KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ashish Khan: Young Master of the Sarod

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

G.KHA.ASH.01

Program Length

48 min

Dates

| broadcast
| 402 | created

Description

Ashish Khan (born 1939), a recognized master of the sarod, performs two ragas, accompanied by Alla Rakha, on tabla and Amiya Das Gupta, on tamboura. This performance was recorded in the 1960s when Khan was still a relatively young man. A Grammy award nominee who has performed with Ravi Shankar, George Harrison and Eric Clapton, Khan is currently a professor at Cal Arts and the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Genres

World music

Musical Selections

Raga Lalit, in teetal (23:45) -- Raga Yaman Kalyan, in jhaptal (23:19)

Performers

Ashish Khan, sarod
Alla Rakha, tabla
Amiya Das Gupta, tamboura

Subjects

World music
Music -- India
Sarod music
Sarod and tabla music
Hindustani music
Ragas

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Related Entities

Khan, Ashish
Alla Rakha