Bridge Overtones: Lessons from the Sarangi

Bridge Overtones: Lessons from the Sarangi

Suhail Yusuf Khan

Batch - 2006


Suhail Yusuf Khan is a young, talented musician who brings together expertise from a performance career (that has extended over 20 years) creative ability, and academic research to find new modes of expression in Hindustānī music and other genres. He belongs to an illustrious family of classical musicians of the Senia Moradabad gharana. His forte is the sarangi and he excels in playing the instrument. An integral part of the popular contemporary music band ‘Advaita’, he often plays at the global festivals. ’Advaita’ has been listed as one of the six amazing bands from India. Suhail was featured on the cover of Forbes India magazine February 2014 issue.  Currently, Suhail is a PhD candidate at Wesleyan University, USA, and his dissertation, entitled “Bridge Overtones: Lessons from the Sarangi” will be the first in-depth ethnomusicological study written by a hereditary North-Indian musician. Suhail has been featured on more than fifteen albums and is currently signed to Domino records, U.K. Navarasa, his most recent album, with Yorkston/Thorne/Khan was voted Number 1 in The Guardian’s Best of 2020 listings.