| Name
/ Title |
Ustad SULTAN KHAN |
| Date of
Birth |
April 15, 1940 |
| Date of
Death |
November 27, 2011 |
| Identity |
Indian sarangi player and Classical
vocalist belonging to Indore Gharana. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 2010:
He was awarded the Padma Bhushan,
India's third highest civilian honour.
- 1974: He has performed on
an international scale with Ravi Shankar on George
Harrison's 1974 Dark Horse World Tour.
- 1984: The Oscar-winning
film “Gandhi” featured his music.
- November 28, 2011: He
died in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India after a prolonged
illness. The funeral was held in his hometown of Jodhpur,
Rajasthan on this day.
- 1993: He performed along
with Ustad Allah Rakha Khan and Ustad Zakir Hussain in one
of the rooms at the House of Commons.
- 1997: He composed the
musical track for the BBC 2 documentary “London Calling”.
- 1998: He received the
and the American Academy of Artists Award.
|
| General |
- He was one of the members of the Indian
fusion group Tabla Beat Science, with Zakir Hussain and Bill
Laswell.
He gave his first performance at the
All-India Conference at the age of eleven.
- He has won numerous musical awards
including, twice, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, also known as the
President's Award, as well as the Gold Medalist Award of
Maharashtra.
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