Question
Download Solution PDFIn honour of an Indian musician, the US state of Massachusetts proclaimed 20 April as __________ in 1984.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Amjad Ali Khan Day.
Key Points
- Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (born 9 October 1945) is an Indian classical sarod player, best known for his clear and fast ekhara taans.
- Khan first performed in the United States in 1963 and continued till 2000
- The U.S. state of Massachusetts proclaimed 20 April as Amjad Ali Khan Day in 1984.
- Khan was awarded the 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavna Award.
- Khan received Padma Shri in 1975, Padma Bhushan in 1991, and Padma Vibhushan in 2001, and was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1989 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 2011.
Additional Information
- Some Musical Instrument & related Personalities
- Been - Asad Ali Khan, Zia Moin-ud-din Khan
- Santoor - Shiv Kumar Sharma, Rahul Sharma, Satish Vyas.
- Sarod - Amjad Ali Khan, Hafiz Ali Khan, All Akbar Khan, Tejendar Majumdar, Buddhadev Das Gupta, Bahadur Khan.
- Sarangi - Ustad Binda Khan, Sultan Khan, Sabri Khan, Dhruba Ghosh.
- Sitar - Ravi Shankar, Vilayat Khan, Imran Khan, Hara Shankar Bhattacharya, Nikhil Banerjee, Shahid Parvez
- Veena - Asad Ali khan, Jyoti Hedge, S Bala Chandran, KR Kumaraswamy, Jayanathi Kumaresh.
- Violin - Lalgudi Jayaraman, MS Gopal Krishnan, Ragini Shankar, L. Subramaniam, L. Shankar.
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