Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar

Ustad Fariduddin Dagar is the senior singer of the Ziauddin Dagar style of Dhrupad. As a master performer, he has won over miriads of listeners, as a master teacher, he has trained almost all of the new generation's elite of Dhrupad singers and instrumentalists. Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar, born in 1933 in Udaipur (Rajasthan) has been trained by his father Ustad Ziauddin Khan, court musician of the Maharajah of Udaipur. From him he learnt vocal Dhrupad of the Dagarvani style but also sitar, bin and surshringar, and after his demise he learnt with his elder brother, late Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar. As one of the greatest performers of Dhrupad, he has performed in numerous concerts in India and around the world. He is the recipient of the famous Tansen Award, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, and many more. Ustad Fariduddin Dagar is one of the most prolific teachers of Hindustani classical music: he has trained more than a dozen of Indian and Western dhrupad singers of the new generation like Uday Bhawalkar (MAKCD 008, MAKCD 031), the Gundecha Brothers, Yvan Trunzler, Nirmalya Dey or Monica Lacombe. He is teaching in India: Mumbai (Dhrupad Gurukul, founded by his brother), Bhopal (his own school), Baroda (Madhya Pradesh government's).