Ustad Rashid Khan dies at the age of 55 in Kolkata
- Ustad Rashid Khan dies at the age of 55 in Kolkata.
- The music maestro passed away after a prolonged battle with cancer.
- He was born in Uttar Pradesh’s Badayun.
- He was from the Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana. He is the great-grandson of gharana founder Inayat Hussain Khan.
- He is also the nephew of Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan.
- He received his initial training from his maternal grand-uncle Ustad Nissar Hussain Khan.
- He delivered his debut concert at the age of eleven.
- He was awarded the Padma Shri and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2006. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2022.
- Pandit Bhimsen Joshi once remarked that Rashid Khan was the “assurance for the future of Indian vocal music”.
