category:21st-century Indian women singers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian singers]]

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