Shanmukhananda Sabha Honours Padma Bhushan Ustad Zakir Hussain, Sarod Maestros Ustad Amaan Ali Bangash And Ustad Ayaan Ali Bangash

Jyothi Venkatesh

Shanmukhananda Fine Arts & Sangeetha Sabha conferred upon Padmabhushan Tabla Maestro Zakir Hussain the Sri Shanmukhananda National Eminence Award for Lifetime Achievement and Shanmukha Sangeetha Shiromani to Ustad Amaan Ali Bangash and Ustad Ayaan Ali Bangash for Sarod, TS Patthabhirama Pandit for Carnatic vocals and Pavitra Bhat for Bharath Natyam. The Maestro and the young men accepted the award from the institution that has been propagating art and culture for many decades now, with humility and grace. Confessed Zakir Hussain, “Shanmukhananda Sabha will always have a special place in my heart and in my life as a musician. It is a temple to me. I visited the hall as an eight-year old, played here as a teenager, and being honored here is like walking into Saraswati temple - the Sabha has done so much to promote, preserve and nurture art and culture.” Said Sarod Maestros Ustad Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash, “We feel blessed that we are seated on the same platform as Ustad Zakir Hussain. We have had the privilege to perform with him and each moment is a moment of honour. The award and acknowledgement by Shanmukhananda Sabha that promotes and patronizes artistes like us, is a blessing and goads us to grow and to perform better.”Padma Bhushan Ustad Zakir Hussain has the final word. “The Shanmukhananda Sabha Award is a pat on the back. It does not mean that I have arrived. This is just the first step.” Touche! My good old friend Shyam Sunder of Shanmukhananda Sabha was present on the occasion

Ustad Ayaan Ali Bangash & Ustad Amaan Ali Bangash

Ustad Ayaan Ali Bangash & Ustad Amaan Ali Bangash

Ustad Ayaan Ali Bangash, Ustad Amaan Ali Bangash & Ustad Zakir Hussain

Neema Bangash and Antonia Minnecola

Neema Bangash, Antonia Minnecola, Amaan Ali Bangash, Zakir Hussain and Ayaan Ali Bangash

Ustad Amaan Ali Bangash, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Ustad Ayaan Ali Bangash, TS Pattabhirama Pandit and Pavitra Bhat

Ustad Amaan Ali Bangash, Ustad Zakir Hussain and Ustad Ayaan Ali Bangash

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