Who is Ustad Badar uz Zaman?
Ustad Badar uz Zaman is a South Asian classical music artist known for Kasur, Khayal, Vocal. Stream 7 recordings on Saarey Music.
Ustad Badar uz Zaman (1940 - present) was born in Lahore, Pakistan. Ustad Badar uz Zaman performs with his brother Ustad Qamar-uz-Zaman, carrying forward the Kasur Gharana traditions of the art of khayal music.
Ustad Badar uz Zaman was born to a family of cloth merchants. He was educated in Pakistan at the University of the Punjab Lahore, getting top position earning a Bachelor's in Music, and M.A. Political Science. He started his music career in 1956. He served the Punjab Council of the Arts as Deputy Director Drama and Resident Director Faisalabad, Sargodha and D.G Khan Arts Councils. In film composition, he has been affiliated to the renowned Music Director Nisar Bazmi for 18 years. He has been in music for about 56 years, singing Khayal, Thumris, Dadra, and Ghazal. He also works on new music and a new album. He received music training from Ustad Faiz Ali (Gawaliar Gharana), Ustad Iftikhar Ahmed Khan (Dehli Gharana), Ustad Chotay Ghulam Ali Khan (Kasur Gharana) and Ustad Bhai Naseera (Punjab Gharana).
Zaman has authored, translated, researched and edited several books on music such as: Nawa-e-Mosiqi, Taal Sagar, Sada Rang, Tohfa-tul-Dind and Muarif-ul-Naghmaat (Part 1, Part 2 and part 3). His books Nawa-e-Mosiqi, Taal Sagar and Sada Rang have been translated into Hindi, English and Gurmukhi and are being taught in Indian universities.
Ustad Badar uz Zaman regularly performs with his brother Ustad Qamar-uz-Zaman at the All Pakistan Music Conference in Lahore, Pakistan.
