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"The greatest virtuoso of the Sarod, in my opinion, the best of his generation."-Jazzwise Magazine, 2005
The Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee presents the second copy of the book Abba...God's Greatest Gift To Us, to Amaan (left) and Ayaan (right).Amjad Ali Khan and Subhalakshmi Khan also present. November 2002.
"Amjad Ali Khan’s name represents the sure-fire guarantee of quality." -Folk Roots Magazine, 2005
"Life affirming playing. An artist at the peak of his career.."-Songlines World music Magazine 2005
"It was like watching an Indian classical answer to Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker crashing through their favourite Robert Johnson covers at the Cream revival earlier this month. Amjad Ali Khan may be a master of the sarod rather than the guitar,but once he had built up to the crescendo of his solo set - improvising furiously around the melody line with repeated, rapid-fire playing and then letting his equally frantic tabla player take over - it was easy to see why great Indian music can be as exciting as classic blues and rock."- The Guardian, London 2005
“One of the 20th century’s greatest masters of the Sarod…” - Songlines World Music Magazine, UK 2003
Music has no Religion. Amjad Ali Khan with Holiness the Dalai Lama at the launch of the Sacred World Music Concert series.May 2000
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LH: Lorraine Hahn AAK: Amjad Ali Khan Interview part 2 LH: Welcome come back to TalkAsia and our conversation with one of India's most celebrated classical musicians, Amjad Ali Khan. The master Sarod player has won numerous prestigious awards both at home and abroad. And counts performing for the Dalai Lama as one of his career highlights, thus far. At 59, Khan is the sixth generation proudly bearing the torch of his family's heritage. He recalls for me some of his fondest memories, including those with his father and guru-Haafiz Ali Khan.
AAK: You know the place I was born, Gwalior when I was receiving one of the highest award there, some group of old people came up to me and they mentioned that they had heard that I was 6 years old and they are still alive, and they can see me receiving this great honour. I was really touched, I was moved,
LH: Maestro, you were taught by your father, of course a very renowned sarod player himself, how did he introduce the sarod to you?
AAK: You see my father often used to sing and he wanted me to follow through my instrument, and that was a great way of teaching because human voice is most important. I think every human being is born with sound into them -- you know what we speak, conversation, recitation, chanting, is all part of music and this heartbeat is the indication of life and rhythm. So everybody can sing but in our system, Indian classical music system, we have to be very expressive, this is what my father taught me.
LH: Was he a strict teacher?
AAK: Yes very strict. He will, you know he use to lose his temper and sometimes he was very furious and we were very scared because my relationship with him more like guru and shushia, like student and teacher, because age difference was so much between him and me. I was the last child, unexpected child, youngest child, so I was pampered also. But I was taught, in our family we were taught the values of life, how to address the senior, in our system we still touch the feet of the guru. In south India, if you know their system of namashkar, you know people lie down in respect to their guru, and the holy men, like that. So in India I think the realization of guru is a lot, so and we believe in blessings. That hard work, dedication, practice, is fine -- but if you're not blessed, you cannot achieve your goal of life.
LH: So maestro, what was it like, growing up in this musical household?
AAK: A great opportunity, I think I'm very fortunate that I was born in the family of musicians. And my father was a very kind human being, he was very encouraging, very generous. I think that is why I feel connected with the whole world, the music, is very special, it's my life. Fortunately my wife is an artist herself, and she has contributed a lot. Even though we are two different religions, you know Muslim and Hindu, she is Subhalakshmi, but she has been a great energy pillar to keep us all together, my sons, all four of us. All of us, the common bind, we feel the presence of god and we feel connected with every religion, we feel connected with every soul, we want to see a very beautiful peaceful world and for that we are working hard though music.
LH: Your conviction to popularizing the sarod and your endless passion for it, where do you think it all began for you?
AAK: You see while traveling the world, while listening to the violin, listening cello, listening to guitar or symphony or work of Beethoven or work of Mozart, I had this re that I hope and wish that one day the whole world can experience the sound of sarod. You know-my sarod should become as popular as guitar or violin, because people are missing something in their lives. Because every instrument has a different message, every instrument has a different effect, and sarod -- the sound of sarod is something that one has to experience.
LH: Now if you weren't brought into this lineage, what do you think you would be doing?
AAK: I'm the most useless person I think because I couldn't do anything because I have not learnt anything from any book. With all due respect to all the books of the world and all the holy men and sages -- but my life has not learnt anything from any book. My life is what I experienced personally with my guru, with my knowledgeable people around the world and my own thinking. I don't feel comfortable with people who are fundamentalists, people who are bigoted, I pray for them, that they should become human beings. Because I feel there is only one religion in this world -- the humanity
LH: Just ahead on TalkAsia-Meet the seventh generation from the Bangash lineage.And hear them play with their father and our guest, Amjad Ali Khan.
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IT bhai, Apnar post maney to special kisu. Eto sundor vabe sajiye post koren apni....Kivabe koren? Jobab hoyna..... Onek onek Thanks vai. Not only for sharing this but also 4 posting it in such a great manner.....Cheers 4 IT bhai
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