Ayaan Ali Khan

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Ayaan Ali Khan
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Background information
Also known asAyaan Ali Khan
Born (1979-09-05) 5 September 1979 (age 45)
Origin Delhi, 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 Bangash 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

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