Shamim Ahmed Khan

Shamim Ahmed Khan (10 September 1938 – 14 February 2012)

His solo recording debut was at the age of 29. among other concert halls. Although an exponent of Indian classical music, he was also associated with western musicians such as Buddy Rich, and Paul Horn among others.

Biography Shamim Ahmed was born in Baroda, Gujarat, British India on 10 September 1938. At an early age Shamim Ahmed was introduced to Hindustani classical music by his father, Ustad Ghulam Rasool Khan, a renowned music composer and vocalist of the musical Agra Gharana and his grand uncle Ustad Faiyaz Khan. of the maestro, making him one of the early students of Ravi Shankar, at the time. A traditional formal thread ceremony had marked the occasion, binding the two men in a guru-shishya parampara i.e. 'teacher-student' relationship.