Shanti Hiranand | |
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 Shanti Hiranand | |
| Born | 1932 (1932) |
| Died | (2020-04-10)April 10, 2020 (aged 87) Gurugram, India |
| Known for | Hindustani music |
| Awards | Padma Shri (2007) |
Shanti Hiranand (Hindi : शान्ती हीरानंद) (1932 – 10 April 2020) was an Indian vocalist, classical musician and writer, known for her proficiency as aghazal singer. She was the author of the bookBegum Akhtar: The Story of My Ammi, a biographical work onBegum Akhtar, a renowned Ghazal singer.
Born in 1933 in aSindhi business family based inLucknow (now in the Indian state ofUttar Pradesh), Shanti Hiranand studied at theBhatkhande Music Institute, when her father had relocated his business in 1940s.[1][2][3]
Her debut music performance was onAll India Radio Lahore in 1947 and she continued her music training in Lucknow, under the tutelage of Ustad Aijaz Hussain Khan of Rampur, when her family returned to India after thepartition of India in 1947.[4][3] In 1952, an official at a radio station suggested her to train underBegum Akhtar.[2][3] In 1957, she started training inthumri,dadra and ghazal singing under Begum Akhtar and the relationship continued till Akhtar's death in 1974; the story of the relationship is documented in Hiranand's book on Akhtar,Begum Akhtar: The Story of My Ammi, published in 2005.[5][6]
The Government of India awarded her its fourth highest civilian honour, thePadma Shri, in 2007, for her contributions toHindustani music.[7] Some of her renditions have been compiled and brought out as an audio CD,Expressions of Love by Music Today.[8] She lived in Lucknow and was associated with the efforts ofBegum Akhtar Admirer's Group (BAAG Trust) in converting Akhtar's house in Lucknow into a museum in memory of the singer.[9] She taught music atTriveni Kala Sangam, Delhi in her last decades.[3]
Shanti Hiranand died on 10 April 2020 inGurugram, India.[10][11]
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