Rafique Khan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Rafique Khan

sitarist

Date of Birth: 30-Jun-1970

Place of Birth: Dharwad, Karnataka, India

Profession: sitarist

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Rafique Khan

  • Ustad Rafique Khan (born 30 June 1968) is an Indian musician and composer who plays the sitar.
  • He belongs to the sixth generation of musicians from the Dharwad Gharana.
  • His father, the late Ustad Abdul Karim Khan was a distinguished sitarist at his time, and his grandfather who was awarded the 'Sitar Ratna', Rahimat Khan was accredited for adding the base octave to the sitar and for modifying the three-string sitar to the seven-string instrument that is common today.
  • Khan is the younger brother of Ustad Bale Khan and Chhote Rahimat Khan and has a twin brother, Ustad Shafique Khan, also a sitarist.

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