In Recognition of the Centennial of
Mahatma Gandhi's Satyagraha Movement

Amjad Ali Khan, India's legendary sarod virtuoso and composer, performs at Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall on Saturday, October 28 at 8:00 p.m.

In a career that has spanned over 50 years, Khan, the Master of the Sarod, has performed throughout the world in the most prestigious venues and festivals. He now returns to Carnegie Hall in a special concert celebrating seven uninterrupted generations of masters of his instrument, which will include his sons Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan.

A prolific composer, he has written for musicians from the East and West in addition to creating his own numerous ragas. In 1999, Khan inaugurated the World Festival of Sacred Music with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. "When Amjad Ali Khan performs he carries with him a deep human spirit, a warm feeling and a sense of caring" said His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Amjad Ali Khan's most recent CD releases include Moksha, a solo album for the Real World label. In the past, he has collaborated with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and has been a visiting professor at the Universities of Yorkshire, Washington, North Eastern, and New Mexico. BBC Magazine voted his CD Bhairav among the best 50 classical albums of the world for the year 1995.

Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan represent the seventh generation in an unbroken chain of the Senia Bangash School, disciples of their father and guru Amjad Ali Khan and grandsons of the Haafiz Ali Khan. Following their father's footsteps, they have achieved critical acclaim in the classical art form performing throughout the world. The young and talented brothers have recently expanded into crossover projects collaborating with the guitarist Derek Trucks (Allman Brothers Band) and percussionist Evelyn Glennie. Recently, Amaan and Ayaan released a highly successful lounge / electronica album called Reincarnation.

An Exclusive Offer to Stony Brook Students

Thanks to a generous donor, we are able to make an exclusive offer to Stony Brook students: You can now purchase tickets for $10 each from the Center for India Studies, located in the Melville Library. (There may be a bus service to the concert from campus. If interested, please register at the Center.) 

We hope you will make use of this opportunity and enjoy this historic concert with family and friends. For tickets and more information, please contact 

Center for India Studies, East 5350 Melville Library, Phone 632-9742

www.stonybrook.edu/india

email: indiastudies@stonybrook.edu or  ksridhar@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/CAS/india.nsf/pages/events