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2 unusual facts about Ali Akbar Khan


Jonathan Elkus

They published books and music by varying composers including Elinor Armer, Cushing, and Ali Akbar Khan.

K. V. Narayanaswamy

He was one of four artists including Bismillah Khan, Ali Akbar Khan, and Ravi Shankar who participated in the hugely popular Hollywood Bowl music festival in Los Angeles in the summer of 1967.In 1974, KVN went to teach in Berkeley, California for a year, in the company of dancer Balasaraswati and sitarist Nikhil Banerjee.


Anindo Chatterjee

In addition to solo performances and recordings, Chatterjee worked with sitar players Nikhil Banerjee, Imrat Khan, Budhaditya Mukherjee, and Rais Khan,Pt.Ravisankar,Ustad Sahid Parvej Pt.Manilal Nag, sarod players Buddhadev Das Gupta and Ali Akbar Khan,Ustad Amjad Ali Khan,Tejendra Narayan Majumder, flutist Hariprasad Chaurasia; santoor player Pandit Shivkumar Sharma; and vocalists Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur and Gangubai Hangal.

Chatur Lal

Lal toured with Ravi Shankar, Aashish Khan, Vasant Rai, and Ali Akbar Khan in the 1950s and early 60s and helped popularize the tabla in Western countries.

Faiyaz Khan

Other well-known admirers include maestros such as Ahmad Jaan Thirakwa, Ustad Amir Khan, Ali Akbar Khan, Vilayat Khan and Pandit Ravi Shankar.

Leela Floyd

During her time at the Academy, she met her first husband, the composer John Barham, through whom she met several important figures including George Harrison of the Beatles, Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan and others.

Maihar gharana

Prominent musicians belonging to the Maihar gharana include sitarists late Ravi Shankar and late Nikhil Banerjee, Allauddin Khan's son sarod player late Ali Akbar Khan, daughter Annapurna Devi and grandsons Aashish Khan and late Dhyanesh Khan.

Shyam Kane

Kane has performed alongside Pt. Jasraj, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Utd. Ali Akbar Khan, Smt. Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande, Smt. N. Rajam, and Smt. Kishori Amonkar, Asha Khadilkar among others.

Steve Oda

His classical training started in 1971 under the guidance of Aashish Khan, and from 1973 under Aashish's father, Ali Akbar Khan.


see also

AACM

Ali Akbar College of Music, three schools founded by Indian musician Ali Akbar Khan to teach Indian classical music

In Concert 1972

The album features three ragas, including "Raga Sindhi Bhairavi", which Ali Akbar Khan had previously interpreted on his landmark recording Music of India (1955).