My Compelling Story

Dilshad Khan born on 4th September, 1983 at Jodhpur in Rajasthan. He comes from the Sikar Gharana of music, which has delivered several stalwarts to Indian classical music. He is the ninth generation in his family to take up Sarangi. His great grandfather Ustad Azim Khan Sahab was a court musician at Sikar Rajasthan. He began receiving 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 a renowned 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. Dilshad Khan gave his first performance at the age of 10 at All India Radio Youth festival in Jodhpur. He is known today for his excellent command on this difficult instrument. He has already remarkably imbibed almost all of his great uncle’s entire repertoire with a similar command and mastery on the Sarangi. He consistently shares the stage these days with his uncle Padma Bhushan Ustad Sultan Khan Sahab and also gives solo performances. He has also received the honor to perform with artists like Ustad Zakir Hussain, Trilok Gurtu, Ustad Gulam Mustafa Khan, Pt. Ajay Pohankar, Ustad Rashid Khan, Pt. Ajay Chakarborty, Sivamani, Pt. Anindo Chatterjee, Louis Bank, Aabida Parveen, Hariharan, Pankaj Udhas, Talat Aziz, Shankar Mahadevan, Pt. Rajan-Sajan Mishra, Ustad Fazal Qureshi, Nitin Swahney, Babani Kone, Juliet Robertz, Mickey Heart, Taufiq Qureshi and many more. 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 Bollywood music industry. He has played for more than 500 Bollywood movies. Some notable films which include his performances are Devdas, Namaste London, Mohabbatein, Goal, Rockstar, Faltu, Mausam, Guzaarish, Jhoom Bara Bar Jhoom, Kyunki, Red, Tere Naam, Dhobi Ghat. 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. 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 talent nurtured.