Fayyaz Khan

At the ripe old age of only nine, the boy who would become one of the great vocalists and teachers of Hindustani classical music marched into a Dehli audition for All India Radio ready to sing. He was told to go away and come back in a few years when he wouldn't be so wet behind the ears, but the advice went in one of those ears and out the other. He proceeded to perform with such grandeur that within three weeks his first recital was being broadcast nationally. And so began the musical career of Ustad Fayyaz Ahmed Khan. Khan is part of a musical tradition that goes back centu...