Classical Music of North India: The First Years of Study: 1 (The music of the Baba Allauddin Gharana as taught by Ali Akbar Khan at the Ali Akbar College of Music)
Hi folks, Shen's News : Last days in Japan, such a wonderful time. In the last few days I was blessed to accompany Steve Oda, 35 years' sarod student of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, twice. Blogs coming soon, I promise. From previous weeks, I've posted photos and stories about Tenzin's tour of Japan: parts 1 , 2 and 3 , plus Gifu Sangeet Mela 2009 . I'll be back in Brisbane on Thursday morning and have some...
Indo Occidental Symbiosis and Academy of Indian Culture presented Shanti ' an event organized in memory of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ' at Kalamandir from September 7 to 12. Eminent artists from the field of classical dance and music participated in this programme and paid their tribute to the legendary maestro. Calcutta witnessed a series of fine performances after a long time, and the organizers of Shanti...
Maihar, a small town in Madhya Pradesh, is almost entirely known for its rich musical heritage. If the city of Dharwad in Karnataka brings to mind Sawai Gandharva, Bhimsen Joshi, Basavraj Rajguru or Gangubai Hangal, Maihar seems synonymous with its most illustrious inhabitant, Ustad Allauddin Khan, who spent the better part of his life as court musician to the maharaja of that princely state, giving...
Time again for dribs and drabs of this and that that I have accumulated all magpie-like in my wanderings of the Internet. I term this feature The Angels' Share, as explained in the original edition back in July. On this...
Hyderabad Film Club and Swaranjali are organising the film screening of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan’s concert and Sange Mil se Mulakat, a film on Ustad Bismillah Khan. Venue: Prasad Labs Preview Theatre; Road no. 2, Banjara ...
The soundtrack of Lagaan, composed by double Oscar winner AR Rahman, has been listed among the 100 Greatest World Music Albums of All Time by a popular website.
Victoria: University of Victoria's Student Club Society For Indian Classical Arts (SICA) presents a Sarangi and Tabla: A Hindustani Style Indian Classical Music Concert
Narendra Nath Dhar, dean and head of the department of instrumental music, Bhatkhande Music Institute, Lucknow, was featured in one his now rare sarod recitals in Calcutta by Sangeet Ashram at the G.D. Birla Sabhagar on July 3. The recital was in the classic style of his principal teacher, Radhika Mohan Maitra (1917-1981), that adheres to been-rabab material along with traditional sarod additions....
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Ustad Ali Akbar Khan took Indian classical music to the West but the one dream he couldn't fulfil was to bring music back to where it all started for him: the defunct Ali Akbar College of Music in Calcutta.
Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, who passed away on June 18, was perhaps the most gifted of all the instrumentalists to have graced the Hindustani music scene in the past hundred years, that is, in the era of recorded music and the public concert stage. Those who have had the privilege of having heard sarod players of generations earlier than Ali Akbar’s have, almost to the man, put their prejudices aside,...
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