Aashish Khan

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Aashish Khan Debsharma (Hindi आशीष ख़ान देबशर्मा, Urdu: آشیش خان دیبشرما) (born December 5, 1939) (popularly known as Ustad Aashish Khan) is an eminent Indian classical musician, known for his virtuosity on the Sarode. He was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2006 in the 'Best World Music' category for his album "Golden Strings of the Sarode".[1] He is also a recipient of Government of India's highest honour in performing arts, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. Besides being a high-profile performer, composer, and conductor, he is also an adjunct professor of Indian classical music at the California Institute of the Arts, and the University of California at Santa Cruz, in the United States. - Family and life - Ustad Alauddin Khan tradition Aashish Khan is a representative of a family of great classical musicians of India. His grandfather Ustad Alauddin Khan, a singular phenomenon in the twentieth century Indian classical music, and founder of the "Senia Maihar Gharana" or "Senia Maihar School" of Indian classical music; was called with reverence as "Baba" (or Father) by his fellow maestros and students. His father Ustad Ali Akbar Khan was a distinguished Sarode player. His aunt Annapurna Devi is a Surbahar player and former wife of sitar legend Ravi Shankar. Maihar Aashish Khan was born in 1939 at Maihar, a small princely state of British India, where his revered grandfather Ustad Alauddin Khan was a royal court musician at that time. His mother the late Zubeida Begum was U

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Woodstock Generation

Golden Strings of the Sarode

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The Essential Ravi Shankar

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Inner Voyage

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Sarod, The Sound of the Mughal Court

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Ustad Aashish Khan

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Live at the Royal Festival Hall, London 1994

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Sarode Recital

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The Essential

Rainy Season Ragas

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Sarod, The Sound Of Mughal Court

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Jugalbandi: Sarod & Sarangi Duet (Live)

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