Momin Khan (musician)

Shri Momin Khan is one of few artists today in India, who has fully devoted himself to the Sarangi. Momin Khan is A grade artist of All India Radio (AIR) under the Indian Classical Instrument Sarangi segment and is a youth icon of national and international repute. At present, Momin is a valued member of Arijit Singh's band and in addition to his solo performances around the work.
Based in Mumbai, Momin belongs to the "Jaipur Gharana" of Hindustani Classical Music. He is carrying forward his family tradition of Sarangi by being the 8th generation professional musician to take the art forward. He is son of Padma Shri Ustad Moinuddin Khan from Jaipur.
His work also stems into Bollywood where he has played for films such as Dabangg 3, Gangubai Kathiawadi, Mili, Pagglait, Chamak, Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva, Heera Mandi, and Shaakuntalam. Momin has also worked within the world music genre and performed with artists such as Louis Banks. In addition, Momin has had the privilege of accompaying maestros such as A.R. Rahman, Pritam, Ustad Taufiq Qureshi, Pt. Satyajit Talwalkar, Ravi Chary, Gino Banks, Sivamani, Pt Jayateerth Mevundi, Ustad Akram Khan, Arijit Singh, Sonu Nigam, Anup Jalota, Salim Sulaiman, Neha Kakkar, Vishal Mishra, Ismail Darbar, Shreya Ghoshal, Harshdeep Kaur, Shilpa Rao, Antara Mitra, Asess Kaur, Shashaa Tirupati, Mohammed Irfan, Javed Ali, Abhay Jodhpukar, Pratibha Singh Baghel, Himani Kapoor and more.
==Early Life==
Momin was born on November 22, 1998 into a family of musicians dating back eight generations. Born in Jaipur, he grew up in an environment where he would hear music all through the day being surrounded by the sounds of tabla, sitar, sarangi and many other instruments. At age six, Momin began pleading with his father to teach him the Sarangi and that is where he tutelage began. His desire and commitment was so intense even as an early age where he would refuse to eat or drink and stay up till 2:30am waiting for his father to return from concerts so he could start learning. 
Momin has completed BA in Classical Music (Vocal) and Sarangi and graduated from the Bhatt Khande Music High School, Lucknow. He has also spent time in in Punjab studying music. 
When Momin was 8 years old, his father encouraged him to play at family musical gatherings to gain confidence and seek blessings. At a mere 10 years of age, he won the First Prize at the Mahindra Bhat Music Festival, which was a statewide music festival held in Rajasthan. Since then, Momin's musical journey has gone from strength to strength being the recipient of the music scholarship granted by The Sanskriti Mantralaya (Department of Culture - Government of India), performed on Jaipur Doordarshan, awareded first place in the Akashwani Sangeet Pratiyogita (Organised by AIR - March 2017) and received a Gold Medal at the 33rd National Youth Festival in 2018. More recently, Momin was awarded the Rajasthan State Government Award in 2019 by the Honorary Governor of Rajasthan. 
==Career==
Momin is the youngest Sarangi player to have received such recognition and success. He is all set to take his family tradition forward and beyond whilst pushing the boundaries of how Sarangi can be more widely used, accepted and understood by this audience. Over the last 2-3 years, Momin has become increasingly popular due to his social media following. 
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