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Ustad Rais Khan is the scion of one of
the most distinguished musical lineage of India and hails
from Indore. His father and guru Ustad Mohammad Khan was acclaimed
as the greatest sitar, surbahar and veena player of his times.
Young Rais debuted musically at the age of five and was immediately
hailed as a prodigy. His first sitar, presented by his father,
was made out of a coconut. Since those early years, his brilliant
technique of playing the sitar through elegant pacing and
blinding speed entwined with sweetness has gained him recognition
as one of the great masters of his instrument. Indeed, just
the tone of his sitar is instantly identifiable and appealing.
He is a master of the gayaki and (way of singing). Rais Khansaab
is also a vocalist and is the first one to record the geet
Ghungroo toot gaye for BBC London in 1978. His uncles, Ustad
Vilayat Khan and Imrat Khan, are also well-established names
in music. Rais Khansaab is one of the rare musical personalities
for whom music is a passion and a sense of celebration.
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