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Shujaat Khan
Shujaat Husain Khan (born 19 May 1960) is a North Indian musician and sitar player.
He belongs to the Imdadkhani gharana, also known as the Etawah gharana school of music.
He has recorded over 100 albums and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album for his work with the band Ghazal with Iranian musician Kayhan Kalhor. He also sings frequently. His style of sitar playing, known as 'gayaki ang', is imitative of the subtleties of the human voice.
Born in Kolkata in 1960, Shujaat Khan is the son of sitar player Ustad Vilayat Khan and Monisha Hazra. Shujaat Khan's musical career began at the age of three when he began practicing on a specially made small sitar. By the age of six, he began formal performances. He had was influenced by great artists such as Ustaad Ustaad Amir Khan, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Vidushi Kishori Amonkar and many more.
His grandfather, Ustad Enayat Khan; his great-grandfather, Ustad Imdad Khan; and his great-great-grandfather, Ustad Sahebdad Khan were musicians and torchbearers of the Etawah gharana with its roots from Naugaon from Uttar Pradesh, India[citation needed]. His forefathers lived in Saharanpur, Agra, Etawah, Varanasi, Indore, Kolkata, Gouripur (now in Bangladesh), Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Shimla and Dehradun. He has a brother, sitarist Hidayat Khan and two sisters Sufi singer, Zila Khan and Yaman Khan. Shujaat Khan is married to Parveen Khan and their son Azaan also is a music composer.
Shujaat Husain Khan gave his first concert at the age of 6 at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. Shujaat Hussain Khan has performed at numerous music festivals in India and has traveled around the world performing in Asia, Africa, North America and Europe. This includes Sawai Gandharva Sangeet Mahotsav, Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki Sangeet Samaroha, Maitra Mahotsav. Shujaat Khan appeared in a program called Classical Studio under the Saregama label.
His approach to rhythm is largely intuitive, fresh and spontaneous, always astonishing his audiences like his father, Vilayat Khan. He is also known for his exceptional voice, which he uses for singing folk songs, including the album Lajo Lajo (1995), as well as poetry, as in Hazaron Khwahishen.
Shujaat Khan was featured in the concerts celebrating India's 60th anniversary of independence in 2007, and performed at the Carnegie Hall, New York City with the Iranian musician Kayhan Kalhor Paramount Theater, Seattle, and Meyers Symphony Theater, Dallas. In a special performance, he also played at the United Nations in the Assembly Hall, Geneva.
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Shujaat Khan
Shujaat Husain Khan (born 19 May 1960) is a North Indian musician and sitar player.
He belongs to the Imdadkhani gharana, also known as the Etawah gharana school of music.
He has recorded over 100 albums and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album for his work with the band Ghazal with Iranian musician Kayhan Kalhor. He also sings frequently. His style of sitar playing, known as 'gayaki ang', is imitative of the subtleties of the human voice.
Born in Kolkata in 1960, Shujaat Khan is the son of sitar player Ustad Vilayat Khan and Monisha Hazra. Shujaat Khan's musical career began at the age of three when he began practicing on a specially made small sitar. By the age of six, he began formal performances. He had was influenced by great artists such as Ustaad Ustaad Amir Khan, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Vidushi Kishori Amonkar and many more.
His grandfather, Ustad Enayat Khan; his great-grandfather, Ustad Imdad Khan; and his great-great-grandfather, Ustad Sahebdad Khan were musicians and torchbearers of the Etawah gharana with its roots from Naugaon from Uttar Pradesh, India[citation needed]. His forefathers lived in Saharanpur, Agra, Etawah, Varanasi, Indore, Kolkata, Gouripur (now in Bangladesh), Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Shimla and Dehradun. He has a brother, sitarist Hidayat Khan and two sisters Sufi singer, Zila Khan and Yaman Khan. Shujaat Khan is married to Parveen Khan and their son Azaan also is a music composer.
Shujaat Husain Khan gave his first concert at the age of 6 at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. Shujaat Hussain Khan has performed at numerous music festivals in India and has traveled around the world performing in Asia, Africa, North America and Europe. This includes Sawai Gandharva Sangeet Mahotsav, Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki Sangeet Samaroha, Maitra Mahotsav. Shujaat Khan appeared in a program called Classical Studio under the Saregama label.
His approach to rhythm is largely intuitive, fresh and spontaneous, always astonishing his audiences like his father, Vilayat Khan. He is also known for his exceptional voice, which he uses for singing folk songs, including the album Lajo Lajo (1995), as well as poetry, as in Hazaron Khwahishen.
Shujaat Khan was featured in the concerts celebrating India's 60th anniversary of independence in 2007, and performed at the Carnegie Hall, New York City with the Iranian musician Kayhan Kalhor Paramount Theater, Seattle, and Meyers Symphony Theater, Dallas. In a special performance, he also played at the United Nations in the Assembly Hall, Geneva.