Zila Khan

Zila Khan wis born in Kolkata tae pre-eminent sitar maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan^[3] an Begum Monisha. She wis namit bi her faither efter Amir Khusrow's raag, Zila Kaafi.

Zila Khan wis acceptit as her faither's disciple at a young age. She haes practicit fowerteen tae saxteen oors a day in different time periods. She haes mastered aw his compositions. He empowered her tae perform in a formal ceremony which he documentit in his life documentar. She is the first wumman in her gharana tae learn an perform muisic.She haes the distinction o being the anerly wumman so far frae this faimily tae hae learnt muisic formally frae her faither an perform publicly an aw,^[4] a lineage o seiven generations o sitar maestros ahint her an fower generations o recordit muisic frae her great grandfaither Imdad Khan's recordins. She performs wi her vast range o muisical forms, like in Sufi muisic qaul, qalbana, gul, an nou is dedicatin time for the revival o tradeetional Ghazal singin. Her performances hae the guidin presence o the gayaki tradeetion.

In 2006, she made an awaird-winnin documentar on the life an muisic o her faither Ustad Vilayat Khan’s life, cried Spirit to Soul. She wis awairdit The Roll of Honour bi Prime Meenister Dr.Manmohan Singh an the Chief Juistice o Indie. She wis awairdit the Ghalib Award an mony ithers.

Zila Khan wis a Cultural Advisor an Offeecial Member o the Organizing Committee o the 2010 Commonwealth Games.She is pairt o mony important delegations o Indie speakin aboot weemen richts an equality at the Lincoln Centre an various venues an kintras.Zila Khan is a dedicatit componer an haes selectit mony sangs frae Sufi an contemporar poets.She like her faither haes wirkit towards protectin an copyrightin muisic wirks. She wis featured in the multi-producers episode o Coke Studio @ MTV Season 2.

Zila Khan haes a muisic schuil in 2008 cried as Ustadgah,^[5] a state-o-the-airt gurukul at Panchsheel which haes a digital archive an aw, airt gallery, librar an a resource centre. It haes three ither branches in Ingland, Americae an Pusa Road. The schuil trains muisically talentit students frae unnerprivilegit backgrund an aw.^[6]

Zila Khan wis marriet at the age o 24 tae Dr. Khalid an haes a son Faizan.

• Roll of Honour receivit frae the Prime Meenister o Indie

• Zila
• Ishq Ki Nayee Bahar
• 99.9FM
• Secrets of the Divine
• Realms of the Heart
• Sar Masti
• Zila The girl child
• Sing with Sufis
• Vasl
• Tere Ishq mein

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