Dilshad Khan, sarangi & Nihar Mehta, tabla

Dilshad Khan, sarangiNihar Mehta, tabla Dilshad Khan is today considered a leading figure and amoung the top most Sarangi players of India. From the age of six, he was trained by his uncle, the legendary Ustad Sultan Khan, and his grandfather, Ustad Gulab Khan, in the Sikar Gharana style. A prodigy of Indian music, he has collaborated with some of the greatest artists of this tradition, such as Zakir Hussain at a very young age. In 2022, he received the prestegious Aga Khan music award as a special mention Laureats in Muscat, Oman.Dilshad Khan was also part of the "Masters of Percussion" project of maestro Zakir Hussain and has performed all over the world including the Darbar Festival, UK,. He has also performed Solo performances in France, notably at the Guimet Museum auditorium in Paris , Nice Music Live label & Namastè France Festival in 2016. He has also accompained reputed vocalists of India both in Indian classical - Gazal/Sufi music such as Hariharan. Dilshad excels in melodic and rhythmic improvisations around Ragas, and his sarangi, the most demanding of Indian instruments, expresses an infinite variety and subtlety of sound. Dilshad has ushered in an exciting new era for North Indian music by popularizing the folk compositions of Rajasthan, which he inherited from his ancestors. He is now highly regarded and sought after on the national & the international music scene. Nihar Mehta is a government of India approved artist in the discipline of Tabla with the All India Radio/Television & the Sangeet Natak Acedamy of Gujarat. He belongs to one of the very important traditional families of India known for their contribution and work in field of philosophy, literature and music notably for founding of India's longest music festival, The Saptak Festival since past 45 years held in city of Ahmedabad, India. Based in France since 2002, Nihar Mehta is founder of Association Saptak India today widely recognized all over Europe for it's excellent and consistent work in Indian music. Nihar Mehta has performed with world famous Indian & western musicians and collaborated with top public institutions in Europe such as Shujaat Khan, Shahid Parvez, Vishwa moha Bhatt, Rajan & Sajan Mishra, Kala Ramnath,Shubhendra & Saskia Rao, Rakesh Chaurasia, Jordi Savall to name a few.He has performed at many repuated venues in Europe such as thePhilharmony of Paris, Krasnoyarsk & Duisburg, French National stages (scène nationales) of Paris, Nantes and prestegious Asian Art museums and ethnology musuems of Paris, Nice, Zurich, Lyon, Lieden etc. He has been performaing in many festivals around Europe, Middle East, USA and India. Nihar had been a close collaborater and tour organizer for more than 12 years for legendary Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain.