Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is a distinguished player in Indian classical music world. He is one of the most noted musicians having a vast knowledge in playing sarod and its varied performance. He developed a unique style of playing highly complex phrases (ekhara taans) with the Sarod in which compositions are based on vocal music. He made his debut in the sarod recital at a mere age of six.

Amjad Khan was born in 1945 in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh in the royal family of Hafiz Khan with a rich heritage of music and art for more than three generations. Thus, it was quite natural in the case of Amjad to be chained by the influence and magical beauty of art and music. Mesmerized by the amazing rasas (emotions) and ragas of playing sarod, Amjad finally bent towards this music and became the unbeatable master of Sarod.

Amjad Ali Khan has traveled extensively all over the world to give a taste of his distinctive music performance to his mad audiences who grasp every bit of ragas and talas come out of his concert. A rare flavour of music, aesthetics and art come out from his concerts that naturally binds the imaginations of his audiences. This makes him one of the rare music personalities in the world. Amjad has also got many privileges to perform in various prestigious music festivals of the world and has imparted to the people a valuable sense of beauty and love through his musical concerts. For these contributions to the world of music, Amjad Ali khan has been honoured with Padmashree, Padma Bhusan, Padma Vibhusan and numerous prestigious awards from various abroad countries, thus adding a great respect and decisiveness to his personality.

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