Born in a family of musicians originally from Muradabad, Murad Ali is a sixth generation sarangi player. The intensive training he had under his grand father Ustad Siddique Ahmad Khan and father Ustad Ghulam Sabir Khan has stood him in good stead, and he is presently regarded as one of the leading sarangi players of the younger generation.
His ancestors, Ustad Sagheer Ahmed Khan Sahib, Ustad Fakir Ahmed Khan Sahib, Ustad Rafique Ahmed Khan Sahib and his grand father Ustad Siddique Ahmed Khan Sahib were all renowned sarangi players, musicologists and gurus of the Moradabad Gharana.
Fateh Ali
Fateh Ali belongs to the sixth generation of a family of sarangi players of the Moradabad Gharana. Fateh Ali was initiated into vocal music from an early age of seven by his grand father Ustad Siddique Ahmed Khan Sahib, who was the undisputed Sarangi Maestro of the Moradabad Gharana, for a short spell at the tender age he found his joy 'SITAR' which he was initiated into by the great sitar maestro Shri Satish Kumar Ji, who belonged to Dharwar.
He then took sitar training under Ustad Shamshuddin Faridi Desai, an eminent performer of "Sitar & Been". Presently, Fateh Ali is advancing his art form and skill in sitar under the personal guidance and training of his father Ustad Ghulam Sabir Khan, again a well-known name in India for Sarangi.
Fateh Ali & Murad Ali have an uncanny knack of striking an instant rapport with audience. Both the brothers have sincerely attempted to infuse interest and respect for Indian Classical Music in the younger generation.
