Ustad Zia Fariddudin Dagar
| Zia Fariduddin Dagar | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 June 1932 |
| Origin | Udaipur, Rajasthan |
| Died | 8 May 2013 (aged 80) |
| Genres | Dhrupad, Hindustani classical music |
| Occupation(s) | vocalist |
Zia Fariduddin Dagar (15 June 1932 – 8 May 2013) was an Indian classical vocalist belonging to the Dhrupad tradition, the oldest existing form of north Indian classical music (Hindustani classical music). He is a part of the Dagar family of musicians. He taught at the Dhrupad Kendra in Bhopal with his elder brother Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar. He also taught as a visiting professor up to the time of the Babri Mosque riots. After the riots, he decided to live at the gurukul of his brother Zia Mohiuddin Dagar at Palaspe near Panvel.
He was awarded the 1994 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Hindustani music-Vocal by Sangeet Natak Akademi. He was offered Padma Shri, in the year 2012 – but he turned it down, saying the government did not care about his seniority as he was chosen for it after much younger Dhrupad singers were conferred the honour.
He was born in Udaipur, Rajasthan, where his father, the great Ustad Ziauddin Khansahib, was the court musician for Maharana Bhupal Singh of Udaipur. He was taught Dhrupad vocal and veena by his father. After his father’s demise, he continued learning under his elder brother, Late Ustad Z M Dagar.
Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar represented the 19th generation of the musical tradition of the Dagar family that is believed to have preserved and nurtured Dhrupad for 20 generations.
Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar has done a lot for popularizing dhrupad music by his numerous concerts and workshops. He has performed widely in India and abroad, and received the Tansen Samman from the Madhya Pradesh government and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. In 2005, he was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the North American Dhrupad Association.
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