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{{short description|Indian classical musician (1932 - 2013)}}
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'''Zia Fariduddin Dagar''' (15 June 1932 – 8 May 2013) was an [[India]]n [[Indian classical music|classical]] vocalist belonging to the [[Dhrupad]] <nowiki/>tradition, the oldest existing form of [[North India|north]] [[Indian classical music]] ([[Hindustani classical music]]).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2005/02/20/stories/2005022000070500.htm|title= Nuances of the notes: Ustad Fariduddin Dagar..|date=20 February 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?215920|title=Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar: One of Dhrupad's oldest living exponents..|date=3 June 2002|publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]}}</ref> He was part of the Dagar family of musicians.<ref>[http://www.yoga-ayurveda.org/yoga-ayurveda_dhrupad_dagar-vani.htm Dagar Family tree] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107083431/http://www.yoga-ayurveda.org/yoga-ayurveda_dhrupad_dagar-vani.htm |date=7 January 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/1832598/report-dhrupad-maestro-ustad-zia-fariduddin-dagar-dies|title=Dhrupad maestro Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar dies|last=Press Trust of India|author-link=Press Trust of India|date=9 May 2013|work=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|access-date=10 May 2013}}</ref>
'''Zia Fariduddin Dagar''' (15 June 1932 – 8 May 2013) was an Indian [[Indian classical music|classical]] vocalist belonging to the [[Dhrupad]] <nowiki/>tradition, the oldest existing form of [[North India|north]] [[Indian classical music]] ([[Hindustani classical music]]).<ref name=NDTV/><ref name=TheHindu>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2005/02/20/stories/2005022000070500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115172649/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2005/02/20/stories/2005022000070500.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=15 January 2010|title= Nuances of the notes: Ustad Fariduddin Dagar..|date=20 February 2005|work=[[The Hindu]] (newspaper)|access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?215920|title=Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar: One of Dhrupad's oldest living exponents..|date=3 June 2002|publisher=Outlook (Indian magazine)|access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref> He was part of the [[Dagar gharana|Dagar family]] of musicians.<ref name=NDTV>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/dhrupad-legend-ustad-zia-fariduddin-dagar-dies-at-80-633113|title=Dhrupad legend Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar dies at 80|last=Press Trust of India|author-link=Press Trust of India|date=9 May 2013|work=NDTV.com website|access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref>


He taught at the [[Dhrupad Kendra Bhopal|Dhrupad Kendra in Bhopal]] with his elder brother [[Zia Mohiuddin Dagar]]. He also taught as a visiting professor up to the time of the [[Demolition of the Babri Masjid#Communal violence|Babri mosque riots]]. After the riots, he decided to live at the gurukul of his brother Zia Mohiuddin Dagar at Palaspe near Panvel.<ref name=pla/>
He taught at the [[Dhrupad Kendra Bhopal|Dhrupad Kendra in Bhopal]] with his elder brother [[Zia Mohiuddin Dagar]]. He also taught as a visiting professor up to the time of the [[Demolition of the Babri Masjid#Communal violence|Babri mosque riots]]. After the riots, he decided to live at the gurukul of his brother [[Zia Mohiuddin Dagar]] at Palaspe near [[Panvel]], near [[Mumbai]].<ref name=NDTV/>


He was awarded the 1994 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award#Vocal|Hindustani music-Vocal]] by [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm|title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees|publisher=Official website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217185616/http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm|archive-date=17 February 2012}}</ref>  
He was awarded the 1994 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award#Vocal|Hindustani music-Vocal]] by [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]].<ref name=SNA>{{cite web|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm|title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees (his award listed in the (Music - Vocal) section|publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217185616/http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm|archive-date=17 February 2012 |access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref>
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==Early life and training==
==Early life and training==
He was born in [[Udaipur]], Rajasthan, where his father, the great Ustad Ziauddin Khansahib, was the court musician for Maharana Bhupal Singh of Udaipur. He was taught [[Dhrupad]] vocal and veena by his father. After his father’s demise, he continued learning under his elder brother, Late Ustad [[Z M Dagar]].<ref name=pla>[http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicopedia/music_newupdatearticle.php?conid=2209 Biography] musicopedia.</ref>
He was born in [[Udaipur]], Rajasthan, where his father, the great Ustad Ziauddin Khansahib, was the court musician for Maharana Bhupal Singh of Udaipur. He was taught [[Dhrupad]] vocal and veena by his father. After his father’s death, he continued learning under his elder brother, Ustad [[Zia Mohiuddin Dagar]]<ref name=NDTV/>


==Career==
==Career==
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He has performed widely in India and abroad, and received the Tansen Samman from the [[Madhya Pradesh]] government and the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]. In 2005, he was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the North American Dhrupad Association.
He has performed widely in India and abroad, and received the Tansen Samman from the [[Madhya Pradesh]] government and the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]. In 2005, he was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the North American Dhrupad Association.


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During the making of the film, they spent over two months in Madhya Pradesh, a lot of time in Bhopal. In those days, Shri [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]] was the [[Chief Minister]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. Cultural development was one of his passions. It is because of him that the magnificent [[Bharat Bhavan]] cultural center came up in [[Bhopal]].
During the making of the film, they spent over two months in Madhya Pradesh, a lot of time in Bhopal. In those days, Shri [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]] was the [[Chief Minister]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. Cultural development was one of his passions. It is because of him that the magnificent [[Bharat Bhavan]] cultural center came up in [[Bhopal]].


At that time, the Secretary to the Department of Culture in Madhya Pradesh was Ashok Vajpayee. Vajpayee offered to start a government supported school for Dhrupad in Bhopal. Zia Fariduddin agreed to move back to India and to take charge as the teacher at this school. He taught dhrupad for 25 years at this Dhrupad Kendra, under the Ustad Allauddin Khan Music Academy, Bhopal, to students like the [[Gundecha Brothers]], [[Uday Bhawalkar]] Nirmalya Dey and Marianne Svasek.<ref name=pla/>
At that time, the Secretary to the Department of Culture in Madhya Pradesh was Ashok Vajpayee. Vajpayee offered to start a government supported school for Dhrupad in Bhopal. Zia Fariduddin agreed to move back to India and to take charge as the teacher at this school. He taught dhrupad for 25 years at this Dhrupad Kendra, under the Ustad Allauddin Khan Music Academy, Bhopal, to students like the [[Gundecha Brothers]], [[Uday Bhawalkar]], Nirmalya Dey and Marianne Svasek.


He was a distinguished guest faculty at 'Dhrupad Sansar', [[IIT Bombay]] for a span of 5 years. Dhrupad Sansar was started under the Cell for Human Values to create an appreciation about Indian Classical Arts and Culture among staff and students of the institution.
He was a distinguished guest faculty at 'Dhrupad Sansar', [[IIT Bombay]] for a span of 5 years. Dhrupad Sansar was started under the Cell for Human Values to create an appreciation about Indian Classical Arts and Culture among staff and students of the institution.


He was staying and teaching at the Dhrupad Gurukul near [[Panvel]], which was built by his elder brother Ustad [[Zia Mohiuddin Dagar]] and continued to perform in India and abroad until his brief illness and death on 8 May 2013.{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}}
==Death==
He was staying and teaching at the Dhrupad Gurukul near [[Panvel]], which was built by his elder brother Ustad [[Zia Mohiuddin Dagar]] and continued to perform in India and abroad until his brief illness and death on 8 May 2013.<ref name=NDTV/>


==Awards==
==Awards==
* Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1988)
* Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1988)
* Tansen Samman (1993) by the Government of Madhya Pradesh
* [[Tansen Samman]] Award (1993) by the [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]]<ref name=NDTV/>
* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] (1994)<ref>http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/Awardees.php?section=aa</ref>
* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] (1994)<ref name=SNA/><ref name=NDTV/>
* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] Tagore Ratna (2011)<ref>http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/Awardees.php?section=tara</ref>
* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] Tagore Ratna (2011)<ref name=NDTV/>


==Discography==
==Discography==
* ''Chalnat'' (New Delhi 1998) (Makar Records, Makcd039 The Lyrical Tradition of Dhrupad – 9, 1999)
* ''Chalnat'' (New Delhi 1998) (Makar Records, Makcd039 The Lyrical Tradition of Dhrupad – 9, 1999)
* ''Chandrakauns'' (Moses Church, Amsterdam 1985) (Ragini Sutra, RS 200202, 2002)
* ''Chandrakauns'' (Moses Church, Amsterdam 1985) (Ragini Sutra, RS 200202, 2002)
* ''Malkauns'' (Bombay 1968, rudra veen/vocal jugalbandi) (Country & Eastern, CE 02, 2005)<ref>[http://courses.nus.edu.sg/course/ellpatke/Miscellany/dagars.htm A Dhrupad Discography: The Dagar Family] [[National University of Singapore]]; accessed 9 February 2018.</ref>
* ''Malkauns'' (Bombay 1968, rudra veen/vocal jugalbandi) (Country & Eastern, CE 02, 2005)<ref>[http://courses.nus.edu.sg/course/ellpatke/Miscellany/dagars.htm A Dhrupad Discography: The Dagar Family] [[National University of Singapore]]; accessed 7 January 2022</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 08:19, 20 January 2022

Zia Fariduddin Dagar
Born(1932-06-15)15 June 1932
Udaipur, Rajasthan
Died8 May 2013(2013-05-08) (aged 80)
Panvel, near Mumbai, India
OccupationVocalist musician of Dhrupad, Hindustani classical music
AwardsSangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1994
Tansen Samman Award in 1993

Zia Fariduddin Dagar (15 June 1932 – 8 May 2013) was an Indian classical vocalist belonging to the Dhrupad tradition, the oldest existing form of north Indian classical music (Hindustani classical music).[1][2][3] He was part of the Dagar family of musicians.[1]

He taught at the Dhrupad Kendra in Bhopal with his elder brother Zia Mohiuddin Dagar. He also taught as a visiting professor up to the time of the Babri mosque riots. After the riots, he decided to live at the gurukul of his brother Zia Mohiuddin Dagar at Palaspe near Panvel, near Mumbai.[1]

He was awarded the 1994 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Hindustani music-Vocal by Sangeet Natak Akademi.[4]

Early life and training[edit | edit source]

He was born in Udaipur, Rajasthan, where his father, the great Ustad Ziauddin Khansahib, was the court musician for Maharana Bhupal Singh of Udaipur. He was taught Dhrupad vocal and veena by his father. After his father’s death, he continued learning under his elder brother, Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar[1]

Career[edit | edit source]

He has performed widely in India and abroad, and received the Tansen Samman from the Madhya Pradesh government and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. In 2005, he was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the North American Dhrupad Association.

By 1980, he had virtually settled down in Austria where he taught at the conservatory of Innsbruck teaching Dhrupad in Austria and France (mainly Paris). Once, during a visit to India, one of his disciples, the filmmaker, Mani Kaul came to him and pleaded with him to provide the background score for a film, The Cloud Door (1994) [5][6] he was making on Madhya Pradesh.

During the making of the film, they spent over two months in Madhya Pradesh, a lot of time in Bhopal. In those days, Shri Arjun Singh was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. Cultural development was one of his passions. It is because of him that the magnificent Bharat Bhavan cultural center came up in Bhopal.

At that time, the Secretary to the Department of Culture in Madhya Pradesh was Ashok Vajpayee. Vajpayee offered to start a government supported school for Dhrupad in Bhopal. Zia Fariduddin agreed to move back to India and to take charge as the teacher at this school. He taught dhrupad for 25 years at this Dhrupad Kendra, under the Ustad Allauddin Khan Music Academy, Bhopal, to students like the Gundecha Brothers, Uday Bhawalkar, Nirmalya Dey and Marianne Svasek.

He was a distinguished guest faculty at 'Dhrupad Sansar', IIT Bombay for a span of 5 years. Dhrupad Sansar was started under the Cell for Human Values to create an appreciation about Indian Classical Arts and Culture among staff and students of the institution.

Death[edit | edit source]

He was staying and teaching at the Dhrupad Gurukul near Panvel, which was built by his elder brother Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar and continued to perform in India and abroad until his brief illness and death on 8 May 2013.[1]

Awards[edit | edit source]

Discography[edit | edit source]

  • Chalnat (New Delhi 1998) (Makar Records, Makcd039 The Lyrical Tradition of Dhrupad – 9, 1999)
  • Chandrakauns (Moses Church, Amsterdam 1985) (Ragini Sutra, RS 200202, 2002)
  • Malkauns (Bombay 1968, rudra veen/vocal jugalbandi) (Country & Eastern, CE 02, 2005)[7]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Press Trust of India (9 May 2013). "Dhrupad legend Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar dies at 80". NDTV.com website. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  2. "Nuances of the notes: Ustad Fariduddin Dagar." The Hindu (newspaper). 20 February 2005. Archived from the original on 15 January 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  3. "Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar: One of Dhrupad's oldest living exponents." Outlook (Indian magazine). 3 June 2002. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "SNA: List of Akademi Awardees (his award listed in the (Music - Vocal) section". Sangeet Natak Akademi website. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  5. Zia Fariduddin Dagar on IMDb
  6. Zia Mohiuddin Dagar New York Times.
  7. A Dhrupad Discography: The Dagar Family National University of Singapore; accessed 7 January 2022

External links[edit | edit source]