Aashish Khan Debsharma (born 5 December 1939) is an

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ian, a player of the

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. He was nominated for a

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in 2006 in the 'Best World Music' category for his album "Golden Strings of the Sarode". He is also a recipient of the

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IPA: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar, is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi Sangeet Natak Akademi (The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama in Englis ...

. Besides being a performer, composer, and conductor, he is also an adjunct professor of

at the

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, and the

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, in the

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Family and life

Ustad Alauddin Khan tradition

Aashish Khan was born in 1939 at

Maihar Maihar is a tehsil in Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India. Maihar is known for the temple of the revered mother goddess Sharda situated on Trikuta hill. Origin of the name It is said that when lord Shiva was carrying the body of the dead mother god ...

, a small state of

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, where his grandfather

Alauddin Khan Allauddin Khan, also known as Baba Allauddin Khan ( – 6 September 1972) was an Indian sarod player and multi-instrumentalist, composer and one of the most notable music teachers of the 20th century in Indian classical music. For a generation ...

, founder of the "Senia

Maihar Gharana The Maihar Gharana or Maihar-Senia Gharana is a gharana or school of Hindustani classical music, a style of Indian classical music originating in the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent. The school was formed by Allaudin Khan in the prin ...

" or "Senia Maihar School" of Indian classical music, was a royal court musician. His mother the late Zubeida Begum was

Ali Akbar Khan Ali Akbar Khan (14 April 192218 June 2009) was a 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 ...

's first wife. He was initiated into

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at the age of five by his grandfather. His training later continued under the guidance of his father

, and his aunt,

Annapurna Devi (1927 – 13 October 2018) was an Indian surbahar (bass sitar) player of Hindustani classical music. She was given the name 'Annapurna' by former Maharaja Brijnath Singh of the former Maihar Estate (M.P.), and it was by this name that she was p ...

. The "Senia Maihar Gharana" follows the traditional "Beenkar" and "Rababiya" pattern of the "Dhrupad" style. He has two children Faraz and Nusrat Khan from a previous marriage.

Career

Aashish Khan grew up in

and

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performing

. He gave his debut public performance at the age of 13, with his grandfather, on the

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"National Program", New Delhi, and in the same year, performed with his father and his grandfather at the "Tansen Music Conference",

. Since then he has performed at major venues of classical music and world music both in the

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and abroad. Aashish Khan is also a founder of the Indo-American musical group Shanti with

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player

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in 1969, and later, of the fusion group, "The Third Eye". In "Shanti", Aashish Khan is featured playing the acoustic Sarode sometimes through a fender guitar amplifier with vibrato effect. Under

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, he has worked as a background artist on musical products for both film and stage, including

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Winner

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's ''

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'', ''

Parash Pathar ''Parash Pathar'' ( bn, পরশ পাথর ''Porosh Pathor''; English: ''The Philosopher's Stone''; French: ''La Pierre Philosophale'') is a 1958 Bengali language Indian fantasy comedy film. It was Satyajit Ray's first film outside of ''The A ...

'', ''

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'', and

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's film ''

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''. He has also worked as a background artist with

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's film ''

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'',

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's ''

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'', and composed the music for

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's films, ''Joturgriha'' (for which he received Best Film Score Award) and ''Aadmi Aurat''. During 1989–1990, Aashish Khan served as the Composer and Conductor for the National Orchestra of

, New Delhi, India.

Collaborations

Aashish Khan has collaborated with such diverse western musicians as

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, Charles Lloyd,

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Alice Coltrane Alice Coltrane (' McLeod; August 27, 1937January 12, 2007), also known by her adopted Sanskrit name Turiyasangitananda, was an American jazz musician and composer, and in her later years a swamini. An accomplished pianist and one of the few har ...

Emil Richards Emil Richards (born Emilio Joseph Radocchia; September 2, 1932 – December 13, 2019) was an American vibraphonist and percussionist. Biography Musician Richards began playing the xylophone aged six. In High School, he performed with the Hartfor ...

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, Don Pope, Jorge Strunz, Ardeshir Farah, and the Philadelphia String Quartet. Ustad Aashish Khan has co-lead "Shringar" with Andrew McLean featuring notable

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musicians such as Tim Green and

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. Shringar is the first foray of any classical Indian musician into the music culture of New Orleans, widely considered the Mecca of Jazz. His recordings include ''

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'', ''Young Master of the Sarode'', ''California Concert'', ''Sarode and Piano Jugalbandi'', ''Shanti'', ''Live at the Royal Festival Hall London'', ''Homage, Inner Voyage'', ''Monsoon Ragas'', ''The Sound of Mughal Court'', and the latest, ''Jugalbandi Sarode &

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Duet'', with

Ustad Sultan Khan Ustad Sultan Khan (15 April 1940 – 27 November 2011) was an Indian ''sarangi'' player and classical vocalist belonging to ''Sikar Gharana''. He was one of the founding members of the Indian fusion group Tabla Beat Science, with Zakir Huss ...

Teaching

Aashish Khan is a music teacher, currently serving as adjunct professor of Indian Classical Music at the

, Los Angeles, US, and as an adjunct professor of Music at the

, United States. He has formerly taught at the faculties of the

Ali Akbar College of Music The Ali Akbar College of Music (AACM) is the name of three schools founded by Indian musician Ali Akbar Khan to teach Indian classical music. The first was founded in 1956 in Calcutta, India. The second was founded in 1967 in Berkeley, Californi ...

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in Canada and the

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. While pursuing a busy career as a concert artist and composer, he teaches students throughout the US, Canada, Europe, and Africa, as well as India. Many of his students have established themselves as stage performers in India and abroad. He presently divides his time principally between

, and California, where most of his students and disciples are located.

Recognition

He has been awarded the Fellowship of the

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, US, in 2002, and India's highest award for performing arts, i.e., the

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award in 2005. In 2006, he was nominated for a

in the 'Best World Music' category. On 24 May 2007 Ustad Aashish Khan became the first ever Indian classical musician to become a Fellow of the

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, the UK's highest society in Asian arts and culture.

Religious conversion

Aashish Khan is Hindu. In September 2006, he announced at a press conference in

that since his forefathers were

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s of the

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, and held the surname "Debsharma", he wished to use his forefathers' surname to help people understand the root of his musical lineage. He also stated that his family were never officially converted into

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and the surname "Khan" did not necessarily imply he was a Muslim. He based this assertion on the fact that his grandfather the late Ustad

Allauddin Khan Allauddin Khan, also known as Baba Allauddin Khan ( – 6 September 1972) was an Indian sarod player and multi-instrumentalist, composer and one of the most notable music teachers of the 20th century in Indian classical music. For a generation ...

wrote in his biography (''Aamar Katha, (

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), published by Ananda Publishers,

'') that his forefathers were indeed Hindus with the surname "Debsharma". He also said that his name (Aashish) and his brothers' names (Dhyanesh, Pranesh, Amaresh) were all given by their grandfather Allauddin; and these are essentially Hindi names. However, his father

rejected Aashish's claims as fallacies. Ali Akbar Khan told the

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newspaper in an e-mail: "I do not support his (Aashish's) choice. Unfortunately, many statements made by my son in the newspaper regarding the history of my family are incorrect." He stated that their family has been Muslim for many generations, and will remain Muslims.

Discography

*Aashish Khan: ''Inner Voyage''; Raga

Bhimpalasi Bhimpalasi or Bheempalasi (also known as Bhimpalas or Bheempalas) is a Hindustani classical raga. Raga Bhimpalasi belongs to the Kafi Thaat. Theory *Aarohana: *Avaroha: The raag has komal Ni and Ga. It is an Audava-Sampoorna jati raga, imply ...

(Pilgrimage), Raga Jog (Two Dimensions), Raga Mishra

Kafi Kafi ( pa, ਕਾਫ਼ੀ (Gurmukhi), (Shahmukhi), Hindi: काफ़ी, Urdu: کافی, Sindhi:ڪافي) is a classical form of Sufi music mostly in the Siraiki, Punjabi and Sindhi languages and originating from the Punjab, and Sindh ...

(Inner Voyage), Raga Mishra

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(Remembering You), Raga Mishra

Abhogi Abhogi () is a raga in Carnatic music and has been adapted to Hindustani music. It is a pentatonic scale, an ''audava'' raga. It is a derived scale (''janya'' raga), as it does not have all the seven ''swaras'' (musical notes). ''Ābhōgi'' has ...

(Love Within), Raga Mishra

(Under The Stars); Keyboards and Producer: Alan Scott Bachman; and Percussion: George Grant. (DDD) *Aashish Khan: Raga Desh Malhar, Raga Mishra

Sivaranjani Shivaranjani or Sivaranjani is a musical scale used in Indian classical music. There are two scales, one in Hindustani music and one in Carnatic music. The Hindustani rāga is a pentatonic scale, as is the Carnatic scale categorized as Audava ...

, Raga Mishra

Khamaj Khamaj () is a Hindustani classical Music raga within the Khamaj thaat which is named after it. Many ghazals and thumris are based on Khamaj. It utilises the shuddha (pure) form of Ni on the ascent, and the komala (flat) form of Ni on the desce ...

. Accompanists: Pranesh Khan in Tabla and Amie Maciszewski in Tanpura. Bihaan Music, Calcutta, India. (DDD) *Aashish Khan: ''Peace & Joy: Music For Relaxation''; Raga

Darbari Kanada Darbari Kanada, or simply Raga Darbari, (pronounced darbāri kānada), is a raga in the Kanada family, which is thought to have originated in Carnatic music and brought into Hindustani classical music by Miyan Tansen, the legendary 16th-c ...

, Raga Kaushi. Accompanist: Swapan Chaudhuri in Tabla. Ninaad Records, India (NC 0035). (DDD) *Aashish Khan & Sultan Khan: ''Jugalbandi – Sarode & Sarangi Duet''; Live in Stuttgart 1995; Raga

Shri Shri (; , ) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific. The word is widely used in South and Southeast Asian languages such as Marathi, Malay (including Indonesian and Malaysian), Javanese, ...

, Raga Maru Behag, Raga

Maand Mand or Maand ( hi, मांड गायकी) is a style of singing in Rajasthan, used in folk songs. It is similar to the thumri and the ghazal. Well known Mand singers include Allah Jilai Bai from Bikaner (awarded Padma Shri-1982 and Sange ...

; Tabla: Zakir Hussain, Tanpura: Shefali Nag & Madhuri Chattopadhyay. Chhanda Dhara, Germany (SNCD 70197).(DDD) *Aashish Khan: ''Rainy Season Ragas''; Raga Desh Malhar – Alap, Jod, Jhala, Raga Mian Ki Malhar – Gat in Tintal, Ragamalika – Gat in Tintal; Tabla: Zakir Hussain, Tanpura: Karuna Eff & Daniela Birschel. Chhanda Dhara, Germany (SNCD 70394).(DDD) *Aashish Khan & Indranil Bhattacharya: ''Homage to Our Guru – Jugalbandi''; Raga Darbari Kanara – Alap & Jod, Raga

Kirwani Kirwani is a musical scale in Hindustani classical music. It is an Indian raga specially suited for instrumental music. The scale is the same as the harmonic minor in western music. There are shades of Pilu in Kirwani. This raga is said to have ...

– Gats in Teental, Raga

in Thumri Style – Taal in Chanchar; Tabla: Anindo Chatterjee. Chhanda Dhara, Germany (SNCD 70994) & Navras Records, UK. (DDD) *Aashish Khan: ''Golden Strings of the Sarode''; Raga Bhimpalashi, Raga

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, Raga Lalitagouri; Tabla: Zakir Hussain. Moment Records, USA (MRCD 1022) & Music Today, India. (DDD) With George Harrison: *''

'' (1968) *''Young Master of the Sarod'' (1967); Raga

Lalit (raga) Lalit is a prominent raga in Hindustani classical music. It is commonly described as serene and devotional and is performed at dawn time of the day. The swara (notes of the Indian musical scale) of Lalit put emphasis on the minor second (Re) and ...

, Raga

Yaman (raga) Yaman (also known as kalyaan, Iman, Aiman,'Eman', ' Kalyani' in Carnatic classical music) is a heptatonic ( Sampurna) Indian classical raga of Kalyan Thaat. Its signature phrase (Pakad) is ni-Re-Ga-/Re-Ga/ni-Re-Sa/Pa-Ma#-Ga-Re/ni-Re-Sa' (Ma i ...

References

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