Sultan Khan (musician)

Ustad Sultan Khan (* April 15, 1940 near Jaipur; ; † November 27, 2011 in Mumbai, Maharashtra ) was an Indian sarangi player and singer.

Life

Khan was the pupil of his father Gulab Khan, a Sarangimeisters. He made ​​her first appearance on the All-India Conference at the age of eleven years. In 1974, he was also involved as Ravi Shankar on George Harrison's Dark Horse World Tour. He has won numerous awards, as the Sangeet Natak Academy Award twice, as well as the Gold Medalist Award of Maharashtra and the American Academy of Artists Award in 1998. He frequently appeared as a companion of Zakir Hussain, with whom he has also recorded several albums. He was also a member of the fusion group Tabla Beat Science, in which he played with Zakir Hussain and Bill Laswell, and also worked with Nana Simopoulos. Sultan Khan was involved in the production of music for several Indian films.

Awards

Singing Sangeet Natak Akademi Zakir Hussain (musician) Jazz fusion Ram Gopal Varma Integrated Authority File
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