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Artist
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
12+ albums
instrumentaltablahindustaniindian classicalsarod
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Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (b. 1945) is an Indian classical musician, playing the sarod. He was born on 9th October 1945 in Gwalior as Masoom Ali Khan, the youngest of six children, to Gwalior court musician Hafiz Ali Khan and Rahat Jahan. His is the sixth generation of musiciansin his family (which claims to have invented the sarod). His personal name was changed by a sadhu to Amjad. Khan was educated at home, and studied music under his father; he performed on the sarod from a young age, and performed publicly from 1963 until the early 2000s He was awarded India’s second highest civilian honor, the Padma Vibhushan, in 2001. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
