Aashish Khan, the legendary sarod maestro who popularized the instrument all over the world and collaborated with worldwide musicians similar to George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Ringo Starr, has died, his household mentioned.
The 84-year-old musician breathed his final at a hospital in Los Angeles, United States, on Thursday, surrounded by household, associates and college students, his brother Alam Khan mentioned in an Instagram put up.
“My elder brother, Grasp of Sarod and Caliph of Maihar Gharana, Ustad Aashish Khan, has handed away. He was surrounded by the love of household, associates and college students in Los Angeles for the final two days within the hospital as he departed this world.
“Aashish Da was an unimaginable and highly effective sarodist and composer whose music has impressed many musicians and listeners. He was a beloved guru and trainer to many college students all over the world and might 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 endlessly. #ustadaashishkhan,” he mentioned.
Khan's initiation into the sarod started at an early age and he demonstrated a expertise for the instrument.
Born in 1939 in Maihar, Madhya Pradesh, Khan skilled beneath his grandfather Ustad Allauddin Khan, the founding father of “Senia Maihar Gharana”, in addition to his father Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and aunt Annapurna Devi.
He performed a pivotal function in bringing Indian classical music to world audiences, charming listeners and provoking college students all over the world.
In 1989, following within the footsteps of icons like Pandit Ravi Shankar and Pannalal Ghosh, he was appointed composer and conductor of All India Radio's Vadya Vrinda ensemble.
He additionally collaborated with legendary Western artists similar to George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Charles Lloyd and Alice Coltrane.
Khan labored extensively with Pandit Ravi Shankar and contributed to the soundtracks of “Apur Sansar”, “Parash Pathar”, Satyajit Ray's “Jalsaghar” and Richard Attenborough's “Gandhi”.
He additionally composed soundtracks for movies similar to David Lean's “A Passage to India,” John Huston's “The Man Who Would Be King” and Tapan Sinha's “Jotugriha.”
Khan fashioned his personal Indo-jazz band “Shanti” with tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain within the 1960s, a challenge that was an enormous success.
Khan was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2006 within the class 'Finest Conventional World Music Album' for his album “Golden Strings of the Sarode”.
He was felicitated with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the nation's highest honor for performing arts, in 2004.
“Sangeet Natak Akademi and its related our bodies deeply mourn the unhappy demise of Aashish Khan, an eminent Hindustani musician, sarod performer and Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee. He handed away yesterday.
“My deepest condolences to the bereaved and prayers to the Almighty to present them sufficient energy to endure this irreparable loss,” the group posted on its social media.
Khan additionally established a college in his identify in Calcutta, the Aashish Khan College of World Music, and taught at a number of universities in the US, together with the Ali Akbar School of Music (California), the College of Washington (Seattle), and the College of Alberta in Canada.