Khan Saheb Mehdi Hassan was born in Luna, which is 107 miles from
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. According to a news report he inherited
music from his ancestors, who came from fifteen generations of
musicians. In other words, Mehdi Hassan is the culmination of fifteen
generations of musicians. Arguably, he is the sixteenth one in that
lineage.
His teachers began teaching him music as soon as he could talk.
Mehdi Hassan's father, Ustad Azim Khan, was a notable classical singer
in his time.
Maharaja of Jaipur was convinced of his talents after listening to
his renditions.
Mehdi Hassan started learning music at the age of six and his
father was his first music teacher. At eight years of age, Mehdi
Hassan gave his first public performance at Maharaja of Barodi's
place.
Additionally, Mehdi Hassan was thoroughly trained in a wide variety
of vocal music like 'Dhru pad', 'Khayal', 'Thumri' and 'Dadra'. He has
really gone to the depths to master the gorgeous musical pieces as
well.
