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Ali Akbar Khan

1922 - 2009

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Ali Akbar Khan (14 April 1922 – 18 June 2009) was an 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 also composed numerous classical ragas and film scores. He established a music school in Calcutta in 1956, and the Ali Akbar College of Music in 1967, which moved with him to the United States and is now based in San Rafael, California, with a branch in Basel, Switzerland. Khan was instrumental in popularizing Indian classical music in the West, both as a performer and as a teacher. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ali Akbar Khan is the 1,753rd most popular singer (down from 1,493rd in 2019), the 806th most popular biography from India (down from 677th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Indian Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ali Akbar Khan ranks 1,753 out of 4,381. Before him are Monique Melsen, Udit Narayan, Pat Monahan, Hansi Kürsch, Rufus Thomas, and Peabo Bryson. After him are Anne-Karine Strøm, Marty Robbins, Patrick Fiori, Vanna, Käärijä, and Kelly Chen.

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Among people born in 1922, Ali Akbar Khan ranks 386. Before him are Kathleen Booth, Jeanne Sauvé, Haskell Wexler, José Juncosa, Miloslava Misáková, and Roberto Lovera. After him are Roger Gautier, Gustav Freij, Tony Leblanc, Charles Brown, Pierre Blondiaux, and Antoine Blondin. Among people deceased in 2009, Ali Akbar Khan ranks 326. Before him are Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, Irving Kristol, Oswald Karch, John Martyn, Lino Aldani, and Hans Klenk. After him are Howard Zieff, Adriano Directo Emperado, Isaac Schwartz, Jorge Enrique Adoum, John Keel, and George Russell.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ali Akbar Khan ranks 806 out of 1,861. Before him are Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896), Stan Swamy (1937), Preity Zinta (1975), Verghese Kurien (1921), Asha Parekh (1942), and Udit Narayan (1955). After him are Har Dayal (1884), Mohan Bhagwat (1950), Anita Desai (1937), Yogi Adityanath (1972), Sachin Tendulkar (1973), and S. M. Krishna (1932).

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Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, Ali Akbar Khan ranks 19. Before him are Manna Dey (1919), Bhimsen Joshi (1922), Hemanta Mukherjee (1920), Girija Devi (1929), K. J. Yesudas (1940), and Udit Narayan (1955). After him are Jagjit Singh (1941), Parveen Sultana (1950), Peter Sarstedt (1941), Basanti Bisht (1953), Begum Akhtar (1914), and Dipali Barthakur (1941).

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