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ARSHAD KHAN Esraj player Ghazal singer

Arshad Khan is the Indian classical musician of his generation. He belongs to the Delhi gharana. His style known as the gayaki ang, Arshad Khan is the son and disciple of masteros of Esraj Ustad Allauddin khan. At the age of six Arshad began practicing on a specially made small Esraj, and by the time he was 10, the child prodigy started giving public performances. Arshad Khan has developed his own unique style of playing Indian classical music. His approach to rhythm is largely intuitive, fresh and spontaneous, always astonishing his audiences. He is also known for his exceptional voice, which he uses for singing folk songs and poetry. On the occasion of India's 50th anniversary of Independence, a music festival was held in the Eurpoe. In this Arshad Khan was a featured artist and accompanied with ustad Allauddin khan other locations performed at the All in the Europe.

arshad has performed in solo classical esraj at many confrences and festival including like

The Baba hari ballabh festival ( punjab ) he has high Grade from All India Radio and Doordarshan.

he has also performed in USA CANADA GERMANY, ROME , BOSNIA , DENMARK, DUBAI MUSCAT ABU DABI TURKEY CHINA and many more.

He has worked with all the legendary music directors of india Shankar mahadevan Pritam Ajay Atul A R Rahman

He has also accompanied with the eminent the great mestro of ghazal USTAD GHULAM ALI KHAN SHAFQAT ALI KHAN SHARAFAT ALI KHAN SHANKAR MAHADEVAN USTAD TARI KHAN KAVITA SETH HARI HARAN SURESH WADKAR TALAT AZIZ and many more.

Arshad has played for movie also like MY NAME IS KHAN I HATE LUV STORY BHAG MILKHA BHAG AURANGZEB CHANDNI CHOK TO CHINA

arshad played in serials also lika COKE STUDIO MTV UNPLUGGED MTV RANG RASIYA 2014 BE INTAHA 2014 BALIKA VADHU BHAGYA VIDHTA BADHE ACHCHE LAGTE HAI NA ANA IS DES LADO AND MANY MORE.

ABOUT THE INSTRUMENT ESRAJ The Indian instrument esraj offers an amazing sound - in the Indian classical as well as the avantgarde xperimental field. With its one main, three bordoun and 15 sympathetic strings it produces a nice, metallic reverb. The sound strongly reminds of the Sarangi, mostly in its heights, but it differs a lot in playing tecnique. The corpus is covered by goatskin, like a banjo, a horn bridge transports the sound into its body and reberbates in the hollow inside totally up the neck. As much as the Sarangi is commonly used (in the classical context, but also in Bollywood), the Esraj is hardly heard. It is a very old instrument, often played in Nepal and Bengal, traditionally used for accompainment of vocalists. Rabindranath Tagore also made use of the Esraj. There are few Indian masters playing it today, in first instance Allaudhin Khan and his family, namely his son Arshad Khan, who carry on the spirit of classical esraj The Esraj has a sister instrument: the Dilruba, which has a square body and the Sitar-like tarb Strings: they are beneath the main strings and the frets. The esraj (Bengali: এস্রাজ; Hindi: इसराज; also called israj) is a string instrument found in two forms throughout the north, central, and east regions of India. It is a young instrument by Indian terms, being only about 200 years old. The dilruba is found in the north, where it is used in religious music and light classical songs in the urban areas. Its name is translated as "robber of the heart." The esraj is found in the east and central areas, particularly Bengal (Bangladesh and Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura) and it is used in a somewhat wider variety of musical styles than is the dilruba. The structure of both instruments is very similar, each having a medium sized sitar-like neck with 20 heavy metal frets. This neck holds on a long wooden rack of 12-15 sympathetic strings. While the dilruba has more sympathetic strings and a differently shaped body than the esraj, they both have four main strings which are bowed. All strings are metal. The soundboard is a stretched piece of goatskin similar to what is found on a sarangi. Sometimes the instrument has a gourd affixed to the top for balance or for tone enhancement. The instrument can be rested between the knees while the player kneels, or more commonly rested on the knee of the player while sitting, or also on the floor just in front of the player, with the neck leaning on the left shoulder. It is played with a bow (known as a "gaz"), with the other hand moving along the strings above the frets. The player may slide the note up or down to achieve the portamento, or meend, characteristic of Indian music.