After three generations… alive and singing

“However,it is worth noting that as the interests of Indian audience move westwards,the audience in western countries are developing an interest in Indian classical music,” said Padmashree Ustad Ghulam Sadiq Khan,Ustad Abbas Khan’s father and 16-year-old Ghulan Hasan’s grandfather.

Citing a connection between maturity and choice of music,Ustad Abbas further said that classical music has become the specific choice of those aged above 30 years. “As a person faces serious situations and takes up responsibilities,he tends to look for depth and conviction in the music. That kind of appeal is easy to determine in classical music,” he said.

Sharing the significance of the ragas,Ustad Abbas further said,“Singing Bhairav,Lalit and Gunkali in the morning,Bhim Palasi in the afternoon and Sandhi Prakash in the everning,one can create positive vibrations all around. So powerful are these vibrations that they even cure ailments. In modern terms,we call it music therapy.”