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WAJAHAT KHAN
SAROD MAESTRO
International Career Highlights
Wajahat Khan made his international debut in 1977 and is now well established as
an artist of worldwide acclaim. He now divides his time between India and the West,
and tours regularly. He has performed extensively at prestigious venues and festivals
in over 40 countries -
Some of his career highlights are listed below:
Spending his hectic Indian winter music seasons based in Kolkata (Calcutta) and Mumbai (Bombay), Wajahat Khan has performed at major venues and music conferences of India including:
- Sajan Milap Festival, Mumbai
- IMG St. Xavier’s Music Conference, Mumbai
- Hirabai Smruti Sangeet Samaroh, Mumbai
- National Centre of Performing Arts, Mumbai
- Nehru Centre, Mumbai
- Suburban Music Festival, Mumbai
- Bhartiya Vidhya Bhavan, Mumbai
- Sadarang Sangeet Samaroh, Kolkata
- Rajya Sabha Sangeet West Bengal Music Conference, Kolkata
- Dover Lane Music Conference, Kolkata,
- Vishnu Digambar Festival, New Delhi
- Delhi University
- Habitat Centre, New Delhi
- Baba Harballabh Sangeet Mahasabha, Jalandhar
- Maifil Conference, Nagpur
- BHU Music Festival, Banaras
- Maharana Kumbh Sangeet Sammelan, Udaipur
- Saptak Music Conference, Ahmedabad
- the SPICMACAY Concert Series -
in New Delhi, Kolkata, Banaras, Bhubaneswar, Ranchi, Kharagpur, as well as many other towns and cities all over India.
India
For part of each year he is based in London where he has appeared in prestigious venues and numerous British festivals including:
- BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall (Henry Wood Promenade Concerts) -
London - House of Commons (first sarod performance in the Parliament) -
London - Spitalfields Festival (on 8 consecutive years) -
London - Capital Radio Music Festival -
London - Wigmore Hall, London
- Windsor Festival (in the Royal Windsor Castle)
- Brighton Festival (at the Royal Pavilion)
- the Snape Proms at Aldeburgh Festival
- Other festivals include: Glastonbury, Canterbury, Bath, Lichfield, Wingfield, Bury St Edmonds, Norwich and Norfolk, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Nottingham Asian Festival, and many more
- The Sage -
Gateshead - Manan Festival -
Isle of Man - Usher Hall, Edinburgh -
Scotland - Glasgow May Festival -
Scotland - Numerous concerts at the South Bank Centre/Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.
United Kingdom
- Traditional Muslim Music Festival of the World, Kuala Lumpur -
Malaysia - World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur -
- for the Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Victoria Concert Hall in Singapore (4 concerts)
- Suntori Hall, Tokyo (2 concerts) -
Japan, - Yakushiji Temple, Nara -
Japan - Concerts in Kyoto, Kobe and Osaka -
Japan - Hong Kong International Arts Festival
- City Hall (3 concerts) -
Hong Kong
Far East
Numerous concert trips to Bangladesh, performances include:
- Shilpokala Academy
- Dhaka Club
- Bangla Academy
- Dhaka Museum
Bangladesh
In 1979 he performed for the Commonwealth Conference in Edinburgh where he was presented by Mr Inder Kumar Gujral, the Prime Minister of India.
Several concert trips and tours -
- Smithsonian Institute (Washington DC)
- Lincoln Centre (New York)
- Universities of Washington -
St.Louis, New York, Amherst, Pittsburgh, Albany, Cleveland, Baltimore, Massachusetts, Columbia, Orlando, Florida, Maryland, Utica, Augustana College, and many more. - Universities of: Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa -
Canada
USA and Canada
- Festival of India -
on invitation of the Government of India - 28 concerts at the Former Soviet Union, including the Kremlin Palace -
Moscow - Tchaikovsky Hall -
Moscow - Moscow Conservatoire
- Operatta -
Moscow - Festival in Prague -
Czechoslovakia - National Philharmonija Hall (3 concerts), Vilnius -
Lithuania - Vilnius Festival -
Lithuania - Prazalus Festival -
Lithuania - International Festival of Sacred Music -
Poland
Eastern Europe and Russia
Several concert trips -
- Playhouse Theatre (for HRH King of Kwa Zulu Natal) Durban
- City Hall -
Durban - Durban Film Festival
- City Hall -
Cape Town - Indian Cultural Centre -
Johannesburg - Opera Hall -
Port Elizabeth
Africa
Several concert trips and tours -
- Theatre du Rond Point, Paris -
France - Festivals in Strasbourg, Nantes, Ettempes, Melle, Colmar, Avignon -
France - Philharmonic Hall, Koln -
Germany - Symphony Hall, Berlin -
Germany - Important venues and Festivals in Berlin, Munich, Kassell, Dusseldorf, Freiburg,
- Istanbul Festival -
Turkey - The Megaron Centre, Athens -
Greece - Herod Atticus Theatre at the Acropolis, Athens -
Greece - Ancient Delphi Stadium, Greece
- Greece-
India Festival - on invitation of the Government of India - Festivals in Madrid and Barcelona -
Spain - Concerts in Brussels and Antwerp -
Belgium - Mozes and Aaron Church, Amsterdam -
Holland - Concerts in Utrecht, Rotterdam, Hague -
Holland - Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Graz -
Austria - Festivals in Saltzburg and Halstatt -
Austria - Rietburg Museum, Zurich -
Switzerland - Festivals in Geneva and Zurich -
Switzerland - Festivals in Milan, Venice and Cabella in Italy
- Concerts and festivals in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark
Europe
Several of his recitals have been broadcast by leading international TV and Radio
channels -
- BBC Television
- BBC Radio 3
- BBC World Service
- Channel 4 television, London
- Zee TV, London
- Sunrise Radio, London
- Doordarshan Television, Kolkata
- All India Radio, from several cities of India
- NHK TV (Tokyo)
- TV3 Kuala Lumpur
- Lotus Channel, Durban
- Radio Paris
- WDR Koln
- Radio Saarbrucken
- Radio Bremen
- Sender Freies Berlin
For the millennium celebrations he performed an historic BBC Millennium Concert from London broadcast live on the BBC World Service and over the Internet.