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Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is a highly acclaimed Indian sarod player and composer. Khan was born in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh in 1945, is the sixth-generation sarod player in his family and his ancestors have developed and shaped the instrument over several hundred years. "You could say it's my family instrument", says Khan, "Whoever is playing the sarod today learned directly or indirectly from my forefathers." His forefathers came from Afghanistan to India's relaxed music atmosphere and brought the