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Shujaat Husain khan is perhaps the greatest north Indian classical musician of his generation. He belongs to the Imdad Kahn Gharana (tradition) of the star (lute) and is the seventh in the unbroken line form his family that has produced many musical masters. His style gayaki ang, is imitative of the subtleties of the human voice.

Shujaat Husain Khan is the son and disciple of master satirist Ustad Vilayat Kahn. His musical pedigree continues back through his grandfather Ustad Inayat Khan his great grandfather, Ustad Imdad Khan and his great-great grandfather Ustad Sahebdad Khan all leading artists of their generation.

At the age of three Shujaat Began practicing on a specially made small sitar and by the time he was six the child prodigy started giving public performances since then he has performed at all the prestigious music festivals in India and has traveled around the world performing in Asia, Africa, North American and Europe. Shujaat Husain 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.