ABOUT

Afzal hussain Afzal Hussain was born into a family of musicians on 9th June 1973. He was interested in music from an early age and received initial vocal training from his grandfather, Ustad Mehmood Khan. Afzal later studied dhrupad vocal in the guru shishya parampara tradition with renowned dhrupad vocalist Ustad Zia Farid-ud-din Dagar and Ustad Mohi-ud-din Dagar (rudra veena maestro). For this he was awarded a scholarship by Ustad Alla-ud-din Khan Sangeet Kala Academy, Bhopal (Govt. of Madhya Pradesh). He was also awarded national scholarship by HRD Ministry, Govt. of India, from 1994 to 1997. Having imbibed the deeper aspects of this tradition, today Afzal Hussain is considered to be one of the finest young generation dhrupad singers. Afzal is an "A" gread artist by All India Radio. He has composed music for several productions of the MGM Sangeet Academy, Aurangabad (MH) where he has taught music for four years. He also taught in Sangeet Gurukul, Ambejogai (Government of Maharashtra) from 2004 to 2008. At persent Afzal Hussain is working as a Guru (Director) Dhrupad Kendra BHOPAL run by Ustad Allauddin khan Sangeet avam kala Acadamy Samskrati Vibhag Govt.Of (MP).where he is teaching Dhrupad music inThe Gurukul tradition (Guru shishya parampara). Performances: · Tansen Samaroh Gwalior, 1994, 2004 &2011.2017. · Kuamar Gandharv Sangeet Samaroh, Dewas 1994. · Swami Haridas Sangeet Samaroh, Mumbai 1995. · Swami Bhagwandas Sangeet Samaroh,(UPSangeet natak academy) Lucknow 1996. · Bharat Bhawan Bhopal,1997 & 2005. · Khajuraho Festival Kajuraho,2001. · Shyam Smrati samaroha,datia,2002. · Ellora Festival, Aurangabad 2003. · Sangeet Prateebha (Sangeet Natak Academy New Delhi)Dharwad 2005. · Ustad Abd-ul-Karim Khan Sangeet Samaroh, Sangli 2006. · MP Sangeet Samaroh, Ujjain 2007. · Swami Bhagwandas Dhrupad samaroh,(UPSangeet natak academy) Vrindavan 2007 · Riturang Mahotsawa,(Rotary club of Aurangabad metro) Aurangabad 2007 & 2009. · Dhrupad Samaroh,Udaipur 2009/2011. · Pandit Krishnrao Shanker Padit Sangeet Samaroh, Gwalior 2009. · Pawas Prasang Raipur, Chattisgarh 2010. · Beju Bawraa Sangeet Samaroh, Chanderi 2010. · ITC-SRA ,Mumbai 2011. · Shankar Sangeet Darbar,nanded 2011. · Dhrupad Mahotsawa (Sangeet Natak Academy Delhi)Ramkrishana mission,Kolkata 2011. · Dhrupad jugalbandi utsav,(Doordarshan Kendra Bhopal)Bhopal 2011. · Megh-sagar utsav ,Pune 2011. · Ust.Rehmat ali khan Saneet Samaroha,Bhopal 2012. · Shivotsava "kala parva" (saraswati pratithan Bhopal) Gwalior 2012. · Pandit Siddharam smrati utsava Raichur(Karnataka)2012. · Charbhujaji fair Khangdi (pali) Rajsthan 2013 . · Shani jayanti Sangeet Mahotsawa indore 2013 . · Umang (NCPA) Mumbai 2013 . · Dhrupad Samaroh(DD Jaipur)Udaipur 2013 . · Unity in Divercity ,(RKM) Rajkot ,Baroda & Ahmedabad .2014 · RKM Kolkata.2014. RSI GOA organized by Spic-macay'Vasco 2015. Smaran Bangalore 2016. RSI Orissa sambalpur 2016 Ust.ameer khan samaroh Indore 2017. AWARDS RECEIVED · Surmani (From Sur Shringar Samsad Mumbai) 1995 · Shyam Sunder Shyam Samman (Datia) 2002 · Chandrashekhar Vyas samman( Udaipur)2009 CONTACT DETAILS Mobile: +91 9823309029