Word: vilayat
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...Vilayat Khan's humility is the first thing one notices about him. A shy man nervously smoking a clove cigarette, he does not fit one's image of a world-esteemed recording artist. In his disregard for fame and commercialism, he is a musician in the traditional Indian mold. He does not enjoy performing for others, but for his own fulfillment...
...loss of old traditions among the well-known Indian artists in this country makes Vilayat Khan's visit to Harvard last weekend an especially important event. Khan, one of India's most prominent sitarists, had never visited this country before. Although many authorities consider him the world's greatest living sitarist, he dislikes publicity and giving concert tours, and has not become very well-known outside of the Indian subcontinent. His lecture-demonstration at the Cabot Hall living room on Friday and his concert at Jordan Hall in Boston on Saturday were rare opportunities for Americans to experience Khan...
...such a rigidly structured environment that Vilayat Khan learned his art. The sixth generation of a family of celebrated musicians, he was born in 1924 in the town of Gouripur, located in Bangladesh. He gave his first concert at the age of seven, and made his first recording in his early teens. His reputation now is equivalent to that of Pablo Casals in the West...
...Vilayat Kahn gives a concert and lecture of sitar music at Cabot Hall, South House...
Supported by an all-volunteer cast of 200, Pir Vilayat narrated from the high cathedral pulpit as the Sufi choir sang themes from various religions and a small orchestra, complete with conch and sitar, emitted a variety of sounds. The sequence of the performance, if not the message, is borrowed from the Christian Eucharist. In each section, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, Christians and Moslems are given a turn to express their devotion. As the Mass ends, Pir Vilayat intones: "I am the One I love, there is but One. One in all. All in One." With that, the cast bursts into...