Parween Sultana & Mohd. Dilshad Khan – The Ethereal Duo – ECSD 2999 – LP Record

Begum Parveen Sultana (born 1950) is an Assamese Hindustani classical singer of the Patiala Gharana.  She is among the foremost classical vocalists in India and is known as Queen of Classical Vocal.

She was conferred the Padmashri in 1976.

Dilshad Khan (born 1945) is a Bengali Hindustani classical singer of the Patiala Gharana.

Dilshad Khan was born Arabinda Dasgupta in Kolkata, the second son of civil servant P M Dasgupta and Bhabani Dasgupta. Dilshad is the younger brother of eminent sarod maestro Buddhadev Das Gupta. He attended St. Xavier’s Collegiate School, Kolkata, where future music composer R. D. Burman was his classmate.

He started learning tabla at the age of four, but later took up singing under the guidance of N.C. Chakravorty, Hidan Banarjee and Gyan Prakash Ghosh. He was inspired by Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. After moving permanently to Mumbai Khan became a disciple of eminent Kirana gharana vocalist Faiyaz Ahmed Khan.