Hailing from the family of traditional musicians, Nasir Khan
is son of the renowned tabla player Ustad Yaseen Khan. He was introduced to the
world of the Indian Classical music early in his childhood.
Nasir Khan has participated in many International Festivals
including U.K., Switzerland, Netherlands, Malaysia, Muscat, Bahrain, Qatar,
Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Nepal.
He has participated in many national festivals like
Khajuraho, Rose Festival. Nasir has also given his lecture demonstration at
Bangalore festival and has been regularly performing in the festivals of Spicmacay.
He has performed for Prime minister and King of Malaysia.
Besides a soloist, Nasir Khan has accompanied most of the
eminent Hindustani Classical vocalists, instrumentalists and classical dancers
of India including – Sarangi Maestro Ust. Sabri Khan, Tabla Maestro Ust. Rashid
Mustafa ‘Thirakwa’ Kathak Maestro Pt. Birju Maharaj, Late Pt. Durga Lal,
Padamshree Uma Sharma, Pratap Pawaar, Pt. Rajindra Gangani, Rani Khanam,
Shabhna Narain, Geetanjli Lal, Saswati Sen, Renowned Ghazal Singer Jagjeet
Singh, Shanti Hiranand, Ust. Moinuddin Khan, Rita Ganguli, Sumitra Guha, Uma
Garg & Debashish Roy.
Presently, he is associated as one of the senior staff artist
with National Institute of Kathak Kendra in New Delhi for more than a decade.