[Artist Biography] Ustad Ali Akbar Khan Profile

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Artist: Ustad Ali Akbar Khan

Real name: Ustad Ali Akbar Khan

Birth Date /Place: April 14, 1922

Age:  97 

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Musical Genres: Classical 

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Other Information:Ali Akbar Khan (14 April 1922 – 18 June 2009) was a Bengali 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 1956, and the Ali Akbar College of Music in 1967, which moved with him to the United States and is now based in San Rafael, California, with a branch in Basel, Switzerland.