Riffat Sultana
Riffat Sultana (born Riffat Salamat) is a qawwali vocalist who founded the Sufi fusion band Shabaz.[1] and was the first female member of the Sham Chaurasia Gharana to perform in public[2].
Early life and education[edit]
Riffat is descended from an important lineage in Indian-Pakistani classical music, stretching back 800 years to the legendary court musician, Mian Tansen[3]. She is a member of the Sham Chaurasia Gharana. Her father was the late Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, an award-winning Pakistani vocalist from that gharana.[4]. Her mother, Razia Begum, was also a Hindustani classical vocalist trained in the Patiala Gharana, although she never performed in public[5]. Her great grandfather, Ustad Sain Karim, was a singer in the king's court of Jammu and Kashmir in the early 1900's[6]. Unlike the male members of her family, Riffat was not given formal musical training and taught herself how to sing[7].
Career[edit]
Riffat was the first female member of her family to perform in public. She has performed live on stage at universities, on national radio broadcasts and on international television programs[8][9] and has recorded albums for several international music labels[10].
She is the only female member of the Sufi fusion band Shabaz, which she co-founded with her brother, Sukhawat Ali Khan and her husband, Richard Michos, in the San Francisco Bay Area[11]
References[edit]
- ↑ Richardson, Derk (January 24, 2002). "Musical Melting Pot / Shabaz, where ancient sounds and the dance floor meet".
- ↑ ""Sur" Is Allah: Riffat Sultana's Pakistani Sufi Devotional Music - (In Urdu)". Supreme Master Television.
- ↑ Dutta, Madhumita. Let's Know Music and Musical Instruments of India. p. 57. ISBN 9781905863297. Search this book on
- ↑ Nair, Jyoti (August 31, 2017). "Fixed gayaki, but freedom to innovate".
- ↑ ""Sur" Is Allah: Riffat Sultana's Pakistani Sufi Devotional Music - (In Urdu)". Supreme Master Television.
- ↑ Sharma, Manorma (2006). Tradition of Hindustani Music. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. pp. 99–100. ISBN 81-7648-999-9. Search this book on
- ↑ ""Sur" Is Allah: Riffat Sultana's Pakistani Sufi Devotional Music - (In Urdu)". Supreme Master Television.
- ↑ Dankosky, John (October 7, 2014). "Voices of Muslim Women, and Art With a Sense of Place". WNPR.
- ↑ "A Sufi music performance".
- ↑ "Riffat Sultana". International Association of Sufism.
- ↑ Tudor, Silke (January 23, 2002). "Sound Advice". SF Weekly.
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