Nusrat fateh ali khan biography

1. NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN
Introduction:
Ustad nusratfateh ali khan is widely recognized as being the world’s greatest
exponent in qawali in it’s purestclassicalform. He has been deservedly called the
king of qalawali shahenshaheqawali. Perhaps, no rivalas a singer of Qawwali.
Early life:
Born to a family of musicians in Faisalabad Pakistan on October 13 1948. Hegrew
up in central Faisalabad. The tradition of qawwaliin the family had passed down
through successivegenerations for almost 600 years. Initially his father wanted
him to become a doctor or engineer but Nusrat’s passion for qawaliled him down
another path in life. Nusrathad delivered his first public performanceat a very
young age and enthralled the audience with his reverberating voice. Nusrathad
his firstpublic performanceat age of 16, at his father's chelum. Later he was
invited by radio Pakistan by his performances.
Career:
NusratFateh Ali Khan helped spread Qawwali, a formof Sufi devotional music,
around the world.
NusratFateh Ali Khan was a man of impressive, even daunting, stature. The
emotional intensity and soaring power of his voice transcend all boundaries of
language and religion and have popularized this beautiful and inspirationalmusic
to Muslim peoples and to audiences worldwide.
NusratFateh Ali khan was considered one of the greatestvoices ever recorded;
he possessed an extraordinary rangeof vocalabilities. Nusratwas well known for
being able to sustain long performances, somethat lasted up to ten hours.

2. NusratFateh Ali Khan sang mainly in Urdu and Punjabiand occasionally
in Persian, Brajbhasha and Hindi.
He toured extensively, performing in over 40 countries.
Introducing Qawwali music to international audiences:
Nusratreached out to Western audiences through his collaborations with
Canadian musician, Michael Brook . He firstgained significant attention in
the United States in 1989 when he performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Award and titles
Numerous honorary titles werebestowed upon Khan during his 25-year music
career. He was given the title of Ustad after performing classical music at a
function in Lahoreon his father's death anniversary.
NusratFateh Ali Khan holds the world record for the largest recorded Qawwali
output in guiness book world record.
Recently google marked 67th birthday day of SuratFateh Ali khan the with a
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Death:
In his short48-year long life, Nusratwas regarded as the world's greatestqawwali
singer. In 1987, Khan received the Presidentof Pakistan's Award for Prideof
Performancefor his extensive contribution to Pakistanimusic.
He died of a cardiac arrestat the age of 49 on 16 August, 1997, atthe peak of his
career.