My Compelling Story

Suhel Saeed Khan is a professional sitar artist based out of the capital city of India, New Delhi. He is the son and disciple of a sitar maestro, Ustad Saeed Zafar Khan, and the youngest sitar player of the Delhi Gharana. Suhel was born in a home where his cradle was literally surrounded by stalwarts of the Delhi Gharana like great maestro of Sursagar Ustad Mamman Khan Sahib and famed vocalists – Ustad Chand Khan, Ustad Usman Khan, Ustad Hilal Ahmed Khan, Ustad Nasir Ahmed Khan and Ustad Iqbal Ahmed Khan – the sarangi maestro Ustad Bundu Khan Sahab, the violin wizard Ustad Zahoor Ahmed khan and his grandfather, the sitar maestro Ustad Zafar Ahmed Khan and his uncles, great tabla maestro Ustad Latif Ahmed Khan and Ustad Shafaat Ahmed Khan. Suhel started learning sitar at the tender age of six. He would hear khayals and gats and learnt melody and rhythm before his mother-tongue. In such a concentrate of musical heredity and environment, it was but natural that Suhel should crystallise as a gem of a sitarist. Naturally too, his style blends tantrakari (instrumental virtuosity) with flashes of Delhi Gharana gayaki (vocalism) and his approved sitar player from AIR. He is doing M Phil from Faculty of Music and Fine Arts, Delhi University. Performances: Festival of Young Musician and Dancers Ghandharv Mahavidhayala Festival Indian Classical Music Festival of Kirana Gharana Kriti Kala Festival Sur Fuhar Festival The Attic Tirangee Malhar Delhi Gharana Sangeet Natak Concerts Spic Macay Concerts Shaam-E-Dilli Gharana Sunaad Sangalal Festival Basant Panchi Festival