Shafique Khan (born 30 June 1968) is an Indian musician who plays the sitar. He belongs to the sixth generation of musicians in the family of illustrious sitar players whose contributing in popularizing sitar down the Vindhyaas is unparalleled. from the Dharwad Gharana. His father, the late Ustad Abdul Karim Khan was a distinguished sitarist at his time. His grandfather Rahimat Khan who was awarded the 'Sitar Ratna' Rahimat Khan a legendary sitar artist was a disciple of Ustad bande ali khan. Shafique Khan had a fortune of long and traditional grooming from young age from his father Ustad Abdul Karim Khan who was head of faculty of instrumental music in Karnatak University college of music.

Early life and education

Shafique Khan is the younger brother of Ustad Bale Khan and

Chhote Rahimat Khan Chhote Rahimat Khan (born 1959), is a Hindustani classical sitar player of the Bande Ali Khan (beenkar) Gharana, taught by his father, Abdul Karim Khan, and grandfather, Ratna Rahimat Khan, as well as his older brothers. Rahimat Khan is the eld ...

and has a twin brother,

Rafique Khan Ustad Rafique Khan (born 30 June 1968) is an Indian musician and composer who plays the sitar. He belongs to the sixth generation of musicians from the Dharwad Gharana. His father, the late Ustad Abdul Karim Khan was a distinguished sitarist at ...

, also a known sitarist and composer,

Musical style

Naturally Shafique Khans's style reflects the finer aspects of sitar playing of all his mentors. His style that blend of both Gaayaki Ang (Vocal style) and ''Tantakari Ang'' (Instrumental style).

Achievements

Shafique Khan been conferred with Surmani award by

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Mumbai. Kala Vikas Parishat has honoured him by conferring Bharat Ratna Pandit

Bhimsen Joshi Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi BR (; ; 4 February 1922 – 24 January 2011), also known by the honorific prefix Pandit, was one of the greatest Indian vocalists from Karnataka, in the Hindustani classical tradition. He is known for the '' khaya ...

National Award in 2016. His Musical sojourn has taken him to Germany and United States. Sitar

Jugalbandi A jugalbandi or jugalbandhi is a performance in Indian classical music, especially in Hindustani classical music but also in Carnatic, that features a duet of two solo musicians. The word jugalbandi means, literally, "entwined twins." The duet ca ...

performances with his twin brother

have won encomium from music lovers.

Current position

Shafique Khan currently works at All India Radio as top Grade Artist, Dharwad Karnataka

References

External links

Sitar Nawaz Ustad Bale Khan
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