Dilshad Khan

Dilshad Khan

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  • Name:
  • Dilshad Khan
  • Born:
  • May 19, 1945
  • Spouse:
  • Parveen Sulthana

Dilshad Khan Biography

Dilshad Khan is a famous Hindustani vocalist and composer from Bengal. He belongs to Patiala school music. He is married to famous Assamese Hindustani classical singer Parveen Sultana who has sung many Bollywood songs, the most notable one being – Hamein Tumse Pyar Kitna of Khudrat. She also sings in Patiala Gharana, and the couple has together performed in hundreds of music concerts over the years.

 

The grand couple of Hindustani music together have recorded many albums such as One Plus One….In Harmony, Marvelous Jugalbundi, Ethereal Duo, Impeccable Soprano Parveen Sultana and Innovative Tenor Dilshad Khan, From Dawn Until Night, Two Voices, Khayal se Bhajan Tak, Duologue in Raga and many more. They have also done many jugalbandis over the years, and are active in the music scene. The couple has one daughter.

 

Ustad Dilshad Khan was born as Arabinda Dasgupta into a Hindu family in Kolkata. He was born into a musical family. He is the younger brother of Padmabhushan Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta, the sarod maestro. His father was District Magistrate by profession and an avid lover of music. Thus he was brought up in a music atmosphere. Though he started off learning tabla at the age of 4, and later switched to singing. He schooled at St. Xavier's Collegiate School, Kolkata. Famous Bollywood music director R. D. Burman was his classmate at school.

 

He started his formal learning in Hindustani music from N.C. Chakravorty, followed by Hidan Banarjee and Gyan Prakash Ghosh. A great fan of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, he later moved to Mumbai and continued his studies under Faiyaz Ahmed Khan and his brother Ustad Hiaz Ahmed Khan of Kirana School of music. He was a marine engineer by profession. But he left his job to pursue his real passion – music.

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Updated: June 19, 2016

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