Ustad Sultan Khan Passes Away

Renowned Sarangi player and classical singer Ustad Sultan Khan passed away 27 Nov  afternoon in Mumbai. He was 71 years old. He was not well since last two months.

Ustad Sultan Khan was an exponent in Hindustani classical music. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, in 2010 .

Sultan Khan won numerous musical awards including, twice, the Sangeet Natya Academy Award along with the Gold Medalist Award of Maharashtra state and the American Academy of Artists Award in 1998. Sultan Khan had many national and international collaboration to his name. He was one of the members of the Indian fusion group Tabla Beat Science, with famous table player Zakir Hussain and American bassist Bill Laswell. Sultan Khan has performed on an international scale with Ravi Shankar on George Harrison`s 1974 Dark Horse World Tour. Sultan Khan had also contributed vocals and sarangi to Gavin Harrison`s 1998 solo album Sanity & Gravity. His most popular Bollywood song was Albela sajan aayo re..."along with Shanker Mahadevan in the movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam in 1999.