Suhail Yusuf Khan (

Hindi Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...

: सुहेल युसूफ खान; born 1988) is an Indian

sarangi The sārangī is a bowed, short-necked string instrument played in traditional music from South Asia – Punjabi folk music, Rajasthani folk music, and Boro folk music (there known as the ''serja'') – in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. It is ...

player and vocalist. He is the grandson of Sarangi maestro Ustad

Sabri Khan Ustad Sabri Khan (21 May 1927 – 1 December 2015) was an Indian sarangi player, who was descended on both sides of his family from a line of distinguished musicians. Early life Sabri Khan was born on 21 May 1927 in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, ...

(1927-2015). In 2016, Khan released ''Everything Sacred'', a collaborative folk album with

James Yorkston James Yorkston (born James Patrick Yorkston Wright; 21 December 1971) is a Scottish folk musician, singer-songwriter and author from the village of Kingsbarns, Fife. He has been releasing music since 2001. As well as recording as a solo artist ...

and

Jon Thorne Jon Thorne (born 12 February 1967) is an English double bassist, producer and composer. Career Thorne is self-taught and started playing at the age of 23. He has studied and played jazz for a number of years following and considers Danny Thomps ...

under the name

Yorkston/Thorne/Khan Yorkston/Thorne/Khan (sometimes styled as Yorkston Thorne Khan or Yorkston ♥ Thorne ♥ Khan) is a musical trio made up of the Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist James Yorkston, English bass player and singer Jon Thorne and Indian sarang ...

. The trio went on to release two further albums, ''Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars'' (2017) and ''Navarasa: Nine Emotions'' (2020). Khan is also a member of Welsh-Indian folk fusion group Khamira, who released their debut self-titled album in May 2017. The group includes Indian musicians and members of Welsh folk-jazz group Burum; both Khamira (Hindi) and Burum (Welsh) mean "yeast" in English.

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2014 profile of Khan in Forbes India's "30 Under 30"
Living people 1988 births Sarangi players Indian male classical musicians People from New Delhi {{India-musician-stub