Sabir Khan
Sabir Khan | |
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Born |
Sikar, Rajasthan, India | 10 January 1978
Genres | Indian classical music |
Years active | 1991 - present |
Sabir Khan is an Indian Sarangi player and son of Legendary Sarangi player and vocalist Padma Bhushan Ustad Sultan Khan.[1] He belongs to Sikar gharana (school) of music who have given several stalwarts to Indian classical music.
Early life
Born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan[2] to renowned sarangi player and vocalist Padma Bhushan Ustad Sultan Khan. He trained under his father and his uncle Ustad Nasir Khan. He is the ninth generation to take up Sarangi. His great-grandfather Ustad Azim Khan Sahab was a court musician at Sikar Rajasthan.[3]
Career
Khan started was exposed to music when he was six years old through his grandfather Ustad Gulab khan. He shares the stage with his father and apart from solo concerts.
Khan is known today for his mastery of sarangi. His technique of playing is a rare combination of sur and laya (note and rhythm).
Khan performs with his father in concert and also solo. He has performed alongside artists such as Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pt. Kumar Bose, Pt. Anindo Chatterjee. He has also played with artists like gazal maestro Ustad Gulam Ali, Talat Aziz, Asha Bhosle and The Hazards at a terrace gig near Citi Centre and recently played on the album of great Lata Mangeshkar.
He played in several feature films like Chameli, Rog, Dor, Anwar, Sanwariya, Chodon na yaar, Jodha Akbar and more recently Faisal Saif's Amma which is a multilingual film.
He was part of A.R. Rehman and Shreya Ghosal's episode for MTV Unplugged.
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