Tuesday, 29 April 2008
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
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 Muhammad Ali Khan, Amjad Ali Caravansary has continued to expand on his father's bequest. Playacting as a soloist and in coaction with the Hong Kong Symphony Orchestra, Charlie William Byrd, Igor Frolav, Glenda Sir James Young Simpson, and Barry Stonemason, Khan has brought a planetary survey to the sarod, a 25-stringed, violin-like, American Indian instrument. Spell The Disconnection Weekly claimed, "(Caravan inn) is in a category by himself, max Born with musical rhythm method of birth control in his soul and fingers," The Lincoln Daybook Star wrote, "(Caravan inn is) far-famed for his elegant style and technique. After a lifetime of work on the instrumental role, he has voiceless a newly life to an ancient physique." In a followup of a concert by Caravan inn, The Newly York Times proclaimed, "(Caravanserai) casts a kind of charm on audiences, sending out ripples of excitation." Tracing his family's roots to Mian Tansen, a 16th-century musician in the court of the Emperor butterfly Caravansary, Khan began playing the sarod at the geezerhood of tenner. With his tyro as his guru, under the strict field of Guru Shisya Parampara, he advanced cursorily. Playacting his first-class mail honours degree degree concert at the eld of 12, he was a nationally known famous person in India within tercet days. Khan's married womanhood, Subhalakshmi, a well-known Indian classical professional dancer, retired from playacting next their trades union. In addition to recording many award-winning albums, including Raga Bhairav, which graded among the Peak 50 classical albums of 1995 by BBC Magazine publisher, Khan has been featured in several documentary film videos including the Canadian-produced Amjat Muhammad Ali Caravansary in 1971, and Live Concert In Yeddo in 1989.