Born to sitar and surbahar guru Ustad Inayat Khan and talented vocalist Bashiran Begum, Imrat Khan was guided through the rigorous rite of passage to music by his mother and older sibling Vilayat Khan.
"My brother was very strict and disciplined. As the second son of Ustad Inayat Khan, I have the same position as Ustad Vilayat Khan. But I polished my brother's shoes and did his laundry.
"No student would do that today... Over time, my brother fell in love with me and we practised sitar and surbahar together," Imrat Khan recalled.
