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Ustad Vilayat Khan (28 August 1928 [1] – 13 March 2004) was an Indian classical sitar player, [1] [2] considered by many to be the greatest sitarist of his age. [3] .
Ustad Vilayat Khan was one of the most charismatic musicians of India, like Ustad Faiyaz Khan and Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. His aristocratic stage appearance was so unique, that used to reflect his royal personality.
Vilayat Khan stands out as one of the greatest sitarists of our era. He was born into a musical family on Aug 28, 1928 in the village of Gauripur (present day Bangladesh). In his life, he emerged to become one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.
Aug 26, 2021 · Ustad Vilayat Khan. August 28 is an important day for Hindustani instrumentalists. On this day, 92 years ago, one of the greatest sitarists of our times, Ustad Vilayat Khan, was born. Since he...
Vilayat Khan’s was a personality shaped by the conviction that it was destined to leave its mark on the world. He would not have been happy with just being the greatest sitarist; he had to be amongst the all-time greats of Hindustani music.
Vilayat Inayat Khan (19 June 1916 – 17 June 2004) was a teacher of meditation and of the traditions of the East Indian Chishti Sufi order of Sufism.
The Imdadkhani-Etawah Gharana, also fondly known as Vilayatkhani Gharana, after the name of Ustad Vilayat Khan, which is one of the oldest and most illustrious gharanas of Indian Classical Music which has produced the biggest names of Instrumental Music through each generation.
Ustad Enayat Khan ( Urdu: عنایت خان; (1894–1938) also known as Nath Singh was one of India 's most influential sitar and surbahar players in the first decades of the 20th century. He was the father of Vilayat Khan, one of the top sitariyas (sitar players) of the postwar period. [1] [2]
Aug 21, 2019 · Ustad Vilayat Khan was born on August 28 — and even 15 years after his death remains one of the most influential figures in Indian classical music. Remembering him on his birth anniversary,...
Nov 22, 2018 · Vilayat Khan and Ravi Shankar were contemporaries who played together on stage only once, in 1952, when the former stole the show. Journalist and author Namita Devidayal explores this unique rivalry in The Sixth String of Vilayat Khan (Westland Publications), her brilliant new biography of the mercurial Hindustani classical musician, from which ...
