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Ustad Nathu Khan (1920 - 1971) The illustrious Nathu Khan is perhaps the greatest sarangi player of his time, and his recordings are still gaining popularity and recognition by music connoisseurs of today. He was born in Amritsar in nineteen twenty. His father Baba Ballay was a Tabla player. He got his initial training of sarangi playing from his uncle Ferozdin and other elders of the family. Later he became a formal disciple of the great Ahmadi Khan of Delhi. He also learned intricacies of classical music from Maula Bakh of the Talwandi Gharana. After the partition he became a staff artist with Radio Pakistan, Karachi. From a very young age he showed great promise, during his very first public performance in a sarangi festival held in Kalyar Sharif (India), his rendition of raga Shudh Sarang was so complete and skillful that all other sarangi players except Ustad Hussain Baksh Amritsari refused to play after him for fear of comparison. He was the master of rhythm, and his Tayyari and Laykari were unmatched.
