Sultan Khan (musician)
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| Sultan Khan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1940 (age 69–70) |
| Genres | Indian classical music |
| Instruments | sarangi |
| Associated acts | Tabla Beat Science, Zakir Hussain |
Sultan Khan is an Indian sarangi player and singer, who plays Hindustani classical music. He is one of the members of the Indian fusion group Tabla Beat Science, with Zakir Hussain and Bill Laswell.
Khan gave his first performance at the All-India Conference at the age of 11, and has performed on an international scale with Ravi Shankar on George Harrison's 1974 Dark Horse World Tour.[1] Khan learned from his father ustad Gulab khan]].[2] Khan has won numerous musical awards, includingtwice the Sangeet Natya Academy Award, also known as the President's Award, as well as the Gold Medalist Award of Maharashtra, and the American Academy of Artists Award in 1998. In 1997 he was requested to perform at Prince Charles 50th birthday celebrations.[citation needed]
Khan has taught music producers such as Sukshinder Shinda and Ram Gopal Varma (who provided the music for his film, Deyyam) to play the sarangi. Belonging to the Indore Gharana, Khan performs sarangi and sings. He has many students
He is also the teacher of Deeyah, a Norwegian born singer, and he performed on her debut album I Alt Slags Lys in 1992.
Recently Ustad Sultan Khan performed his sarangi talent through South Indian Tamil film Yogi. He played a solo Sarangi for Yogi's theme and also for the song "Yaarodu Yaaro" from the same album.
[edit] References
- ^ Broughton, Simon; Ellingham, Mark; Trillo, Richard; McConnachie, James; Duane, Orla (2000). World Music: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. p. 77. ISBN 1858286360. http://books.google.com/books?id=QzX8THIgRjUC&pg=PA77. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
- ^ Ganesh, Deepa (2005-01-11). "The sarangiya's song". The Hindu. http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/01/11/stories/2005011101010400.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
