Ustad rahim bakhsh biography sample
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Rahim Bakhsh
Musical artist
Rahim Bakhsh (Persian: رحیمبخش), commonly known as an ustad (maestro) of Hindustani classical music and classical music culture from Afghanistan.
Ustad rahim bakhsh biography sample pdf
He is also well-renowned and popular in a few neighboring countries. He was born in Kharabat into a well-known Kashmiri family, a traditional part city of art in Kabul and was the creator of a new classical music in Afghanistan.
He was counted as a leading authority of classical music in Afghanistan. Like virtually all classical vocalists of Afghanistan, he belonged to the Patiala Gharana (gharana meaning a school or style of music) of Hindustani classical music.
Ustad rahim bakhsh biography sample
Bakhsh died in 2002. His last wish was to have his grave beside his teacher Ustad Qasim. Bakhsh's grave is situated in Kabul on a place called Showda where Sufis pray every Friday night.[1]
Early life
Muhammad Rahim Bakhsh was born in 1922 in Kharabat district of KabulAfghanistan.
He began his music training at the age of eight un