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In Concert
live album by Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan
In Concert is a double live album by sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar and sarodiyaAli Akbar Khan, released in on Apple Records. It was recorded at the Philharmonic Hall, New York City, in October , and is a noted example of the two Hindustani classical musicians' celebrated jugalbandi (duet) style of playing. With accompaniment from tabla player Alla Rakha, the performance reflects the two artists' sorrow at the recent death of their revered guru, and Khan's father, Allauddin Khan. The latter was responsible for many innovations in Indian music during the twentieth century, including the call-and-response dialogue that musicians such as Shankar, Khan and Rakha popularised among Western audiences in the s.
The album features three ragas, including "Raga Sindhi Bhairavi", which Ali Akbar Khan had previously interpreted on his landmark recording Music of India. In Concert has received critical acclaim; Ken Hunt
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Ali Akbar Khan
Hindustani musician (–)
For other uses, see Ali Akbar Khan (disambiguation).
Musical artist
Ali Akbar Khan (14 April &#;&#; 18 June ) was an Indian Hindustani classical musician of the Maihar gharana, known for his virtuosity in playing the sarod. Trained as a classical musician and instrumentalist by his father, Allauddin Khan, he also composed numerous classical ragas and film scores.[1] He established a music school in Calcutta in , and the Ali Akbar College of Music in , which moved with him to the United States and is now based in San Rafael,[citation needed] California, with a branch in Basel, Switzerland.
Khan was instrumental in popularizing Indian classical music in the West, both as a performer and as a teacher. He first came to America in on the invitation of violinist Yehudi Menuhin and later settled in California.[2] He was a adjunct professor of music at the University of California, Santa Cruz.[3]