Monday, August 12, 2013
USTAD SHAFAAT AHMED KHAN (1944, India - 2005, New
Delhi, India), was a noted tabla master.
Khan, who hailed from the Delhi Gharana, was
the son of tabla master Chhamma Khan. He was a recipient of Padma
Shree award in 2004. Khan had played with top classical artistes
like Pt.Ravi Shankar, Pt.Shiv Kumar Sharma, Ustd.
Amjad Khan, Pt.Bhimsen Joshi, Pt.Jasraj and Pt.Hari Prasad Chaurasia, besides
himself as solo artist. Khan was popular among artistes because of humble
nature and down to earth attitude. Khan died in 2005 after being diagnosed with
acute Hepatitis-B.
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