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| Pt. Bhajan Sopori awarded Ustad Chand Khan Award | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 28- The legendary Santoor Maestro and Music Composer Pandit Bhajan Sopori has been awarded the Ustad Chand Khan Award 2009 in appreciation of his lifetime service to music. The award was presented by Hazrat Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami at a glittering function held at Kamani Auditorium in Delhi.
Regarded as the cultural bridge of Jammu and Kashmir and the rest of the country, Pandit Bhajan Sopori is more than an individual – a performer and composer par excellence, musicologist, teacher, writer, poet, and an extraordinary human being – he is a complete institution in himself. He has led the revival of Sufism to spread the message of humanism amongst the masses. Having composed over 5000 songs, his compositions and recitals bear the distinctive stamp of his virtuosity and erudition. He has used his Santoor and his compositions to highlight the concept of oneness and foster unity enshrining the idea of national integration, humanism and peace amongst the common man and the youth in particular for which he has been honoured with various awards and titles which include the prestigious Padma Shri, Sangeet Natak Academy Award, J&K State Award, National Flag Honour of the Arab Republic of Egypt, etc.
The felicitation ceremony which was attended by various dignitaries and art lovers including a galaxy of stalwarts of Indian music like Santoor Maestro and Composer Abhay Rustum Sopori, Shanno Khurana, Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar, Ustad Ghulam Sadiq Khan was followed by vocal recital of Shuba Mudgil and Ustad Iqbal Khan.
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