Singing instrumental music is most important because, while you play an instrument, you are singing through the instrument… actually, you are singing inside.
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Birth: | 14th April, 1922 |
Death: | 18th June, 2009 |
Nationality: | American, Indian |
Profession: | Composer, Musician, Professor |
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Ali Akbar Khan was a Hindustani classical musician of the Maihar gharana, known for his virtuosity in playing the sarod. He established a music school in Calcutta in 1956, and the Ali Akbar College of Music in 1967, which is now located in San Rafael, California and has a branch in Basel, Switzerland. Khan also composed several classical ragas and film scores. He was a Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Music at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Khan was nominated for five Grammy Awards and was accorded India's second highest civilian honor, the Padma Vibhushan, in 1989. He has also won a MacArthur Fellowship and the National Endowment for the Arts's National Heritage Fellowship.
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