Ustad (music title)

Ustad or Ostad (abbreviated as Ust., Ut. or Ud.; from Persian استاد) is an honorific title for an expert man in classical singing and playing, used for a Muslim musician. It is used in various languages including Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi. An expert other than a Hindu musician is given the title Ustad.

Not to be confused with Ustad.

Usage

As these title of Ustad (and even Pandit) are appended informally to the names of classical singers and players by their admirers, individuals or institutions, once they have reached eminence in their performing art, especially on public performances. As they are informal titles mentioning names of eminent singers without those appendages is ok unlike prefixes like Dr. awarded formally by educational institutions. [1]

But this title Ustad of a classical musician and the Ustad which is used as a title given to a knowledgeable person, is different.

There are many Pandits in Hindustani classical music, for example, Ustad Alla Rakha, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Ustad Vilayat Khan, Ustad Shahid Parvez, Ustad Rashid Khan, Ustad Bismillah Khan, etc.

See also

References
  1. "Pandit title usage".
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