Pupils and Followers
His foremost disciples are Nirmal Guha Thakurta, Netai Bose, Shipra Chaudhury, Steven Landsberg and Dr. Debu Chaudhuri. Latter is now the only living and/or active amongst this quartet. He has started a cultural Centre in New Delhi under the name of "UMAK ( acronym of Ustad Mushtaq Ali Khan ) CENTRE FOR CULTURE", with a view to have UMAK's music and his ideas alive, for the future generation those who will have regards for purity and tradition . Such great Masters are not understood well during their own time which is a sad story and reflection on our knowledge and understanding . Steven Landsberg is Khansahib's only student to have studied the Surbahar, the technique with three mizrabas, and tarparan.
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