Ustad Dilshad Khan
Instrument / Art Form: Sarangi
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Dilshad Khan belongs to the 10th generation of a hereditary lineage of sarangi players and vocalists from Rajasthan known as the Sikar gharana, which was originally under the patronage of the Maharaja of Sikar. At age six, Dilshad Khan began learning sarangi and vocal music, studying successively with his grandfather, Ustad Gulab Khan; his father, Ustad Nasir Khan; and his uncle, the renowned sarangi master Ustad Sultan Khan (1940-2011).