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Nishat Khan was born on 25 October 1960 in Park Circus area of Kolkata, India in a house on a road named after his grandfather 'Ustad Enayat Khan Avenue'.He is the son of the sitar player Imrat Khan and the nephew of the legendary sitar player Vilayat Khan, who come from the leading family of instrumental music in the North Indian classical tradition, the Etawah gharana.
At the age of seven, Khan started learning music. First he took his lessons on tabla and later on sitar from his father. He learned from him until his father passed away in 1989. In 1976, he appeared in front of audience with a duet concert (Sitar and Sarod) with his father. [1] From then on he played Sitar at home and abroad consistently.
Paul was on the music faculty for 5 years at the California Institute of the Arts, founded the Sangeet School of World music in Los Angeles and has taught creative world music workshops in the US, Mexico [7] Spain & India. Paul also published 'Sitar Talim' a workbook for learning sitar.
Ravi Shankar, a master of the instrument, was the first to make inroads into Western culture with the sitar.. While the sitar had earlier been used in jazz and Indian film music, it was from the 1960s onwards that various pop artists in the Western world began to experiment with incorporating the sitar, a classical Indian stringed instrument, within their compositions.
In India, he played a key role by his association with film composers like Madan Mohan which resulted in many super-hit songs. [8] He had toured extensively throughout the world. [9] He was also a vocalist and was the first sitar player to record the super-hit song "Ghungroo Toot Gaye" for BBC London in 1978 as an instrumental song with the ...
His 1980s fling with fusion music he self-titled Sitar Power was instrumental in garnering him serious airplay including a recording contract with Shanachie Records of New Jersey. After a few years under the Shanachie umbrella, Ashwin formed his own record label, Batish Records, to publish all his family's works.
1969 – If Only For A Moment by Blossom Toes: guitar and sitar; 1970 – Into The Fire by Wynder K. Frog: co-wrote, played guitar and sang on "Eddie's Tune" 1971 – Taupin by Bernie Taupin: co-wrote "To a Grandfather", "Today's Hero", "Ratcatcher" and "The Visitor"; played sitar, acoustic and electric 6 & 12 string guitars, koto and vocals
The training in music traditionally has been passed down from father to son for nearly 400 years. [1] He belonged to Etawah gharana also known as Imdadkhani gharana of classical musicians. [ 4 ] Imrat Khan's father was Enayat Khan (1895–1938), recognised as a leading sitar and surbahar player of his time, as had been his grandfather, Imdad ...