Name: Santoor - Deep Meditation by Nawab Khan Santoor
Duration: 4 min 6 s
Description: A deep and soulful set played on the santoor, designed to transport you into a world of solitude, inspiring a sense of calm.

A deep and soulful set played on the santoor, designed to transport you into a world of solitude, inspiring a sense of calm.

Santoor - Deep Meditation

Nawab Khan - A man who is truly living up to his name in the world of music. He is a musician with no boundaries attached for creativity. Hailing from a family of musicians who performed in the royal courts of the Maharajas of Rajasthan, Nawab Khan boasts of music in his blood. The immense contribution of the Khan Family to the music world can be witnessed in Nawab Khan, being the 8th Generation in the world of Surs and Taals. He cherishes the invaluable treasure of traditional classical music that his ancestors has helped him imbibe and has his eyes set on the globe ! 

Carrying a Legacy of classical music, Nawab Khan chose to take a path less trodden. To start with he chose Santoor as his instrument of love. Being from a family where generations together chose and played Sarangi instrument, Nawab chose Santoor to harness and express his creativity. Santoor is an ancient string musical instrument with 100 strings attached, native to Jammu and Kashmir. It is played with a pair of light wooden mallets or hammers with both hands. The santoor is a very delicate instrument and is very sensitive to light strokes and glides. The music flowing from Santoor is equally beautiful to the snow clad mountains & beautiful shikaras on the Dal Lake of Kashmir. Nawab Khan could not remain untouched from the magic of Santoor and ever since he has been passing on the magic. Nawab carries titles like A Santoorist, A Composer, An Experimentalist, A Music Therapist and many more to come.