Ali Akbar Khan
Ali Akbar Khan
Ali Akbar Khanwas a 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, Khan also composed several classical ragas and film scores. He established a music school in Calcutta in 1956, and the Ali Akbar College of Music in 1967, which moved with him to the USA and is now based in San Rafael, California, with a branch in Basel, Switzerland...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth14 April 1922
CountryIndia