Rafat Khan Niyazi

Rafat Khan was born, brought up and educated in Bombay. He was recognized as a child prodigy and gave his first performance at the age of twelve. This talented young artist has won popularity steadily. In his music appearances he has proved a great perception, chastity and involvement in sitar playing. The confidence, stage presence, presentations, perfect techniques and concentration are the major qualities in Rafat Khan’s performances, which no doubt indicates his great musical heritage and his association with stalwart gurus like Pandit Arvind Parikh and Ustad Vilayat Khan Saheb. Rafat Khan also has the benefit of musical grooming under his maternal  uncle Ustad Aslam Khan, the veteran exponent of Khurja, Atrauli and Agra gharana. 

Rafat Khan is an excellent teacher too and is actively associated with Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai, as a senior Sitar teacher. Many of his students have become stage artists today. Ustad Rafat Khan has a unique style of giving a concert – cum – demonstration and he has given many programs like this in India & abroad also. He also performed and organized many fusion concerts. 

At present Ustad Rafat Khan is the joint-secretary of Dilrang Academy of Music and Fine Arts Mumbai, which is one of the most popular and dedicated music organizer of Mumbai (India). 

Rafat Khan was recognized as a child prodigy and gave his first performances at the age of twelve. Ustad Rafat Khan is one of the most accomplished Sitar player of India. He is a graded artist of All India Radio and has appeared on Doordarshan several times. He has carved himself a niche amongst the topmost artists in the world.

He has extensively toured and given concerts at USA, Canada, Europe, Germany, Amsterdam, Bonn, UAE, Qatar, Baharain, Doha, Syria, Iran, Dubai and Pakistan. Since last ten years Rafat Khan has been busy giving concerts in several countries. In 2000-2001, he toured Sri Lanka. In the year 2003 and 2004 he gave successful concerts in Germany, Damascus, East and South Africa, Mauritius and Nigeria. He also did very successful concert tours of Burma & Afghanistan in the early 2005. These concerts were organized by the Indian Council for Cultural relations (ICCR).

He has accompanied Guru Pt. Arvind Parikh in prestigious concerts in Europe, America, London, Amsterdam, East-West Germany, Holland, Rotterdam, UAE and Pakistan.

You can watch Rafat Khan's performances on :

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT7dOii3Yns

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29NL8JaDFwA