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░ ▓████▓▌ ░ Artist.......: Amjad Ali Khan ▐▓▀▀
▓ ▐█████▓█ Album........: North India (Sarod) ▀ ░
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▓████▓▌ 01. Alap (Miya-ki-Malhar) 10:30 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 02. Dhamar (Miya-ki-Malhar) 15:44 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 03. Ektal (Miya-ki-Malhar) 06:49 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 04. Teental (Miya-ki-Malhar) 05:25 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 05. Teen-Tal Vilambit (slow) 20:00 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ (Zila-Kafi - Ragamala) ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 06. Teental Drut (fast) (Zila-Kafi - Ragamala) 08:03 ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ [ A B O U T . T H i S . R E L E A S E ] ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ He was all of 6 years old, when Amjad Ali Khan gave ▓▌
▓████▓▌ his first recital of Sarod. It was the beginning of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ yet another glorious chapter in the history of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Indian classical music. Taught by his father Haafiz ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Ali Khan, a musician to the royal family of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Gwalior, Amjad Ali Khan was born to the illustrious ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Bangash lineage rooted in the Senia Bangash School ▓▌
▓████▓▌ of music. Today he shoulders the sixth generation ▓▌
▓████▓▌ inheritance of this legendary lineage. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ After his debut, the career graph of this musical ▓▌
▓████▓▌ legend took the speed of light, and on its way the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Indian classical music scene was witness to regular ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and scintillating bursts of Raga supernovas. And ▓▌
▓████▓▌ thus, the ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ world saw the Sarod being given a new and yet ▓▌
▓████▓▌ timeless interpretation by Amjad Ali Khan. Khan is ▓▌
▓████▓▌ one of the few maestros who consider his audience ▓▌
▓████▓▌ to be the soul of his motivation. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ As he once said, "There is no essential difference ▓▌
▓████▓▌ between classical and popular music. Music is ▓▌
▓████▓▌ music. I want to communicate with the listener who ▓▌
▓████▓▌ finds Indian classical music remote." ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ He has performed at the WOMAD Festival in Adelaide ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and New Plymouth, Taranaki in New Zealand, WOMAD ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Rivermead Festival in UK, Edinburgh Music Festival, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ World Beat Festival in Brisbane, Summer Arts ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Festival in Seattle, BBC Proms, International Poets ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Festival in Rome, Shiraz Festival, UNESCO, Hong ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Kong Arts Festival, Adelaide Music Festival, 1200 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Years celebration of Frankfurt and Schonbrunn in ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Vienna. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ In the matter of awards, Amjad Ali Khan has the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ privilege of winning the kind of honours and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ citations at his relatively young age, which, for ▓▌
▓████▓▌ many other artistes would have taken a lifetime. He ▓▌
▓████▓▌ is a recipient of the UNESCO Award, Padma Vibhushan ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Highest Indian civilian award), Unicef's National ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Ambassadorship, The Crystal Award ( by the World ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Economic ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Forum and Hon'ry Doctorates from the Universities ▓▌
▓████▓▌ of York, England, Delhi University and the Vishva ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Bharti (Deshikottam) in Shantiniketan and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ "Commander of the order of Arts and letters" by the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ French Government and this year, the the 15th ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Fukuoka Asian Culture Grand Prize 2004 in Japan. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ He represented India in the first World Arts Summit ▓▌
▓████▓▌ in Venice, received Hon'ry Citizenship to the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ States of Texas, Massachusetts, Tennessee and the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ city of Atlanta. April 20th, 1984 was declared as ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Amjad Ali Khan Day in Boston, Massachusetts. In ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 1995, Mr. Khan was awarded the Gandhi UNESCO Medal ▓▌
▓████▓▌ in Paris for his composition Bapukauns. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ His collaborations include a piece composed for the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Yoshikazu Fukumora titled Tribute to Hong Kong, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ duets with gutarist Charley Byrd, Violinist Igor ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Frolov, Suprano Glenda Simpson, Guitarist Barry ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Mason and UK Cellist Matthew Barley. He has been a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ visiting professor at the Universities of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Yorkshire, Washington, North Eastern and New ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Mexico. BBC Magazine had voted one of his recent ▓▌
▓████▓▌ CDs titled æBhairavÆ among the best 50 classical ▓▌
▓████▓▌ albums of the world for the year 1995. In 1994, his ▓▌
▓████▓▌ name was included Biographical in International ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Directory of Distinguished Leadership, 5th edition. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ In 1999, Mr. Khan inaugurated the World Festival of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Sacred Music with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 1998, Khan composed the signature tune for the 48th ▓▌
▓████▓▌ International Film Festival. In March 2002, Mr. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Khan released his Carnegie Hall concert recording, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Sarod for Harmony-Live at Carnegie Hall to ▓▌
▓████▓▌ commemorate his fiftieth performing year. Once ▓▌
▓████▓▌ again this year, Maestro Amjad Ali Khan performed ▓▌
▓████▓▌ for His Royal Highness Prince Charles at his ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Highgrove Estate for the second time after earlier ▓▌
▓████▓▌ recitals in 1989, 1995 and 1997(at St. James ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Kennedy Center, Santury Hall (First Indian ▓▌
▓████▓▌ performer), House of Commons, Theater Dela Ville, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Muee Guimet, ESPLANADE in Singapore, Palais ▓▌
▓████▓▌ beaux-arts, Mozart Hall in Frankfurt, Chicago ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Symphony Center, St. James Palace and the Opera ▓▌
▓████▓▌ House in Australia. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ In his case, the term 'beauty of the Ragas' ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ the distinction of having created many new Ragas. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ It is love for music and his belief in his music ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ notions of music for a new refreshing way, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ reiterating the challenge of innovation and yet ▓▌
▓████▓▌ respecting the timelessness of tradition. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Two books have been written on him. The World of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Amjad Ali Khan by UBS Publishers in 1995 and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Abba-GodÆs Greatest Gift To Us by his sons, Amaan ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and Ayaan published by Roli Books-Lustre ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Publications in 2002. A documentary on Mr. Khan ▓▌
▓████▓▌ called Strings for Freedom won the Bengal Film ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Journalist Association Award and was also screened ▓▌
▓████▓▌ at the Ankara Film Festival in 1996. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ æComing MastersÆ as the New York Times calls them, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ his two sons, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Bangash are well known names in the music scene and ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ family. Amjad Ali Khan's wife Subhalakshmi Khan has ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ dance, Bharatnatyam, which, she sacrificed for her ▓▌
▓████▓▌ family. As a soul, so in his heart, he is a man who ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ and music. He is a living example of a man who ▓▌
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