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Imrat Khan was born on 17 November, 1935 in Calcutta, British India, is an An indian music educator. Discover Imrat Khan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

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Occupation Classical musician Sitar and Surbahar player
Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 17 November 1935
Birthday 17 November
Birthplace Calcutta, British India
Date of death 22 November, 2018
Died Place St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Nationality India

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1895

Imrat Khan's father was Enayat Khan (1895–1938), recognised as a leading sitar and surbahar player of his time, as had been his grandfather, Imdad Khan (1848–1920), before him.

Imrat Khan's father died when Imrat was a child, so he was raised by his mother, Bashiran Begum and her father, singer Bande Hassan Khan.

1935

Imrat Khan (17 November 1935 – 22 November 2018) was an Indian sitar and surbahar player and composer.

He was the younger brother of sitar maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan.

Imrat Khan was born in Calcutta on 17 November 1935 into a family of musicians tracing its roots back for several generations, to the court musicians of the Mughal rulers.

The training in music traditionally has been passed down from father to son for nearly 400 years.

He belonged to Etawah gharana also known as Imdadkhani gharana of classical musicians.

1944

In 1944, the family moved with Vilayat Khan, Imrat's older brother, to Bombay where both the brothers learned sitar-playing extensively from their uncle Wahid Khan.

1952

In 1952, Vilayat and Imrat moved in together in Calcutta.

They performed together for many years.

1956

The two brothers were part of the first cultural delegation to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in 1956.

1961

From 1961 onwards, Imrat Khan performed and recorded solo, playing both sitar and surbahar.

For decades, Imrat Khan recorded extensively on both his instruments.

His full performance practice started with a surbahar alap in dhrupad ang (embellished with more romantic touches), followed by a shorter alap on the sitar leading into gat in traditional Imdadkhani style.

(Sitar players such as Ravi Shankar and Nikhil Banerjee added bass strings to their sitars to achieve at least some of the surbahar's lower range on a single instrument).

Imrat Khan performed in Europe, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, China and Southeast Asia.

1970

He also performed at the Cannes Film Festival in 1970.

He spent a portion of each year teaching classical Indian music and instructing sitar students at Washington University in St. Louis.

Imrat Khan's music has been featured in films made by noted filmmakers like Satyajit Ray and James Ivory.

1971

"In 1971, he made musical history as the first Indian musician to play at London's Royal Albert Hall for the first ever all night performance of Indian classical music in the BBC Promenade Concert Series"... says the Webster University, Missouri website.

Imrat Khan was the senior performer of the Imdadkhani gharana, the school of sitar and surbahar performance named after his grandfather Imdad Khan.

1988

In 1988, Imrat Khan received a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award from the President of India.

2017

In 2017, he was awarded the Padma Shri; however, he refused to accept the award stating "It is too little and came little too late"; which also sparked pandemonium among his students and members of the fraternity.

According to Outlook of India, "The noted musician was disappointed that the Indian government never recognized his contributions, even as several of his juniors and those who trained under him were presented with Padma awards".

2018

Imrat Khan died on 22 November 2018 at age 83 due to a stroke in St. Louis, Missouri, United States where he had been residing for over two decades prior to his death.

He had been ill for some time before his death.

Imrat Khan had five sons, Nishat Khan (sitar player), Irshad Khan (sitar player), Wajahat Khan (sarod player) and Shafaatullah Khan (tabla player), and Azmat Ali Khan, who were all trained by him, and are all talented musicians themselves.