Ustad Dilshad Hussain Khan

Dilshad Hussain Khan is an international violinist, composer and musicologist from Pakistan. He comes from seven generations of musicians and has studied and traveled worldwide. He plays Western & Eastern Classical, Jazz & Blues and music from all around the World. He is the five-time winner of the Amir Khusro Award and has composed classical music for radio and television. He was the first chair violinist for the Pakistan National Orchestra (CPU LAHORE) and is the Founder of the Pakistan Chamber Orchestra. He has won the National Award (equivalent to the U.S. Grammy Award) and President Award. He is the only violinist to win the Graduate Award seven times in Pakistan. He has performed live in the Royal Festival Hall London, National Symphony Hall in England as well in Scotland, Germany, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Pakistan, Spain, India, Canada and U.S.A. He has produced music at Oxford, Cambridge, Redford University and Columbia University. He has done several programs on Voice of America Radio, Washington, D.C., BBC Television, Pakistan TV, Prime TV, Geo TV, ARY TV and several other International Channels. He has performed in all major music festivals all over the world. He is the winner of the Best Musician Award 2001 from the UK, which was held in Symphony Hall, Birmingham on May 9th, 2001. He has won awards from U.S. State and Labor Departments. He was awarded American Citizenship as an outstanding violinist. He is the only violinist who receivedLifetime Achievement Award in Pakistan in 2003.

According to the London Gazette October 11, 1985:

“Everyone has heard of Indian sitar Ravi Shankar and violinist Yehudi Menuhim and their success at bringing East and West closer together by fusing musical traditions. But there is a third - Dilshad Hussain Khan – a Pakistan violinist who has devoted his life to merging the two diverse musical heritages and who talks as enthusiastically about ragas as he does about concertos.”

CD titles - Popular: Melodious Journey - Volume 1 and 2, Fusion Music (Folk, classical, light classical), Four Seasons (Orchestral), Sufi Magic, Sufi Meditation Music, Soul of Music (Instrumental, Fusion), Music My Life (Vocal, light classical), Joy of Raag (Violin, traditional classical) - Volume 1 and 2, Color of Music - Volumes 1 and 2 (Educational CD -Indo/Pak classical music theory including beautiful Ragas) and Rumi (Sufi poetry & Music). Several light Classical vocal videos in the market.

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