IAAC presents The Sarod Quintet

• Amjad Ali Khan, sarod
• Amaan Ali Bangash, sarod
• Ayaan Ali Bangash, sarod
• Zohaan Ali Bangash, sarod
• Abeer Ali Bangash, sarod
• Anubrata Chatterjee, tabla
• Amit Kavthekar, tabla

Keeping India's ethos of traditions and legacies alive, Three Generation Quintet represents the 6th, 7th and 8th generation of musicians coming together on stage and performing together. The concert will feature Sarod Grand Master Amjad Ali Khan and his virtuoso sons Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash on Sarods. They will be joined by Ayaan's 10 year old twins Zohaan Ali Bangash and Abeer Ali Bangash. Also accompanied on tabla by Anubrata Chatterjee and Amit Kavthekar. The family recently completed a five city tour in India.

Cultural and musical traditions gives life and purpose to the work they bring to the stage. By asking audiences to listen from the heart, Sarod virtuosos Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash breakthrough the troublesome polarities of continuity and change, tradition and innovation. In their sound we encounter technical assuredness bolstered by elegant lyricism and joy-filled dynamism.

It is music forged from a unique artistic vision that rests upon a legacy seven generations deep and includes their revered father and grandfather, Amjad Ali Khan and Haafiz Ali Khan. Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash represent the 7th generation of a musical lineage, as sons and disciples of the sarod icon, Amjad Ali Khan. They have performed across the globe, including Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center and Royal Albert Hall.

About Three Generation Quintet

Keeping India's ethos of traditions and legacies alive, Three Generation Quintet represents the 6th, 7th, and 8th generation of musicians coming together on stage and performing together.

About Amjad Ali Khan, sarod

Sarod Grand Master Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is an Indian classical sarod player, best known for his clear and fast ekhara taans. Khan was born into a classical musical family and has performed internationally since the 1960s. He was awarded India's second highest civilian honor Padma Vibhushan in 2001; India's Third highest civilian honor Padma Bhushan in 1991; and Padma Shree in 1975.

Khan played with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and worked as a visiting professor at the University of New Mexico. With his sons Ayaan Ali Khan and Amaan Ali Khan, he performed 'Raga For Peace' in the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Concert.

Khan was awarded 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavna Award. Khan received Padma Shri in 1975, Padma Bhushan in 1991, and Padma Vibhushan in 2001, and was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 1989 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for 2011. He was awarded the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 2004. He received the Banga-Vibhushan in 2011.

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (1990), a Gulzar directed Indian documentary film on Amjad Ali Khan won the Filmfare Award for Best Documentary in 1990.

About Amaan Ali Bangash, sarod

https://www.amaanalibangash.com/

About Ayaan Ali Bangash, sarod

https://www.ayaanalibangash.com/

About Anubrata Chatterjee, tabla

Anubrata Chatterjee is one of the leading tabla exponents of the current generation, and is the son and disciple of world-renowned tabla maestro Anindo Chatterjee. Anubrata's creative approach towards his music, traditional repertoire of Farrukhabad and Lucknow styles of tabla and a modern touch in the presentation of his art, makes him connect to the youth as well as the connoisseurs of music. He is a regular collaborator with stalwarts like Amjad Ali Khan, Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Birju Maharaj, Ranjit Barot, Shankar Mahadevan, etc.

About Amit Kavthekar, tabla

https://www.amitkavthekar.com/