Dilshad Khan

Dilshad Khan

Dilshad Khan belongs to a Sikar Gharana of music who has given several stalwarts to Indian classical music. He is the ninth generation to take up Sarangi. His great grandfather Ustad Azim Khan shaab was a court musician at Sikar Rajasthan. He began his training at the age of 6 in music from his grandfather Ustad Gulab Khan Sahab who is a great sarangi player and vocalist of his time and from his father Ustad Nasir Khan Sahab who is also a great sitar player. Later he has started learning Sarangi from his uncle Padma Bhushan Ustad Sultan Khan Sahab, who is world’s most renowned Sarangi player and Vocalist. Ustad Sultan khan Sahab has given new dimension to Sarangi and he has played the key role in popularizing this ancient classical instrument of India.

He has played sarangi with Ustad Zakir Hussain in album Global Drum Project which won the prestigious
Grammy Award in 2009.Dilshad Khan is also a famous name in bolllywood music industry, he has played
for more than 500 bollywood movies. He have played Sarangi in hit films like Devdas, Namaste London,
Mohabbatein, Goal, Rockstar, Faltu, Mausam, Guzaarish, Jhoom Bara Bar Jhoom, Kyunki, Red, Tere Naam,
Dhobi Ghat just to name few. He have given many performances in all the major music festival and
concerts in India like Savai Gandharva in pune, Saptak in Ahmedabad, Shankar lal music festival in Delhi
etc.. He has performed in many prestigious venues in world like Royal Albert Hall, London, Japan,
Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Holland, USA, UAE, Muscat, Behrain etc.He is a beacon
of the younger generation a wonderful product of talented nurture. He has the promising future in
the field of music.

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