the shahnai of bismillah khan summery

Summery Ustad Bismillah Khan was the first person to bring the instrument called “shehnai” to the stage of classical music. The pungi instrument had a shrill noise and it was modified by the barber of Emperor Aurangzeb’s  kingdom to make the Shehnai. Bismillah, who was born into a family of royal musicians, learnt the Shehnai […]