Kirit Khan

Who was Kirit Khan?

Ustad Kirit Khan was a talented Sitar player of the Indian subcontinent. He was born on October 29, 1955 in Comilla, Bangladesh and later settled in Kolkata, India. He comes of an internationally renowned illustrious family of musicians of Bangladesh, which produced a galaxy of famous classical musicians like, Ustad Dr. Alauddin Khan, the world reputed Maestro of Seni-Maihar and Alauddin Gharana of Hindustani Classical Music, Ustad Ayet Ali Khan, Ustad Dr. Ali Akbar Khan, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ustad Bahadur Khan, Ustad Khadem Hossain Khan, Ustad Abed Hossain Khan, Ustad Mir Kashem Khan, Ustad Phuljhuri Khan, Ustad Khurshid Khan, Ustad Shahadat Hossain Khan, Annapurna Devi, Reenat Fauzia and many others. He is the second son of Ustad Bahadur Khan, a reputed Sarod artiste and the younger brother of talented Sarod player Bidyut Khan, who was still actively propagating the musical culture of the family until his recent illness. Kirit Khan died prematurely in 2006 due to kidney failure.