Priya Rajendran catches up with Ustad Shafqat Amanat Ali, who is currently on a musical tour in India. (https://www.hindustantimes.com/music/i-can-connect-to-god-through-sufi/story-wtIgpMthH4Qh47zOVGUZbM.html) Read my post-Fuzon concert blog on https://koffeewithamommy.blogspot.com/2008/10/driving-away-mid-week-blues.html Shafqat Amanat Ali, born in 1965, is the son of Ustad Amanat Ali Khan, making him part of the nine-generation-old Patiala Gharana. He has been a student of Hindustani classical music since age of four, his grandmother being his first teacher. His main influences in music come from his father and his uncle Ustad Fateh Ali Khan sahab as well as Roshanara Begum, to name a few. He is younger brother of late singer Asad Amanat Ali Khan. He got his Bachelors degree in 1988 from Government College University, Lahore (now known as GC University). He received the role of honour from the Music Society of Government College University, Lahore. Shafqat Amanat Ali was a...
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