Ustad Daud Khan Sadozai - Afghan music in raag Pilu - rubab & tanbour

Two Afghan compositions, a beautiful piece performed in the past by Ustad Mohammad Omar followed by the ghazal "An Del ke ze Chashm-e Delbar Aftad" by Ustad Mohammad Hussain Sarahang.

Acclaimed exponent of Afghan and North Indian music, Ustad Daud Khan is a master of the Afghan rubab, the “lion of instruments”, recognized worldwide for his major impact on the preservation, development and dissemination of this art. In his native Kabul, he trained under master Ustad Mohammad Omar and acquired the art of performing popular melodies and classical ghazal with great subtlety and delicate ornamentation. He went on to study in India under master Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, becoming a distinguished interpret of the fine art of North Indian ragas. Artist in exile, his music is a tribute to the land of his childhood, drawing vivid inspiration from the unspoiled memories of its beautiful gardens, people and stories, of a simple yet rich life long gone but in the echoes of the rubab. A serene, spiritual evocation of peace and beauty.

Tanbour by Ustad's disciple Mathieu Clavel