Ustad Ali Akbar Khan was born in 1922, in East Bengal (Bangladesh), Ustad Ali Akbar Khan began his studies in music at the age of three. He studied vocal music from his father and drums from his uncle, Fakir Aftabuddin. His father, Ustad Allauddin khan, founder of the Maihar gharana, also trained him on several other instruments but he decided finally that he must concentrate on sarod and vocal
A great composer and virtuoso Sarod player active in presenting Indian music to Western audiences. Ali Akbar Khan's music is rooted in the Hindustani (northern) tradition of Indian music.
Being performing at age 14, soon becoming the court musician to the maharaja of Jodhpur. After 1955, when the violinist Yehudi Menuhin invited him to New York City, he often performed in the West, frequently in collaboration with his brother-in-law, the composer and sitar legend pandit Ravi Shankar.
As a composer Ustad Ali Akbar Khan is known for his film scores and as the creator of many raga. He founded schools of music in Calcutta (1956) and in Marin county, California (1967).
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