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Adnan Sami Khan (Urdu: عدنان سمیع خان) (born August 15, 1973) is a popular British-born South Asian Pakistani singer, musician, pianist, actor and composer. Born to an Indian muslim mother and a Pakistani father, his style merges Indian and Western styles and instrumentation and ranges from classical to jazz to modern pop-rock. He was awarded MTV's 2001 "Breakthrough Artist of the Year". Adnan's new albums are also a huge success these days. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... Urdu ( , , trans. ... is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Map of South Asia South Asia is a subregion of Asia comprising the modern states of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, . It covers about 4,480,000 km², or 10 percent of the continent, and is also known as the Indian subcontinent. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... This article is about Western art music from 1000 AD to the 2000s . ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Pop music (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

Biography

Sami was born, reared and educated in Britain. His father, Arshad Sami Khan was born in Pakistan, was a Pakistani diplomat and had training in composing classical and jazz music.^{[citation needed]} Sami attended Rugby School and studied at London School of Economics. He had played piano since his childhood and so studied music in school and in college. Indian singing legend Asha Bhosle spotted talent in a ten-year-old Sami at an R D Burman concert in London, and encouraged him to take up music as a career. Sami then went on to learn Indian classical music from Mahraj Khatak, a Indian classical singing teacher in Pakistan and dancer. Sami further learned from Indian Santoor maestro, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, and became one of the first people to play Indian classical music on the piano and electric piano. A view of Rugby School from The Close, the playing field where according to legend Rugby was invented Rugby School, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, is one of the oldest public schools in England and is one of the major co-educational boarding schools in the country. ... A short grand piano, with the lid up. ... Asha Bhosle[1] (Marathi: ) (born September 8, 1933) is an Indian singer. ... This article needs cleanup. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The santoor is a trapezoid-shaped hammered dulcimer often made of walnut, with seventy strings. ... Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (born January 13, 1938) is an Indian classical musician, working in the Hindustani classical music tradition. ... A short grand piano, with the lid up. ... An electric piano (e-piano) is an electric musical instrument whose popularity started in the late 1960s, was at its greatest during the 1970s and still is big today. ...

Sami's parents and younger brother now reside in Houston, Texas. He was married to Safa Galadhari and has a son from another previous marriage with Zeba Bakhtiar. Houston redirects here. ...

Awards and accolades

Sami has won many international awards, including the "Nigar Award", the "Bolan Academy Award", and the "Graduate Award". He was given a "Special Award of UNICEF" and a United Nations Peace Medal for a song he wrote and performed for Africa. He was invited to be a member of the jury of the prestigious music festival "Voice of Asia" competition, held annually at Almaty, Kazhakstan - the jury comprises top music composers of the world. Sami has recently been featured in a documentary, commissioned by the Foreign and Common Wealth Office of Great Britain, about ten people from the sub-continent who have influenced the Asian culture in the UK over the last fifty years. UNICEF Logo The United Nations Childrens Fund or UNICEF (Arabic: ; French: ; Spanish: ) was established by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946. ... UN and U.N. redirect here. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ...

Reviewing a piano solo performance Khan gave on Channel 4 in the UK, Keyboard Magazine declared him the "Keyboard Discovery of The 90s". Swedish radio and television referred to him as the "fastest keyboard player in the world."^{[citation needed]} Sami has performed for prestigious music festivals to sold-out stadia of his solo concert tours all over the world in over forty countries.^{[citation needed]} Keyboard Magazine Keyboard Magazine is a Music Magazine covering the Electronic Music Instrument commondly called the Keyboard. ...

As a classical concert pianist, Sami has had the honour of giving "solo" Royal Command performances before the King of Sweden and King Hussein of Jordan. He has also performed before Heads of State and Government such as President Mitterrand of France, the President of United Arab Emirates, the President and Prime Minister of India, the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan, the President and Prime Minister of Khazakhstan, the Prime Minister of Kyrgystan, the Prime Minister and Christina of Sweden.^{[citation needed]} Sweden is a constitutional monarchy with a representative democracy based on a parliamentary system. ... Hussein bin Talal (Arabic: حسين بن طلال) (November 14, 1935 - February 7, 1999) was the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 1952 to 1999. ...

Sudden Weight Loss

Due to increasing health problems, Sami reportedly lost 104kg of weight in just 6 months. Although he has attributed it to rigorous exercise and diet control, this dramatic weight loss seems like that he has undergone Bariatric Surgery Bariatric surgery, also known as weight loss surgery, refers to the various surgical procedures performed to treat obesity. ...