Ayaan Ali Khan

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Ayaan Ali Khan
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2016
Background information
Also known asAyaan Ali Khan
Born (1979-09-05) 5 September 1979 (age 45)
Origin Gwalior Gharana, India
Genres Hindustani classical music, world fusion music
Instrument sarod
Website www.ayaanalibangash.com

Ayaan Ali Bangash (born 5 September 1979) is an Indian classical musician who plays the sarod . He is the son of Amjad Ali Khan and often performs with his older brother Amaan Ali Bangash, with whom he hosted the music talent show Sa Re Ga Ma . He has also released solo albums and collaborations with brother and father.

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Early life and career

Ayaan Ali Bangash was born 5 September 1979 as the son of sarod player Amjad Ali Khan and Subhalakshmi Barua Khan, a classical dancer. [1] [2] His birth name was Bangash and he is the seventh generation of musicians of the Gwalior musical lineage; the Bangash claim to have invented the sarod. [3] [4] [5] He has an older brother, Amaan, and they were taught music by their father from a young age and later began to perform with their father on concert tours. [6]

Ayaan Ali Bangash has performed with his father and brother since the late 1980s and performed at Carnegie Hall in 1997. [7] [8] He released his solo debut album of classical music in 1999. [9] He hosted the music talent show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee TV with his brother for three years in the early 2000s. [10] [11] In 2002, he and his brother wrote a book about their father, Abba: God's Greatest Gift To Us. [10] Moksha, a 2005 album made in with Amaan and Amjad Ali Khan and released by Real World Records, was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album. [12] The brothers released Reincarnation, an album of world fusion music, in 2006, and a thematic album, Mystic Dunes, in 2007, and toured internationally. [13] They were awarded a Lycra Style Award from MTV India in 2006. [13] He and his brother also sing, including on the 2007 tribute album Remembering Mahatma Gandhi. [14] Bangash joined his family to perform for the Parliament of India in 2007. [15] In 2009, after working under a movie contract that forbade public appearances for a year, the brothers returned to making music when the production by Bollywood director J. P. Dutta was cancelled. [16] They released a Sufi music album called Rang in 2012. [16] They also released a new album called Headwaters in October 2013.

Personal life

In 2008, Ayaan Ali Bangash married Neema Sharma, daughter of Indian film producer, actor, and director Romesh Sharma. On 1 August 2012, Neema Ali Bangash gave birth to twin boys, Zohaan Ali Bangash and Abeer Ali Bangash. [1] [10]

Discography

Khan playing the sarod Ayaan Ali Khan - Pune 2007 - 2.jpg
Khan playing the sarod

Solo

Ayaan and Amaan Ali Bangash

Amjad, Ayaan, and Amaan Ali Bangash

References

  1. 1 2 Kher, Ruchika (5 September 2009). "I've become less restless after marriage: Ayaan Ali Khan". Hindustan Times . Indo-Asian News Service. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  2. ↑ "Zakir Hussain and Bangash brothers' ode to heritage". The Tribune . 13 December 2003. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  3. ↑ Ziya Us Salam (14 November 2002). "Precious Abba... priceless as ever". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 27 December 2002. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  4. ↑ Griffiths, Paul (25 May 2000). "In the Art of the Sarod, Echoes of the Human Voice". The New York Times . Archived from the original on 12 November 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  5. ↑ Weisman, Steven R. (7 June 1988). "Traditionalist Reshapes India's Ancient Sarod". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  6. ↑ King Murdoch, Anna (7 March 2003). "Sarod star with a talent for dignity". The Age . Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  7. ↑ Daniel, Nicola F. (4 September 1988). "Melodic tapestries". The Washington Post . Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  8. ↑ Pareles, Jon (15 September 1997). "At Carnegie Hall, an All-Star Cast From India". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  9. ↑ "Ayaan Ali Bangash launches debut album". The Indian Express . Press Trust of India. 17 April 1999. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  10. 1 2 3 Umachandran, Shalini (22 September 2003). "The sons also shine". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 11 October 2003. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  11. ↑ "Dusty affair". The Indian Express. 30 January 2001. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  12. ↑ "Amjad Ali nominated for Grammy". The Times of India . Indo-Asian News Service. 12 October 2005. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  13. 1 2 Sengupta, Reshmi (26 January 2007). "Raga of a role model". The Telegraph . Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  14. ↑ "A musical tribute to the Father of the Nation". Sify . Indo-Asian News Service. 28 September 2007. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  15. ↑ "Amjad Ali Khan, Jasraj to perform in Parliament". The Hindu. 8 August 2007. Archived from the original on 12 June 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  16. 1 2 "Acting on hold, Amaan, Ayaan return to sarod". The Times of India. Indo-Asian News Service. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
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