Aashish Khan

Aashish Khan

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Aashish Khan Profile

  • Name:
  • Aashish Khan
  • Born:
  • December 5, 1939
  • Father:
  • Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
  • Mother:
  • Zubeida Begum

Aashish Khan Biography

Aashish Khan is a famous sarod player, composer and conductor from India. He is a high profile performer who has received Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Fellows of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. He received Grammy award nomination in the year 2007 for the Traditional Classical Music of India, for his album, The Golden Strings of the Sarode. At present, he is an adjunct professor of Indian classical music at the California Institute of Arts, US. Presently Aashish Khan lives in Valencia, Los Angeles, California and has two children. His mother Zubeida Begum was Ustad Ali Akbar Khan's (son of legendary musician Allauddin Khan) first wife. He has learnt music under Allauddin Khan, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, and Annapurna Devi.

 

Aashish Khan was born to Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and Zubeida Begum on December 5, 1939 in Maihar. He was initiated into North Indian classical music at the age of five by his grandfather, Allauddin Khan. He also learnt music from Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and his aunt Annapurna Devi. In 1953 Aashish gave his first public performance at the age of 13, with his grandfather at All India Radio. Same year he performed at Tansen Music Conference, Kolkata aside his grandfather. Later he was associated with his father for many international concerts in the 1960’s.

 

Now he is one of the most distinguished musicians of the Seniya Beenkar and Seniya Rababiya Gharana. He was awarded with the "Best Sarode Player" award from the All India Critics Association of India in the year 1996. He got opportunity to play aside great Indian musicians like Pandit Kanthe Maharaj, Pandit Chatur Lal, Pandit Anokhey Lal Mishra, Ustad Ahmedjan Thirakwa, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pandit Viku Vinayak, Pandit Kishan Maharaj, Pandit Shamta Prasad and Ustad Keramatullah Khan.

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Updated: February 03, 2014

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