Sarod Maestros Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Khan + More | Live Performance | Talks at Google

Amjad Ali Khan is one of the undisputed masters of the music world. For many, he takes on a celestial avatar when he is playing the Sarod. Born to Sarod icon Ustad Haafiz Ali khan, he gave his first performance at the age of six. Over the course of his career, he has delivered his music in a flexible instrument line that is vocal in its expressiveness. He has reinvented the technique of Sarod playing which today is distinct in its nomenclature. He has won numerous accolades including a Grammy nomination, the Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum and has performed at venues world over like the Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall. His sons, Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan, are also very talented and celebrated Sarod players.Today, they are considered as one of the finest Sarod players and have obtained a very special place for themselves among music enthusiasts across the world. They are an inspiration for the younger generation of musicians.

[@aadarshsm]

Grew up listening to Amjad saab. every time its a soul stirring experience.

[@ErShriyankOmar]

I am speechless....cant describe how blessed i am feeling after listening this... Proud Hindustani. These guys are just phenomenal . :)

[@blackknwwhite]

Sare jahan se acha Hindustan Hamara !!! The Indian soil has given birth to so many legends and here we are !! Amjad Ali Khan.. No boundaries, No religion, No politics nor politicians can divide what God has created... This is the music of Heavens in its form ... Salute to Humanity !!! Amjad Ali Khan the true form of humanity live and alive... The truth and the goodness of the Lord will always dwell in his creations... Praise the Lord almighty who has given this heavenly sounds of the true nature of heavens...

[@nikhil007hajirnis]

Well said (y)

[@nazlone]

U have voiced the calling of the heart.

[@83rahulshah]

Mesmerising, classical music at it's best, the kind of music that makes you forget differences and appreciate an art for what it is

[@purohith2200]

These sons are great gift to India...

[@harshaldesign]

I'm proud to have these maestros born in my land.

[@amukherjee8]

SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL. DEEPEST REGARDS TO GURU AND HIS TWO CHELA ( SON'S ). DIVINE.

[@Dark-tk9xu]

Dear Google, the instrument is called Sarod not SItar!

[@parakhmody1413]

And tabla, not drums!!

[@humanhuman1038]

Google ne likhne se pahle Google nahi kiya

[@motivationjinda]

Vo sarod he ha sitar alag hita google kr lo difference between them

[@muhammadkhan2532]

May your Gharana keep prospering and we remain connected thorough the power of notes!

[@mrkrud]

I love the captions [Indian Music] {slow Sitar Music] [Inaudible]..etc

[@madhusudan84mech]

Ustad Amjad has been a great inspiration. He has trained his sons so well to take the music to the next generations. This is a real great contribution.

[@monajitmajumdar5891]

The legend of our India....And we r so proud for them....

[@maheshmenon7099]

Wow... It should be a very proud moment for the great Ustadji to share the stage with his 2 talented boys and play music together... its one of my dreams to play Violin with my son.... Thank you Ustadji for the beautiful music you have always produced..God Bless Humble request to all those who talk about religion... please do not bring religion, politics and unwanted discussions in music forums... there are lot of other forums to discuss politics and religion... here in music forums, please enjoy the music... discus about music... not religion and beaf and all... we are all HUMANS... not hindus or muslims or anything...Its a very humble request.

[@tangysessions8643]

Such a mystical sound the sarod creates. We try to have the sarod as much as we can in our sessions.

[@sensoriaabc128]

Players with high grade. Nice greetings from germany to india. :-)

[@shandilyaudbhaw]

Raga Desh?What a touch...Re Ma Pa Ni Sa.... Incredible...👌👌👌👌

[@lathikashenoy3240]

Raag khamaj

[@gunashreeuchil7074]

Mesmerising performance byamjad Ali Khan and team

[@gunashreeuchil7074]

Kay baat he wawa I am speechless after listening to this masterpiece

[@SS-gg2ou]

Soulfullllll......sarod.. roots from gwalior...

[@chottopakhi]

Just to say thanks a lot for uploading ... all played raaga including "Vaishnab Janto", "Raghupati Raghav" and "Jodi tor dak" a precious work of Rabindronath Tagor were too tremendous presentation to say...

[@sharmishthabasu3955]

Priceless. Thank you for sharing this amazing trio.

[@jagdishdewaskar2161]

Fantastic rendering of the two भजन by thegreat maestro himself . A treat to the ears . i have always liked and loved to listen to SAROD over to sitar because of the human voice नाद of सरोद .

[@vedtatrari]

Always beautiful to see father and sons. Thank you Khan Sahab for blessing them with magic of music

[@marcelojafarcipolla3383]

Wonderful, ma sha' Allah.

[@humanmind7631]

Awesome and magical Sarod concert. My Namasthe to the three Sarod maestros and the Tabla master. Thanks for sharing.

[@madhusudan84mech]

The sawal jawab in Raag Desh is great. Ustad Amaan and Ustad Ayyan are equally great like their father. They will keep their gharana Flag flying high for next Generation and make our music to go into next century.

[@anandsd1975]

Such a bliss listening to ustad amjad ali khan and his sons. he has a special place in heaven.

[@nikhil007hajirnis]

Thats why it is said that music unites people... salute to maestros \m/

[@govindarajulu-kasturi9614]

Simply Beautiful God Bless Thanks Kasturi G

[@chanchaldhar5557]

Today on 14-08-18 before India's 72nd INDEPENDENCE DAY celebrations I watch this video for 1st time it would be great day of my life.

[@maladas966]

Mesmerising performance. God bless them with a long and healthy life,s so that they can shower such beautiful spiritual please to millions and millions of people.Proud to be an Indian

[@fatou108]

so deep and beautiful, thanks from the heart

[@anilkashyap1388]

These classical instruments just devine

[@swaramusicclassespune]

They cover their feet to protect from cold and not hide Taal it's their style they are masters

[@saleemrehman9001]

Masha Allah Khan Sahib ,,,, Subhan Allah

[@divyasaboo1069]

Beautiful.

[@rupshaboutique9977]

Pranaam Guruji!

[@rohitphilip595]

Great. Thank you very much for sharing.

[@shabana_04]

such a mesmerising performance! brought tears to my eyes.❤

[@gyanbadao738]

Amazing can instil serenity even in a restless soul

[@tablaradiofromindia1818]

This is really wonderful presentation. Thanks Amjad ji.

[@balakuntalamsridhar5789]

Soulful music. Nothing less can be expected from Ustad Amjad Khan and his disciple sons. Will someone who wrote the closed captions correct them please. This is not sitar music. It is called Sarod.

[@shatanashram9032]

My Respect and regards to all of them

[@OmkarDeole]

wah wa... kya baat hai. Thanks

[@7sidz]

look at the culture..they have covered their foot also ..respect...I love India and it's rich culture☺🙏

[@salahalqusimi6070]

loved it ....

[@AkshayPatil-kp1zd]

Musicians have no religion, Music itself is their religion.

[@GayatriDevi-nb4jn]

Beautifull Heavenly

[@vipulbhaskar6040]

Really awesome...

[@swamysn123]

Heavenly music

[@theotoniusgomes2619]

WONDERFUL...WONDERFUL...WONDERFUL!!!

[@jayantaray2378]

brilliant.

[@srikrishnaghosh7660]

It's good but he has much better performances !!! and the subtitle shows several times SITAR instead of SAROD ......also I don't know why the word DRUM is used instead of TABLA in the subtitle....and his performances are always so refreshing even though the same compositions he has played several times in different occasion !

[@maladas966]

Superb Proud parents.

[@Abhisruta]

Google is incredible... Concert is ridiculous... Guruji is...(no adj.) Overwhelmed.

[@truelysoham]

why is the video showing sitar! this is sarod

[@dalibanerjee6119]

really beautiiiiiifulllll

[@SaddamHussain-xo2wc]

Very nice

[@gauravsethi8517]

Amazing

[@stubhead]

Does anyone know the background or organizers of this? I'm specifically interested in the amplification - four simple mikes with some sort of directional shield, 12 or 8 inches away, and it sounds GREAT? Mike type, preamps, any guesses? And all the sarods are IDENTICAL, no? P.S. LOVE the music, "playing in the band" is not conventional but it surely is a path growing wider and deeper every passing year. We HAVE to encourage experiments, even if the individual results aren't what we want. OF COURSE NOT, that's why it's an "experiment"....

[@matttuttle2278]

+stubhead I did notice in a closeup that they are using Neuman km184 pretty darn nice mics, know for their ability to capture clear high frequency instruments like sarod, I would say they also add just a hint of warmth.

[@vishalkudva3420]

🙏

[@751rahul]

Truly gods

[@debanjanbhattacharya2005]

Name of the Tabla player is Anubrata Chatterjee. Don't know why his name is not mentioned in the description.

[@auroshreemallik3857]

please make the necessary modifications in the captions

[@mauryanlndian3679]

Supreme talant

[@ankanroy2406]

Google is blessed

[@devikasmusic]

👏👏👏

[@defencebangladesh4068]

Sitar, Drums ? I don't see any of these in here. Sarod and Tabla

[@Bitan_Das]

Tabla sound is low,but all over outstanding🙏🙏🙏

[@aritram10]

Indian culture.

[@SreematiMukherjee]

Ustad Amjad Ali plays all the iconic melodies of India--sacrosanct through generations of reverence--and it is such a magnificent contribution. He is such a wonderful cultural ambassador. What a blessed life. Those who haven't heard his rendition of Bande Mataram, should..

[@rockstaranirbanghosh9414]

Sorry to say ayaan dada i am not being able to access u till now inspite of calling ustad ji at home, although he was buisy didn't have that good luck of mine to talk to him

[@iramkhan9992]

Dada aap kise ho shayad aap mujhe nhi phechaney ho but mei apke bhai Ahmad ali khan ki poti iram hu

[@yuvrajv5]

Instrument name please?

[@rikraunaak2507]

Sarod

[@PriyabrataHalder]

i have seen amjad ali to cover his legs in all of his performances... why? i know they use their foot to maintain taal... but why hide it? ravi shankar never did that...

[@karwanekamran]

lolz does it really bother you? i did not even notice that he was covering his legs because i was to much intoxicated by his performance.

[@samhitaB89]

During the old days, the musicians used to perform for the Kings and it would be considered indecent if the musician's foot pointed towards the king. Hence out of respect, the musician would cover their feet. And the tradition continued. I, once had the opportunity to attend Pandit Birju maharaj 's concert and he explained this concept to the audiences.

[@karwanekamran]

Sam Wardhan Wow thanks you for your explanation :)

[@Trex0891]

They dont use their feet to 'always' and 'exclusively' maintain taal-it happens occasionally and in charged situations. There are two reasons as to why he does this. One is respect to the instrument-anything that is associated with Saraswati is given a certain elevation and the bare feet denotes baseness. Secondly is looks very DIGNIFIED. Your feet sticking out is an unprofessional and somewhat ungainly thing on stage. Just because Ravi Shankar or even Ali Akbar did it doesnt justify it by an means-its plain awkward. If you dress well overall then why neglect the feet. If your not wearing socks, then a shawl is a good solution really. Basic concepts of etiquette and propriety.

[@ankandhar8987]

Irony is my friends. we miss the trance of such melody in debating on mere exposure of feet. I mean who cares .. are we in a state of calm and peace when we are listening to the instrument.?? are we actually feeling the music?? did the alap drowned us in meditation?? no, why ??cause we are after a Shawl...

[@safiullahofficial6626]

Raag name please?

[@jayanthshukla3310]

Safi Ullah Vaishnav Janato - Desh. Raghupati Raghava - Mishra Kafi

[@safiullahofficial6626]

Jayanth Shukla thank you so much brother

[@jayanthshukla3310]

Bro that Bengali song must be in kamach i think.

[@nilkanthaadhikary9458]

Kaafi and khambaj mix ?

[@jibankrsarkar4232]

Apoorv.

[@anirudhsathe9045]

Google should have googled before annotations. Damn near destroy the immersive experience.

[@tanchokdewan9020]

did somebody know freetless guitar........

[@ronaqpanchal283]

I have talent to play Ragas in Violin

[@jagajagachand]

Amaan looks irritated or he was tired...I don't know. LOL!

[@billgatess1]

Why don't they sing?

[@nilkanthaadhikary9458]

India has many aspects of rythm and music ..Then it depends on a person to choose instruments or vocal arts

[@shaileshpatitripathi9767]

Someone above all Religion Nationality Good Bad Hai hooo

[@34672rr]

great playing, but the tabla is miked/mixed horribly. I guess this it's not supposed to be a tabla performance, but with 3 sarodes, you need at least a little tone from the tabla.

[@sumitsimplesound6727]

Google made it happen once again. showing the common thread that " Samarpan to your Guru". Total submission to the Cause. Google can not made all things happened without this Key and that is already there in indian customs deeply. Thanks to Google.

[@trishasarkar5746]

plss dnt argue on the basis on Hindu and Muslim music has no religion

[@debankur007]

so so ..............

[@sumitachatterjee8857]

sonwala music ab bandh hona chahie.

[@icarius555]

No me han gustado, sinceramente. Y estoy escuchando mucha música hindú, pero la verdad prefiero a otros. Estos son muy lentos y su música no tiene chispa, le falta sal y pimienta, es plana, sosa.

[@tintin-qu4gs]

Such a dead crowd.

[@karwanekamran]

Muslim musicians and artists gave so much to India and look what's happening now with Muslims. Being killed because Hindu Indians suspect them of having beef in the fridge. On top of that Hindu Indians condoning the killing of an innocent man who supposedly had beef in the fridge. Later the police found out it was not beef. Before anyone starts bashing :) I know this is not the right forum and we should enjoy music. But I am also enjoying the music of the maestro :)

[@titasbanerjee3]

+sightsandsoundsofpak ... just as some people say that terrorists dnt have religions... so does musicians...dnt forget there are also hindu maestroes... Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pt Bhimsen Joshi, Pt Ajoy Chakroborty, Pt D.T. Joshi, Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasia.. Please dnt add religious colours in these sacred and heavenly sounds and their creators.... You cannot brand all hindus as bad.. because when you say so, you also include these precious and god like people in them... let muisc be their only religion...Its my request to you sir..

[@kasu484]

+sightsandsoundsofpak 1st question, do you know anything about music? 2nd question, would you accept Ustad Amjad Ali Khan after learning that he performs Saraswati puja at home? 3rd question, you have any idea on what's happening to Pakistani minorities on daily basis? Your extra obsession for religion and conversion has given the world such unrest, yet you look for others' faults?

[@kasu484]

+sightsandsoundsofpak are you sure enjoying this music? It started with Vaishnav janoto and after knowing the meaning of this song you would probably contact ISIS to take revenge upon this legendary maestro. :D

[@titasbanerjee3]

S Karmakar Well said sir...

[@devivinod]

+sightsandsoundsofpak most of these so called muslim musicians have hindu ancestery.Hindustani music which they are playing is from Hindustan all the ragas and ragini these are sanskrit terms. and may be there was some Persian influence mind you Persian pre islamic not Arabic Islamic. Tansen was hindu many got converted due to mughal court. Amjad ali khan's wife is Hindu, Aamir Khan, Sharukh khan's wife is Hindu. Salman Khan, Saif Khan' s moms are Hindus. AR Rehman's musician Father is Hindu. Muzafar Ali's wife is hindu etc.Most of the successful liberal muslims you are quoting are half hindus , married to hindus even Mughals rulers after Akbar were half hindus. Even your ancestors were Hindus!

[@handmaderestor]

*Dear Google, the instrument is called Sarod not SItar!*