Ustad Abed Hossain Khan (1 April 1929 – 29 April 1996) was a Bangladeshi musician, music composer and music director. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1985 by the

government of Bangladesh The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার — ) is the central executive government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Con ...

Career

Khan took sitar lessons from his father, Ustad

Ayet Ali Khan Ayet Ali Khan was a Bengali classical musician. Early life Khan was born in Shibpur Upazila, Shibpur, Brahmanbaria District, Brahmanbaria, Bengal Presidency, British Raj in 1884. He trained under his brothers Fakir Aftabuddin Khan and Ustad Alauddi ...

. In 1950, after completing BA, he joined the Dhaka Station of Radio Pakistan as a staff artist. Khan was a music teacher in Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. He performed the sitar and the sarod on

Bangladesh Radio Bangladesh Betar ( bn, বাংলাদেশ বেতার; ), or BB is the state-owned radio broadcaster of Bangladesh, initially established as the Dhaka station of All India Radio in 1939. It was later made part of Radio Pakistan. After t ...

and Bangladesh Television regularly. Khan performed with German musicians Phillip Karl Schaeffer and Michael Grube.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Abed Hossain 1929 births 1996 deaths Bangladeshi male musicians 20th-century male musicians Recipients of the Ekushey Padak