Sitar Player

SITAR PLAYER USTAD HANNAN KHAN
USTAD HANNAN KHAN is regarded as one of the best sitar players in the country today. He was born into a family of musicians and can trace his lineage back several generations to when classical music enjoyed the patronage of the nobility and royalty of India.
He began his training at the tender age of five under the strict eye of his accomplished father, USTAD HAMID JAFFER KHAN. The Jaffer Khan family was from Indore and were well known for their unique style of playing the sitar, melding the effect of the human voice and the instrumental tone into a harmonious whole.
USTAD HANNAN KHAN has carved out a distinct style of his own which is a blend of his father's traditional techniques and his own imaginative inventions. He is as much at ease with light classical and religious music as he is with pure classical renderings of ragas.USTAD HANNAN KHAN lives in India and teaches in all over INDIA. He has composed music for several CDs and for a yoga video series.
A part from his his expertise in pure Hindustani Music he has also successfully made his mark as a Music Director having to his credit albums with SONU NIGAM, UDIT NARAYAN, DEEPA NARAYAN, VINOD RATHOD, MOHD. AZIZ etc. In addition he has also given music for television serials future films. ... ...Less