Amjad Ali Khan
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Khan performs in Kuthira Malika, Thiruvananthapuram in 2000
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Birth name | Masoom Ali Khan |
Born | Gwalior, Central Provinces and Berar, British Raj |
9 October 1945
Genres | Hindustani classical music |
Instruments | sarod |
Associated acts | Hafiz Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Khan, Ayaan Ali Khan, Gurdev Singh |
Website | sarod.com |
Amjad Ali Khan (Hindi: अमजद अली ख़ान; IAST: Amjad Alī Khān) (born 9 October 1945) (Urdu: امجد علی خان) is an Indian classical musician who plays the Sarod. Khan was born into a musical family and has performed internationally since the 1960s. He was awarded India's second highest civilian honor, the Padma Vibhushan, in 2001.
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Early life and career
Khan was born in Gwalior on 9 October 1945 as Masoom Ali Khan, the youngest of seven children, to Gwalior court musician Hafiz Ali Khan and Rahat Jahan.[1][2] His family is part of the Bangash lineage and Khan is in the sixth generation of musicians; his family claims to have invented the sarod.[2][3][4] His personal name was changed by a sadhu to Amjad.[1] Khan received homeschooling and studied music under his father.[1] In 1957, a cultural organization in Delhi appointed Hafiz Ali Khan as its guest and the family moved to Delhi.[1] Friends of Hafiz Ali convinced him of the importance of formal schooling for his son; as a result, Amjad was taken to meet the Principal of Modern School in New Delhi and admitted there as a day scholar. He attended Modern School from 1958 to 1963.[5]
Khan first performed in the United States in 1963 and continued into the 2000s, with his sons.[1][6] He has experimented with modifications to his instrument throughout his career.[3] Khan played with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and worked as a visiting professor at the University of New Mexico.[2] In 2011, he performed on Carrie Newcomer's album Everything is Everywhere with his sons.
Recognition
Khan has recently been awarded 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavna Award. 20 August is celebrated as harmony day, the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi. Khan received the Padma Shri in 1975, the Padma Bhushan in 1991, and the Padma Vibhushan in 2001, and was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 1989 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for 2011.[7][8] He was awarded the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 2004.[9] The U.S. state Massachusetts proclaimed 20 April as Amjad Ali Khan Day in 1984.[10] Khan was made an honorary citizen of Houston, Texas, and Nashville, Tennessee, in 1997, and of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2007.[10] He received the Banga-Vibhushan in 2011.[11] Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan, who has shared his rich experience in Indian classical music in classes across the West, will now teach for a quarter (three months) at Stanford University, this course will have lessons on Sarod as well.
Documentary
A Gulzar directed documentary on Amjad Ali Khan won Filmfare award in 1990.[12]
Personal life
Khan cared for his diabetic father until he died in 1972.[1] His family arranged a marriage, which failed, and Khan was married a second time, to Bharatanatyam dancer Subhalakshmi, on 25 September 1976.[1] Subhalakshmi Barooah Khan is a native of Assam and has stopped performing.[13] They have two sons, Amaan, the older one, and Ayaan, who were taught music by their father.[1] Khan is a Muslim and his wife is a Hindu.[2] Their family home in Gwalior was made into a musical center and they live in New Delhi.[14][15]
Discography
- The Rough Guide to the Music of India and Pakistan (1996, World Music Network) (contributing artist)
References
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External links
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