Two weeks ago, we started work on India’s biggest concert. To entertain people who are locked-down at home. To pay tribute to those who work on the frontlines while we work from home. And to raise funds for those who have no work and no home. And when we were just days away from the concert, we lost two of our leading lights: #IrrfanKhan and #RishiKapoor. A stark reminder that life is fleeting. We must play our part. And keep the show going. So with a prayer in our hearts and a song on our lips, we bring you #IFORINDIA the concert for our times. 3rd May, 7:30pm IST. Watch it LIVE worldwide on Facebook. 100% of proceeds go to the India COVID Response Fund set up by @GiveIndia
2024
2023
Celebrating the Sarod at Wigmore Hall,with Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash
Watch this insightful documentary filmed during our sarod festival at Wigmore Hall, back in January 2023 when Wigmore Associate Artists Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash shared the stage and their music making with their Western counterparts. With Jennifer Pike, Sean Shibe, Jiaxin Lloyd Webber and Refugee Orchestra Project.
Apple and Biscuit Recordings
New music from
Amaan Ali Bangash, Ayaan Ali Bangash + Krishna Das
MUSIC FOR HOPE
Peace Mantra (Loka Samastha) Lokah Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu means “May everyone, in the whole world, be happy and may the thoughts, words, and actions of my own life contribute towards that happiness and freedom for all.” Krishna Das has joined Sarod virtuosos Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash in asking audiences to listen from the heart, breakthrough the troublesome polarities of continuity and change, tradition and innovation. In their sound we encounter technical assuredness bolstered by elegant lyricism and joy-filled dynamism. It is music forged from a unique artistic vision that rests upon a legacy seven generations deep and includes their revered father Amjad Ali Khan. They collaborate with Krishna Das as prayer to Neem Karoli Baba (Maharajji).
2022
Adding to the celebrations and eternalizing the spirit of 75 years of India’s Independence, a special rendition of ‘Vande Mataram’, titled ‘Three Generations - One Nation’ by Sarod Grand Master Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Bangash, Ayaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan’s 10 year old twins, Zohaan and Abeer. For the first time ever, they joined by the 8th generation of musicians of their family.
OUT NOW!
Sand and Foam- Music inspired by KAHLIL GIBRAN
Kabir Sehgal | Amaan Ali Bangash | Ayaan Ali Bangash
The new release from multi Grammy winner Kabir Sehgal & master sarodists Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash. They have fused East and West artistic traditions and turned to the eclectic works of Kahlil Gibran, the Lebanese writer and painter, for inspiration. The album and almost all tracks are named after Gibran's works. The eight tracks are an unfolding fusion of classical Indian music, with jazz harmonies, trap drums, and neo-synths. Special guest appearances by Claudia Acuna (vocals), Latin Grammy nominee; Tivon Pennicott (sax); Caliph (rap), Oran Etkins (saxophone), Malini Aswathi (vocals), SudhaRaghunanthan (vocals).
Released on July 29 by Tiger Turn in association with The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts
Prophets of Prose( New Single OUT NOW)
Kabir Sehgal | Amaan Ali Bangash | Ayaan Ali Bangash
A fusion of rap, jazz, fusion, with Indian/Middle Eastern tonalities by Amaan Ali Bangash, Ayaan Ali Bangash and Kabir Sehgal OUT NOW!
Featuring Claudia Acuña & Caliph (rap), with a message of coming together
The Wanderer ( New Single OUT NOW)
Sand and Foam- Music inspired by KAHLIL GIBRAN
Kabir Sehgal | Amaan Ali Bangash | Ayaan Ali Bangash
The forthcoming release from multi Grammy winner Kabir Sehgal & master sarodists Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash. Theu have fused East and West artistic traditions and turned to the eclectic works of Kahlil Gibran, the Lebanese writer and painter, for inspiration. The album and almost all tracks are named after Gibran's works. The eight tracks are an unfolding fusion of classical Indian music, with jazz harmonies, trap drums, and neo-synths. Special guest appearances by Claudia Acuna (vocals), Latin Grammy nominee; Tivon Pennicott (sax); Caliph (rap), Oran Etkins (saxophone), Malini Aswathi (vocals), Sudha Raghunanthan (vocals). Releasing on July 29 by Tiger Turn in association with The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts
New single
“Spirits Rebellious” OUT NOW in association with The Leela Palaces Hotels and Resorts.
Music Inspired by Kahlil Gibran, Kabir Sehgal, Amaan Ali Bangash, Ayaan Ali Bangash
Album drops July 29 on Tiger Turn in association with Leela Group of Hotels
8 tracks with special guest artists: Claudia Acuna (vocals), Tivon Pennicott (sax); Caliph (rap), Oran Etkins (saxophone), Malini Aswathi (vocals), Sudha Raghunanthan (vocals)
New Album!
Sand and Foam: Music Inspired by Kahlil Gibran
Kabir Sehgal, Amaan Ali Bangash, Ayaan Ali Bangash
Album drops July 29 on Tiger Turn in association with The Leela Palaces, Hotels and
Resorts
8 tracks with special guest artists: Claudia Acuna (vocals), Tivon Pennicott (sax);
Caliph (rap), Oran Etkins (saxophone), Malini Aswathi (vocals), Sudha Raghunanthan
(vocals)
Chhap Tilak Song Out!
Experience the timeless masterpiece only on Panorama Music.
It is rare when raw abandon of a new voice and the modern resonance of tradition become a musical message unified with spirit of the words. This is what this version of Chhap tilak becomes in the voice of Amrita Kak with the strumming of the classical Sarod in the hands of the nexgen players Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash. A new world opens up.
Khusrau’s submission to his pir Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya through their eyes becomes eternal and universal. As always it finds new ways to bring to life the highest order of ISHQ, (love).It is the key to the connection of the creation with the creator through a pair eyes we all have, to a heart we are endowed with, with a sense of hearing we all possess. And all these possessions are surrendered to the beloved. In this song it becomes a living tangible experience.
WE FOR LOVE
Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash Announce Their Third EP - We For Love
A Presentation Featuring Karan Johar,Amjad Ali Khan, Karsh Kale, Malini Awasthi, Mahesh Kale, Shubha Mudgal And PareshMaity.
An Initiative To Support Justice For Every Child Campaign Against Child Sexual Abuse Launched By Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation.
2021
Joe Walsh & Friends Present VETSAID 2021
The Basement Show to be available online to watch and rewatch 12/18 and 12/25 and every dollar we raise here will go directly to veterans services. Joe Walsh launched VetsAid on September 20, 2017 with an inaugural concert at the EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, VA. The second festival event was in Tacoma, WA and the third in Houston, TX. VetsAid typically seeks to host the events in cities across the country with large veteran populations. VetsAid 2020 saw the festival move online during the COVID pandemic with more than 40 participating artists. To date, VetsAid has disbursed nearly $1.8 million dollars to organizations that support veterans and their families. All net proceeds from the 2021 streaming festival will go directly to the veterans’ services charities selected through a vetting process coordinated in tandem with the Combined Arms Institute
Official Release Date: July 2
AMJAD ALI KHAN - Masterpieces for Sarod and Violin
Amjad Ali Khan (Composer and Sarod)
Elmira Darvarova (Violin)
Amaan Ali Bangash (Sarod)
Ayaan Ali Bangash (Sarod)
Affetto Records (Distributed by Naxos)
This double\-album presents Amjad Ali Khan’s compositions for Sarod and Violin as a collection comprising the works previously premiered in three separate albums. The recordings included in this collection represent the culmination of a collaboration that came about through a serendipitous meeting of the artists in 2014 – Amjad Ali Khan, the Titan of the Sarod, straddling two centuries, universally venerated as one of the greatest living Indian musicians in any genre; his sons, disciples and widely acclaimed Sarod virtuosi in their own right, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash; and the distinguished American violinist Elmira Darvarova, herself a historical figure as the first ever (and so far only) woman\-concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York. The first fruit of these artists’ unique joining of forces was their album, SOUL STRINGS, a bridge across which their respective traditions, coming from Indian Classical and Western Art Music genres, were generously shared, each with its expressive and technical integrity intact, rather than squeezed into that oft\-used and abused notion of “fusion.” What that first album suggested subtly, about this daring, supercharged, yet profoundly respectful and even affectionate meeting of musical minds, was later brilliantly confirmed by their second album AMALGAM, which included the inimitable sound of the universally beloved and venerated elder statesman of Indian Classical Music today – Amjad Ali Khan. Drawing on the North and South Indian classical music idioms, AMALGAM not only featured new works but also explored new aesthetic and rhetorical terrain both in terms of the intimate level of phrase and note, as well as at the larger architectonic and structural aspects of the music. The artists offered their third album PEACE WORSHIPERS as a final volume of their trilogy, again with new compositions for Sarod and Violin by Amjad Ali Khan.
Amjad Ali Khan and Joe Walsh present a spiritually infused three-song EP which is an offering for the widespread human suffering releasing on June 4 on Universal Music.
As a mark of gratitude and support to the doctors, nurses and front line workers, this East meets West collaboration carries the message of peace, love and hope. Along with Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash, they are joined by several iconic Los Angeles-based musicians; drummers Stewart Copeland (of the Police) and Jim Keltner, bassists Nathan East, Leland Sklar and Abe Laboriel Sr., keyboardist Ed Roth, guitarists Davey Johnstone (Elton John’s longtime lead guitarist) and multi-instrumentalist Joe Vitale, with whom Joe Walsh has been a bandmate.
Wigmore Hall appoints nine new Associate Artists and announces new partnership with the African Concert Series
Taking as inspiration Wigmore Hall’s illustrious history, as well as seismic events since the outbreak of the pandemic last spring, the Hall’s 120th Anniversary is headlined by Director John Gilhooly's appointment of nine new Associate Artists, who are Amjad Ali Khan (sarod), Amaan Ali Bangash (sarod), Ayaan Ali Bangash (sarod), Lawrence Power (viola), Gweneth Ann Rand (soprano), Trish Clowes (saxophone), Elaine Mitchener (vocal and movement artist), Christian McBride (jazz bass) and Nitin Sawhney (composer/performer). Wigmore Hall has committed to five-year relationships with each Associate Artist, presenting each musician at least once every season. Also joining Wigmore Hall’s family of partners at John Gilhooly’s invitation is the African Concert Series spearheaded by the Nigerian-Romanian pianist Rebeca Omordia. The series reflects the depth and diversity of African art music, a rich genre which forms a bridge between Western classical music and traditional African music.
STRINGS FOR PEACE: Premieres for Guitar & Sarod Sharon Isbin, guitar; Amjad Ali Khan, sarod/composer Amaan Ali Bangash, Ayaan Ali Bangash, sarods; #2 Amazon World Music Charts
''A remarkable spiritual and emotional journey...Sharing the great unique treasures of
their own artistic traditions...Combining the
guitar and sarod results in an extraordinary blend.'' Rolling Stone
“A spectacular collaboration exploring North Indian classical music … at once calming
and exciting, brilliant…like so many
beautiful sunrises…Fantastic fidelity… Strings for Peace draws you into its hourlong
journey with virtuosity at...
2020
Dec 12 VetsAid2020 Joe Walsh and Friends
VetsAid 2020: Home for the Holidays on December 12th at 6pm EST! $20 TICKETS & MERCH BUNDLES ARE NOW ON SALE @ https://veeps.events/VetsAid_FB! Grab your loved ones and gather round for the livestream of the season with all proceeds going directly to veterans services. #vetsaid2020
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2019
Amjad Ai Khan’s photograph on display in Zankel Hall gallery from the concert held in 2017
New York Dec 2019
Amjad Ali Khan Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash before their Carnegie Hall concert in New York
Dec 2019
Sarod Concerto Samaagam with Conductor Neal Gittleman and the Dayton Philharmonic at Schuster Center, Dayton OH
Image courtesy Andy Snow Photography October 2019
The master of the Indian sarod, Amjad Ali Khan, is currently on tour across the USA with his sons Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash, and will be selling re-issued copies of his 2004 Real World album Moksha. This beautiful recording of Indian classical music is now also available to pre-order on CD, and will be re-issued internationally on 2 December 2019.
AAK Amaan ali banagsh amd Ayaan ali banagsh to attend the Indo-American Arts Council Lit Fest with AnupamPkher on Lessons Life Taught Me,
Unknowingly: An Autobiography In
attendance India in
New York October 2019
Amjad Ali Khan, and his two sons, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash complete a seven city US tour with Concerts at the gorgeous Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City.
Sixth & I presented by Washington Performing Arts and Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra.
Amjad ali khan Amaan ali Bangash and Ayaan ali bangash record with the legendary Joe Walsh in Los Angeles.
November 2019
Memorable moments with Joe Walsh and Ringo Starr in Los Angeles along with Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash.
July 2019
Mt. Gretna, PA Images by Joshwa Productions Amaan Ali Bangash Ayaan Ali Bangashh
July 2019
Vancouver Island Music Festival #vancouverislandmusicfestival.
Amaan Ali Bangash Ayaan Ali Bangas.
July 2019
Shanghai concert at Shanghai Centre Theatre for #Chaitiartsfestival Amaan
Ali Bangash Ayaan Ali Bangash.
#satyajitalwalkar #sridharparthasarthy
July 2019
Amaan and Ayaan did a seven city india tour for RBL Bank.
April/ june 2019
Newbury Festival !!!
Newbury Spring Festival Jennifer Pike Amaan
Ali Bangash Ayaan Ali Bangash
May 2019
With Stephen Fry at Barbican centre, London
May 2019
Amaan and Ayaan celebrated Wigmore Hall’s 118th Birthday by presenting Soul Strings with Jennifer Pik
May 2019
Master on Masters book release by Her Excellency Smt. Ruchi Ghanshyam, High Commissioner of India and book reading by Conductor David Murphy in #London at Nehru Centre London Penguin India
#MasteronMasters
May 2019
Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan
Be captivated by the resonant sound of the sarod, played by two generations of masters in a programme of classical Indian music.
Amjad Ali Khan performs with sons Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash, bringing new and timeless interpretations to the repertoire. Hailed as one of the 20th century’s undisputed masters of the sarod, Amjad Ali Khan is widely credited with reinventing the technique of playing this versatile and melodic instrument.
April 2019
Amjad Ali Khan records with Guitarist Sharon Isbin in New York for Strings for Peace
April 2019
Amjad Ali Khan’s Sarod Concerto Samaagam with Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash played by the fabulous New Jersey Symphony Orchestra at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and at State Theater in New Jersey conducted by the brilliant Xian Zhang.
April 2019
The musical divas Angélique Kidjo and Dona Onete at WOMAD Festival WOMAD New Zealand
March 2019
Samaagam with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra at WOMADelaide with Amaan Ali Bangash Ayaan Ali Bangash#samaagam #sarodwith Adelaide Symphony Orchestra WOMADelaide #AmaanAliBangash
#AyaanAliBangash #LukeDollson #womadelaide #sarod #samaagam #sarodconcerto #australia #AdelaideSymphonyOrchestra #WOMADelaide
March 2019
Amjad ali Khan’s Sarod Concerto Rehearsals with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra for WOMADelaide. Amjad Ali Khan Amaan Ali Bangash Ayaan Ali Bangash with Conductor LukeDollson
March 2019
PEACE TRIBE concert tour in Kolkata, Mumbai & Delhi with Amaan ali Bangash Ayaan ali Bangash and Sharon isbin
Feb 2019
Amjad Ali khan Honours his guru and father Ustad Haafiz Ali Khan in Gwalior at ITM University, a multidisciplinary private university with subjects spanning the sciences, engineering, management, fine arts, social sciences, arts, and nursing #gwalior #MadhyaPradesh #ITMUniversity
Feb 2019
Concert at VICTORIA MEMORIAL in #Kolkata for Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet #VictoriaMemorial Tatasteel
January 2019
Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet. In conversation with Arunabha Deb on Amjad Ali Khan’s book Master on Masters published by Penguin Random House
January 2019
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Amjad Ali Khan receives the HELLO! India Lifetime Acheivement Award today in Mumbai from Mr. Harsh Goenka and Mrs. Amruta Fadnavis
January 2019
2018
The UN Day Concert 2018 featured Sarod virtuoso Amjad Ali Khan, accompanied by his sons Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash, and the Refugee Orchestra Project conducted by Lidiya Yankovskaya, Conductor. This year’s concert dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi was themed on “Traditions of Peace and Non-violence” in the presence of António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations.
October 2018
Very honoured to have received the Kamala Saikia National Award at its annual memorial lecture programme last evening in Guwahati by the Kamala Saikia Memorial Trust. The Journalist Kamala Saikia Memorial Trust, which was formed in 2002 has organised a lecture programme since that year in his hallowed memory on August 9 every year in Guwahati. Till date, 16 journalists from within and outside the country have delivered the memorial lecture #JournalistKamalaSaikiaMemorialTrust #Guwahati #Assam
August 2018
Amjad Ali Khan for the Honourable President of India, Shri. Ram Nath Kovind this evening at Rashtrapati Bhawan
July 2018
KORK i Store studio - Amjad Ali Khan
Amjad Ali Khan: Samaagam - Sarod Concerto Ludwig van Beethoven: Prometheus, ballettmusikk
Et sensasjonelt møte mellom KORK, indisk klassisk musikk og en av verdens største
musikalske stjerner i Store studio. Amjad Ali Khan er verdensener på sarod, et
strengeinstrument med lange tradisjoner, og spilt på i Amjad Ali Khans familie i seks
generasjoner. Om du er en musikalsk helt i India, er du en stjerne av proporsjoner en
stakkars nordmann har vanskelig for å fatte, men Amjad Ali Khan er også en verdensmusikant
og har spilt i alt av de store konsertsalene og på festivalene kloden rundt. Han
samarbeider på tvers av stilarter og har jobbet med flere symfoniorkestre. Samaagam er fra
sanskrit og betyr å flyte sammen. Her flyter forskjellige to musikkulturer sammen i 12
ragaer. KORK er klare for nok et musikalsk eventyr! Amjad Ali Khan, sarod Markus Lehtinen,
dirigent
March 2018
2017
Roots of Fire! -where East meets West in a ground-breaking new piece of music.Amjad Ali Khan and David Murphy tour with Sinfonia Verdi at Luton Slough and Leicester
Nov 2017
Amjad Ali Khan performs at Zankel Hall in New York
November 2017
PEACE WORSHIPERS receives a GOLD MEDAL at the GLOBAL MUSIC AWARDS
This is due to the extraordinary artistic collaboration of all the magnificent artists--
the legendary sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan, sarod superstars Amaan & Ayaan Ali Bangash and
virtuoso violinist Elmira Darvarova. Thank you also to the team behind the scenes - sound
engineers John Baker, Sumit Babbar, Sam Ward and Ryan Streber, booklet annotator George
Mathew, artist photographer Inni Singh, graphic designer Jana DeWitt, distributor Naxos,
and all who were part of this wonderful East meets West recording.
September 2017
Find the album at:
Peace Worshippers Amjad Ali Khan, Elmira Darvarova, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash
Peace Worshippers represents the culmination of a collaboration between Amjad Ali Khan, the Titan of the sarod, straddling two centuries, universally venerated as one of the greatest living Indian musicians in any genre; his sons, disciples and widely acclaimed sarod virtuosi in their own right, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash; and the distinguished American violinist Elmira Darvarova, herself a historical figure as the first woman concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York. This recording emerges from Amjad Ali Khan's deep and long abiding commitment to peace and tolerance both in the larger world as well as in the smaller communities of city, neighborhood, and the circles of family and friends - a commitment which has taken him to the United Nations and the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo as well as the greatest concert halls and performing venues around the world. This album is the fruit of an approach that these artists have championed in their trilogy of collaborative recordings, Soul Strings, then Amalgam and now Peace Worshipers - boldly sharing their respective traditions and genres with each other while keeping the integrity and character of those traditions intact and exploring the idiom and styles of the other with fearless, ferocious energy and generous enthusiasm. In this final volume, alongside the compositions of Amja Ali Khan, are works from regional folk traditions in India and Europe. Released by Naxos on Affetto Records.
July 2017
Film maker Karan Johar releases MASTER ON MASTERS. Veteran musician and sarod maestro, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, writes a deeply personal book about the lives and times of some of the greatest icons of Indian classical music. Having known these stalwarts personally, he recalls anecdotes and details about their individual musical styles, bringing them alive. Twelve eminent musicians of the twentieth century appear in the book - Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Amir Khan, Begum Akhtar, Alla Rakha, Kesarbai Kerkar, Kumar Gandharva, M.S. Subbulakshmi, Bhimsen Joshi, Bismillah Khan, Ravi Shankar, Vilayat Khan and Kishan Maharaj. In writing about them, Amjad Ali Khan transcends the Gharana and north-south divide and presents portraits of these great artists that are drawn with affection, humour and warmth. Out on Penguin Random House India.
Feb 2017
Superstar Amitabh Bachchan releases Journey – Rabab to Sarod in Mumbai
The album is a beautiful combination of togetherness of Daud Khan Sadozai, Amaan Ali Bangash & Ayaan Ali Bangash. Amjad Ali Khan makes a special appearance in the track Holi Mela. Sarod was formed out of Rabab and it is a Persian term which means Music. The album “Journey” describes the evolution that happened in the sound from Rabab to Sarod. Rabab has its elements in Folk & Sarod has its place in classical and world music. It is a treat for all the music lovers for having Rabab & Sarod recorded together for the first time.
January 2017
Amjad Ali Khan at The gorgeous Amber Fort at the Jaipur Literature Festival
January 2017
Amjad Ali Khan performs at the newly reopened Royal Opera House in Mumbai
January 2017
2016
Doctorate by Indira Kala Sangit Vishwavidyalaya Sangeet Nagari - Khairagarh, Chhattisgarh conferred on Amjad Ali Khan
December 2016
Amjad Ali Khan performs for HelpMeSee with Conductor George Matthew and the Bombay Chamber Society with Elmira Darvarova and soloist Julian Clef Helping make India Cataract-free. Concerts IN New Delhi and MUMBAI
October 2016
Amjad AliKhan Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash perform Amjad Ali Khan Sarod Concerto Samaagam with Jacob's Orchestra and conductor Camilo Tellez at Auer Hall in Bloomington
October 2016
Amjad Ali Khan and Subhalakshmi Khan’s ‘candid conversation’ at Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London
September 2016
Amjad Ali Khan at Royal Festival Hall at the Darbar Festival
September 2016
Sarod Euphony released on Saregama
June 2016
AMALGAM
Amalgam is a follow-up on the highly acclaimed album "Soul Strings" released in September of 2015, in which sarod virtuoso Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash joined forces with American classical violinist Elmira Darvarova to create a unique collaboration, a bridge between their respective musical traditions which were carried whole and un-compromised. Amalgam brilliantly confirms this daring, supercharged, yet profoundly respectful and even affectionate meeting of these musical minds, made all the more profound by the inclusion of Amjad Ali Khan, the father of featured sarod virtuosos Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash, universally beloved and venerated elder statesman not only of the Sarod, but also for the larger world of Indian Classical Music today, and composer of the classical Indian ragas featured on this album as well as "Soul Strings." In addition, "Amalgam" features a solo work composed and performed by Grammy-nominated violinist Elmira Darvarova, powerfully informed by the folk traditions of her own Bulgarian roots. Amalgam brings new meaning and a redefinition to the description "World Music" as it crosses and joins classical genres of the east and west with brilliant musicianship in world premiere performances.
Released on Affetto Records, June 2016
India en Concierto Spain Tour. Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash complte their three city Spain tour with the finale concert in Madrid at Teatros del Canal.
June 2016
Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan & Ayaan Concert
Marked by a plaintive, almost voice-like sonority and nearly superhuman speed and clarity, Amjad Ali Khan’s artistry has gathered legions of fans from all corners of the globe. Khan has collaborated with a staggering array of artists from around the world, including the Hong Kong Philharmonic and jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd. In 2014 Amjad Ali Khan and his children played at the predtigious Nobel Peace prize Ceremony in Oslo, Norway as well as the Nobel Peace Prize Concert along with the line up of Queen Latta, Steven Tyler, Numno Bettencourt and LauraMvula.
May 2016
Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash make their China debut at Shanghai Center Theater in Shanghai and Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.
May 2016
Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan, Ayaan Ali Khan & Rahim Alhaj Live
Indian #Sarod maestros, Amjad Ali Khan and his son Ayaan Ali Khan join Iraqi #Oud virtuoso and composer, Rahim AlHaj following the recent release of their CD, Infinite Hope, which is a follow up to their Grammy-nominated release, Ancient Sounds.
April 2016
Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Khan, Ayaan Ali Khan live at The MET, NY
"There is no essential difference between classical and popular music," says Amjad Ali Khan. "Music is music. I want to communicate with the listener who finds Indian classical music remote." From the city of Gwalior in central India to the BBC Proms to Carnegie Hall, this Indian celebrity has been doing just that for more than fifty years, introducing new audiences to the spellbinding sound of his lute-like sarod and enthralling long-time fans with a master's virtuosity. Khan performs with his sons, Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan, the family's seventh generation of sarod players and "worthy heirs to their father's crown." (Songlines)Tickets to this event include Museum admission. Doors will open approximately one hour prior to the event and you may purchase a drink and relax in your seat prior to the show. Presented in collaboration with World Music Institute.
April 2016
Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash complete their 6 six city spring US Tour.
March/ April 2016
Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan live at Boston
Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan performing at the 11th edition of #LearnQuest's multi-day annual music conference at Regis College, Fine Arts Center
March 2016
Sarod Virtuoso Amjad Ali Khan with Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan live
The mission of Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center is to offer a broad range of arts opportunities and experiences to engage our diverse community. Performing on 22nd March 7:30 pm with my Guru #Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan and Amaan Ali Khan
March 2016
Unique Musical Baithak at Sarod Ghar presented Biswajit Roy Chowdhury, Narendra Nath Dhar, Debojyoti Bose and Mukesh Sharma, four senior and disciples (Shishyas) of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan who will be performing on the Sarod Guru Shishya Parampara - a sacred ancient relationship through which the student acquires the transcendental knowledge from the teacher by humble reverence, sincere inquiry and service.
March 2016
Khans on the cover of Harmony Magazine.
February 2016
Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash performed in New Delhi and Mumbai with Grammy Nominated Violinist Elmira Darvarova. The two sold-out SOUL STRINGS concerts took place at the National Center for Performing Arts (Tata Theatre) in Mumbai and The Taj Mahal Hotel in New Delhi. A great and brilliantly successful event, presenting masterpieces by Johann Sebastian Bach and Amjad Ali Khan. This also marked the India release of Soul Strings by Times Music, through a partnership with Affetto and Naxos.
February 2016
SOUL STRINGS released in India! A musical collaboration with Elmira Darvarova, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash,this album releases in India both as a CD and digitally, through a partnership between Affetto and Times Music
February 2016
Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash erform for the 80th Birthday Celebration of His Holiness The Dalai Lama in New Delhi
January 2016
Amaan Ali Bangash performs at the Doverlane Music Conference
January 2016
Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash perform at Janfest for Indian Music Group at St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai
January 2016
Amjad Ali Khan performs at The Dover Lane Music Conference in Kolkata
January 2016
Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash perform in support of NDTV’s Swach India Campaign along with Superstar Amitabh Bachchan in Mumbai
January 2016
Amjad Ali Khan and his sons Amaan and Ayaan lent their support to the Swachh India campaign. Campaign for a Swachh Bharat on NDTV Cleanathon. They joined campaign ambassador Amitabh Bachchan for the 12-hour Banega Swachh India Cleanathon, which aims to get people to pledge their time to join the clean-up drives across India, through the year. The Sarod Maestro said that what we are doing today should have started 50 years ago. Amaan Khan added that where there is a cleanliness, God will reside there. Their enthralling performance at the Cleanathon was an attempt to get people to embrace hygienic habits.
January 2016
