Ali Akbar Khan
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ali, Akbar Kahn, A. A. Kahn, Ostad Ali Akbar Khan
Hindustani musician (1922–2009)
Film & TV
Known for
- Ustad Alauddin Khan — Self1963
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1922-04-14 ) 14 April 1922, Shibpur, Bengal Presidency , British India
- Origin
- Maihar
- Died
- 18 June 2009 (2009-06-18) (aged 87), San Anselmo, California , US
- Genres
- Hindustani classical music
- Occupations
- Composer, Sarodiya
- Instrument
- Sarod
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Khan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Bangladesh
- Place of birth
- Brahmanbaria
- Place of death
- San Francisco
- Child
- Aashish Khan
- Father
- Allauddin Khan
- Sibling
- Annapurna Devi
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Languages spoken
- Bangla
- Native language
- Bangla
- Religion
- Islam
- Student of
- Allauddin Khan
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Philips Records
- Image
- Dia7275 Ali Akbar Khan r.jpg
- Work location
- Netherlands
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- date of birth
- 1922-02-14
- date of death
- 2009-06-19
- Commons category
- Ali Akbar Khan
- cause of death
- kidney failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- আলী আকবর খান
- has works in the collection
- National Museum of World Cultures
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Ali Akbar Khan (14 April 1922 – 18 June 2009) was an Indian Hindustani classical musician of the Maihar gharana, known for his virtuosity in playing the sarod. Trained as a classical musician and instrumentalist by his father, Allauddin Khan, he also composed numerous classical ragas and film scores. He established a music school in Calcutta in 1956, and the Ali Akbar College of Music in 1967, which moved with him to the United States and is now based in San Rafael, California, with a branch in Basel, Switzerland.
Khan was instrumental in popularizing Indian classical music in the West, both as a performer and as a teacher. He first came to America in 1955 on the invitation of violinist Yehudi Menuhin and later settled in California. He was an adjunct professor of music at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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