Rashid Khan

Rashid Hussain Khan, born in 1966, is perhaps the most convincing proof of what miracles the revived "Gurukul" system can achieve. Under the tutelage of Ustad Nisar Hussain Khan, the Sahaswan Gharana maestro, Rashid has metamorphised into an artist of unbelieveable maturity, vocal prowess and artistry. Rashid Khan has been affiliated with the Sangeet Research Academy in Calcutta, the premier foundation of North Indian Classical Music for several years.

Rashid's alaap is highly imaginative, his rythmic play pulsating and the cascades of his powerful, lightning swift taans is unimaginable until heard. His internalistion of raag-bhaav is uncanny.

Rashid has naturally taken listeners and the Press by storm wherever he has gone. At a 1982 conference in Bhubaneshwar, a member of audience was so overwhelmed by the uncanny expertise of the young boy that he promptly made him a gift of One Thousand Rupees.

In 1986 the Festival of India authorities invited Rashid Khan to present the only music on the occasion of the release of the Double Album on Great Masters of Indian Music by the then Prime Minister of India, late Rajiv Gandhi. The concert was intented to signify the continuance of the tradition of excellence in Indian Classical Music.

Rashid Khan was awarded the 'A' Grade by All India Radio in 1987. In 1988 he cut his first record, and has several discs and cassettes to his name subsequent to the occasion. He has performed extensively throughout the world, taking as usual, crowds by storm. Rashid Khan has been hailed as a great successor to the generation of Ustad Bade Ghulam Alil Khan and Amir Khan - an era today almost given up as lost.

Rashid visited the DFW metroplex once in 1989 and set a lasting impression on the audience of his concert here. This will be his second visit to the metroplex (1998).