Kolkata, Jan 2 (IANS) Famed sarod and sitar maker Hemen Sen died after a massive cardiac arrest at his south Kolkata residence Saturday morning, his family said. He was 87.
Sen received the Hafiz Ali Khan Award from then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2003. He is survived by his wife, two sons and two [...]
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Three Oscars, collaborations with Hollywood studios, a doctorate for Shah Rukh Khan and many more – the Indian entertainment industry made its mark on the global arena in 2009. Now it is set to move forward with international projects like ‘Kites’ and ‘My Name Is Khan’ and Grammy nominations for [...]
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Young sarod maestros Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan, the sons of legendary sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, feel Indian classical music has an edge over its counterparts ‘in terms of years’.
‘Indian classical music is ancient. The music has had its origin during the Rig Vedic times. We don’t think [...]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday lauded the efforts of Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan, sons of sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan, for perpetuating India’s great classical music traditions.
The prime minister made these remarks when Amjad Ali Khan presented the book, ‘50 Maestros 50 Recordings: The Best of [...]
Moscow, Dec 6 (IANS) The closing ceremony of the ‘Year of India in Russia’ that was to be attended by visiting India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur Monday evening in Moscow has been cancelled in the wake of a fire in a jampacked Russian nightclub that killed 110 people.
Russia is observing [...]
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan has been nominated for a Grammy award in the best traditional world music album category.
Khan has been nominated for the album ‘Ancient Sounds’, a joint-venture with Iraqi oud soloist Rahim Alhaj.
Other albums in the category include ‘Double Play’, ‘Douga Mansa’, ‘La Guerra No’ [...]
Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) English jazz and fusion artist John McLaughlin was awarded the Haafiz Ali Khan Award 2009 for his contribution to the world of music here Tuesday.
McLaughlin was presented with the award, named after the late musician and father of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan instituted this award in 1985 [...]
Panaji, Nov 22 (IANS) Musical great like Ustad Bismillah Khan, K.L. Saigal, Mohammed Rafi will continue to enthrall the audiences at the 40th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), long after they passed into history.
A novel and new section called ‘Moments with the Maestros’ will present audio-visual documentaries on a cross section of musical greats, [...]
Shillong, Nov 7 (IANS) India is in a period of rapid economic growth and there is no doubt that in near future, if everyone puts their act together, India will become a developed country, the Prime Minister’s Principal Scientific Adviser R. Chidambaram said here.
‘If India wants to become an economically developed country, it should become [...]
