Shujaat Khan

Shujaat Husain Khan (born 19 May 1960) is a North Indian musician and sitar player.

He belongs to the Imdadkhani gharana, also known as the Etawah gharana school of music.

He has recorded over 100 albums and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album for his work with the band Ghazal with Iranian musician Kayhan Kalhor. He also sings frequently. His style of sitar playing, known as 'gayaki ang', is imitative of the subtleties of the human voice.

Performing career Shujaat Husain Khan gave his first concert at the age of 6 at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. This includes Sawai Gandharva Sangeet Mahotsav, Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki Sangeet Samaroha, Maitra Mahotsav. Shujaat Khan appeared in a program called Classical Studio under the Saregama label. Paramount Theater, Seattle, and Meyers Symphony Theater, Dallas. In a special performance, he also played at the United Nations in the Assembly Hall, Geneva.

In January 2000, the Boston Herald listed Shujaat Khan, along with luminaries like Seiji Ozawa and Luciano Pavarotti among the top 25 upcoming cultural events for the year.

He has been invited as visiting faculty at the Dartington School of Music in England, the University of Washington in Seattle, and at UCLA, Los Angeles.

Ustad Shujaat Khan has recently tied up with Inroom Records, a Mumbai-based experimental / fusion label and artist management company, to handle his collaborative work.

He collaborated in 2014 on Persian traditional music album Beyond Any Form.

Discography Shujaat Khan has over 100 musical releases on a variety of international labels; and a video called Khandan. Lajo lajo (Folk and Sufi music album, 1995)