Biography

Amjad Ali Khan is a professional singer based out of the capital city of India, New Delhi. He has won a wide acclaim for his mesmerising Hindustani classical renditions that are a harmonious blend of melody and rhythm. His ability to balance the performances with sensitive vistar/alap, complex sargams, and an onslaught of lightning fast taans has set him in a class apart. He is gifted with melodic, intense and sonorous voice with an enormous power that enthrals the audience. Grandson of late Padamshree Ustad Shakur Khan and son and disciple of Ustad Akhtar Nawaz Khan, a skilled vocalist of Kirana Gharana and distinguished teacher, Amjad grew imbibing music from the outset of his life. He took formal training in music from his maternal uncles, Bandish Nawaz Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan and Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan, the music maestros and direct descendants of Kirana Gharana, based in Sangeet Research Academy of Kolkata. Amjad is one of the contemporary singers of the Kirana Gharana to have assimilated the essence of the meer-khand, vistar or development typical to the gharana. He has performed in numerous prestigious music festivals including the esteemed 49th Maha Shivratri Sangeet Sammelan by Sargam Mandir, Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav in Pune, Mangubai Music Festival, Arpan and Shopan Mahotsav in Delhi organised by Sahitya Kala Parishad, Delhi Youth Festival in Connaught Circle, Delhi, Tihai Music Festival and Samrath Music Festival in Goa, and Hari Vallabh Music Festival in Jalandhar. He received huge appreciation for his rendition in the Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav 2015 as reported by various newspapers, was ranked first among the 85 participants at the Hari Vallabh Music Festival held on 12th December, 2002, and was awarded the Surmani at the 43rd Kal Ke Kalakar Sangeet Sammelan, Mumbai, held on 26th May 2004. He has won wide acclaim for his overseas performances like Namaste India in Japan 2009, China Asian Festival 2004, Switzerland, Vienna Music Festival, Germany, Greece, Dubai, Spain, Olympic Opening Ceremony in London, Moscow, and much more. Apart from the music festivals, his performances in other LIVE concerts are highly admired. He has performed in concerts of all sorts such as ‘A Tribute to Pt Deena Nath Mangeshkar’ organised by Prachin Kala Kendra Nritya and Sangeet Sammelan, Chandigarh, Tribute to Ustad Munaw