Nishat Khan's guest appearances

Nishat Khan

In Tune Highlights

Private Passions

Shirley Collins

Joan Armatrading

Laura Mvula

Roger Allam

Anna Meredith

Jarvis Cocker

Max Richter

Tim Harford

Sugata Mitra

Andy McNab

Philippa Perry

Katy Brand

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Carlo Rovelli

John Finnemore

OwlTail

Nishat Khan is one of India's finest musicians; born into a dynasty of famous sitar players, he first went on stage with his father and uncle when he was only seven. Since that first appearance in Calcutta in the 1970s, he has performed worldwide, collaborated with all kinds of musicians, from Philip Glass to Gregorian choirs to Django Bates, and composed both for the BBC Proms and for Bollywood films. He's here in Britain to appear at the Aldeburgh Festival this June, fresh from recording the soundtrack to a Bollywood movie. In Private Passions he talks to Michael Berkeley about the musical family he grew up in - he started playing the sitar before he could even walk. He explores too the spiritual meaning of music within this tradition and its power to reveal the voice of God. And he shares his excitement at discovering Western classical music, still very much a minority taste in India. Nishat Khan's choices include Bach's B Minor Mass; Bruckner's 8th Symphony; Mozart, Manuel de Falla; Britten's "Sea Interludes"; and sitar music played by his father and uncle. Produced by Elizabeth BurkeA Loftus Production for BBC Radio 3.

Nishat Khan is one of India's finest musicians; born into a dynasty of famous sitar players, he first went on stage with his father and uncle when he was only seven. Since that first appearance in Calcutta in the 1970s, he has performed worldwide, collaborated with all kinds of musicians, from Philip Glass to Gregorian choirs to Django Bates, and composed both for the BBC Proms and for Bollywood films. He's here in Britain to appear at the Aldeburgh Festival this June, fresh from recording the soundtrack to a Bollywood movie. In Private Passions he talks to Michael Berkeley about the musical family he grew up in - he started playing the sitar before he could even walk. He explores too the spiritual meaning of music within this tradition and its power to reveal the voice of God. And he shares his excitement at discovering Western classical music, still very much a minority taste in India. Nishat Khan's choices include Bach's B Minor Mass; Bruckner's 8th Symphony; Mozart, Manuel de Falla; Britten's "Sea Interludes"; and sitar music played by his father and uncle. Produced by Elizabeth Burke A Loftus Production for BBC Radio 3.

Marc Minkowski

Nancy Kerr

Kevin Clifton

Soraya Mafi

Sean Rafferty with highlights from across the week on In Tune. This week, he's joined by conductor Marc Minkowski, folk singer Nancy Kerr, sitar player Nishat Khan, soprano Soraya Mafi and the Strictly dancer Kevin Clifton

Marc Minkowski, Nancy Kerr, Nishat Khan, Kevin Clifton, Soraya Mafi