Artist: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
Genre(s):
Other
Folk
Ethnic
Discography:
Sadaayen: Evocation
Year: 2002
Tracks: 4
Sarod Recitals
Year: 1994
Tracks: 2
Raag Yaman
Year: 1991
Tracks: 3
The youngest boy of sarod role player Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan, Amjad Ali Khan has continued to lucubrate on his father's bequest. Performing as a soloist and in collaboration with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Charlie Byrd, Igor Frolav, Glenda Simpson, and Barry Mason, Khan has brought a planetary survey to the sarod, a 25-stringed, violin-like, Indian instrument. While The Gulf Weekly claimed, "(Khan) is in a category by himself, born with musical rhythm in his soul and fingers," The Lincoln Journal Star wrote, "(Khan is) far-famed for his elegant style and technique. After a lifetime of work on the instrument, he has voiceless a new life to an ancient form." In a followup of a concert by Khan, The New York Times proclaimed, "(Khan) casts a kind of charm on audiences, sending out ripples of excitement." Tracing his family's roots to Mian Tansen, a 16th-century musician in the court of the Emperor Khan, Khan began playing the sarod at the age of tenner. With his beginner as his guru, under the strict discipline of Guru Shisya Parampara, he advanced cursorily. Performing his first-class honours degree concert at the eld of 12, he was a nationally known famous person in India within trinity days. Khan's married woman, Subhalakshmi, a well-known Indian classical professional dancer, retired from performing next their union. In addition to recording many award-winning albums, including Raga Bhairav, which graded among the Top 50 classical albums of 1995 by BBC Magazine, Khan has been featured in several documentary videos including the Canadian-produced Amjat Ali Khan in 1971, and Live Concert In Tokyo in 1989.
