Ustad Irfan Muhammad Khan

Ustad Irfan Muhammad Khan (b. 1954) is an elder statesman of the tradition of the sarod, one of the best-known Indian classical musical instruments. He is an eighth-generation descendant of the family that invented the sarod approximately 200 years ago. Khan was trained by great sarod maestros, which include his illustrious uncle, Ustad Ilyas Khan, and his father, Ustad Umar Khan. A widely travelled scholar-musician, Irfan Khan has performed across India, the United States, and Europe, and has lectured on music history at a number of universities. He is fluent in many languages and taught for several years at the Afghan National Institute of Music in Kabul, with which he remains associated as an Emeritus Professor.