New Delhi, Aashish Khan, the legendary sarod maestro who popularised the instrument world over and collaborated with worldwide musicians like George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Ringo Starr, has died, his household stated.
The 84-year-old musician breathed his final at a hospital in Los Angeles within the US on Thursday, surrounded by household, pals, and college students, his brother Alam Khan stated in an Instagram put up.
“My eldest brother, maestro of the Sarod and khalifa of the Maihar Gharana, Ustad Aashish Khan, has handed away. He was surrounded by love from household, pals, and college students in Los Angeles for the previous two days on the hospital as he departed this world.
“Aashish Da was an unbelievable and highly effective sarodist and composer whose music has impressed many musicians and listeners. He was a beloved guru and instructor to so many college students all over the world and he will probably be deeply missed,” Alam Khan posted.
Khan’s nephew Shiraz Khan additionally shared the information on Instagram.
“We have now been blessed to have him in our lives and he’ll stay in our hearts perpetually. #ustadaashishkhan,” he stated.
Khan’s initiation in sarod started at a younger age and he showcased a expertise for the instrument.
Born in 1939 in Maihar, Madhya Pradesh, Khan skilled below the steering of his grandfather Ustad Allauddin Khan, the founding father of the “Senia Maihar Gharana”, in addition to his father Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and aunt Annapurna Devi.
He performed a pivotal position in bringing Indian classical music to world audiences, charming listeners and provoking college students worldwide.
In 1989, following within the footsteps of icons like Pandit Ravi Shankar and Pannalal Ghosh, he was named composer and conductor of the All India Radio’s Vadya Vrinda ensemble.
He additionally collaborated with legendary Western artistes comparable to George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Charles Lloyd, and Alice Coltrane.
Khan labored extensively below Pandit Ravi Shankar and contributed to the soundtracks of Satyajit Ray’s “Apur Sansar”, “Parash Pathar”, “Jalsaghar” and Richard Attenborough’s “Gandhi”.
He additionally composed scores for movies comparable to David Lean’s “A Passage to India”, “The Man Who Would Be King” by John Huston and Tapan Sinha’s “Jotugriha”.
Khan fashioned his personal Indo-jazz band “Shanti” with tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain within the Sixties, a challenge which was an excellent success.
Khan was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2006 for the ‘Finest Conventional World Music Album’ class for his album “Golden Strings of the Sarode”.
He was felicitated with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the nation’s highest honour for performing arts, in 2004.
“Sangeet Natak Akademi and its affiliate our bodies deeply mourn the unhappy demise of Aashish Khan, an eminent Hindustani musician, a participant of the sarod, and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee. He handed away yesterday.
“Heartfelt condolences to the bereaved ones and prayers to the Almighty to provide them sufficient energy to bear this irreparable loss,” the organisation posted on its social media handles.
Khan additionally established a faculty below his identify in Kolkata, the Aashish Khan College of World Music and taught at numerous universities within the US, together with Ali Akbar School of Music , the College of Washington , and College of Alberta in Canada.
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