NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Al Gromer Khan on 20 June 2020. Al Gromer Khan has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 26 episodes and was first played on 9 January 2016.

Al Gromer Khan, of German descent, was born in 1946 as Alois Gromer. Living short periods of time in India, Morrocco and England, Gromer began experimenting with different musical styles. After attending a session with the famous Hindustani sitarist Vilayat Khan, Gromer was so intrigued he decided to dedicate his musical career studying the sitar.

After successful studies with the brother of Vilayat, the master sitarist Imrat…