Rais Khan is the scion of one of the most distinguished musical lineage of India and hails from Indore. His father and guru Ustad Mohammad Khan was acclaimed as the greatest sitar, surbahar and veena player of his times. Young Rais debuted musically at the age of five and was immediately hailed as a prodigy. His first sitar, presented by his father, was made out of a coconut. Since those early years, his brilliant technique of playing the sitar through elegant pacing and blinding speed entwined with sweetness has gained him recognition as one of the great masters of his instrument. Indeed, just the tone of his sitar is instantly identifiable and appealing. He is a master of the gayaki and (way of singing). Rais Khansaab is also a vocalist and is the first one to record the geet Ghungroo toot gaye for BBC London in 1978. His uncles, Ustad Vilayat Khan and Imrat Khan, are also well-established names in music. Rais Khansaab is one of the rare musical personalities for whom music is a passion and a sense of celebration.

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