Kirana Gharana's Singer Amjad Ali Khan Exclusive Interview🍂 Raaggiri
Channel: Raaggiri
Date: 2021-07-16

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Watch Kirana Gharana's most popular singer Ustad Amjad Ali Khan's exclusive interview only on Raaggiri. He is a founder of Kirana Gharana Music Academy. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan has performed all over the world. Amjad belongs to a musical family. He is elder son of the vocalist Akhtar Nawaz Khan, he got education in music from his father and his maternal uncles Mashkoor Ali Khan and Mubarak Ali Khan. He is descends from the family lineage of Abdul Wahid Khan and Abdul Karim Khan, who were the founders of the Kirana Gharana. Singer Amjad Ali Khan received a scholarship from the Sahitya Kala Parishad and the Young and Talented Artist scholarship from Government of India, Department of Culture.

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00:03 - Introduction of Kirana Gharana by Shivendra Kumar Singh 
00:40 - Introduction of Kirana Gharana's Ustad Amjad Ali Khan 
01:20 - Raag Yaman bhajan by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
05:59 - Amjad Ali Khan talking about Abdul Wahid Khan and Abdul Karim Khan
08:55 - How singer Ustad Amjad Ali Khan started learning music 
11:05 - Amajd talking about singer's dedication towards Indian classical music
13:35 - Singer Amjad talking about teaching Indian classical music to kids
15:47 - Amajd Ali Khan talking about his uncle's Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan and Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan 
19:50 - Ustad Amjad Ali Khan sings Indian classical raag miyan ki todi

--------------🎹  Singer Amjad Ali Khan Awards List -------------
🏆 The Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi National Award in 2015.
🏆 Rotary Club's Vocational Award for excellence in the field of music (2016)
🏆 Surmani Award by 43rd Kal Ke Kalakar Sangeet Sammelan Mumbai (2004)
🏆 Hari Vallabh Music Award (2003)
🏆 Jhankar Music Award (2002)
🏆 Kaka Saheb Gardgill Award (2000)
🏆 Best Vocal Award (2000)
🏆 Suron ke Silsile Award (1999).


--------------- 🎙🏓 Singer Amjad Ali Khan's Overseas Performances ------------------
👨‍🎤 China Asian Festival 2004, Switzerland, 
👨‍🎤 Namaste India in Japan 2009, 
👨‍🎤 Vienna Music Festival, 
👨‍🎤 Germany
👨‍🎤 Greece
👨‍🎤 Dubai
👨‍🎤 Spain
👨‍🎤 Olympic Opening Ceremony in London, Moscow

----------🎭🎥  Indian Vocalist Amjad Ali Khan Biography -----------
Amjad Ali Khan's deep, melodious, reverberating voice and impeccable renditions stay with you much after the performance. His ability to balance the performances with sensitive alap/vistar, complex sargams and an onslaught of lightening fast taans has set him in a class apart. Amjad is one of the contemporary singers of the Kirana Gharana to have assimilated the essence of the meer-khand, vistar or development typical to the gharana.
Grandson of late Padamshree Ustad Shakoor Khan and son and disciple of Ustad Akhtar Nawaz Khan, a veteran vocalist of Kirana Gharana and dignified teacher, Amjad grew imbibing music from the outset of his life. He took formal training in music from his maternal uncles Sangeet Natak Akademi award winner, Bandish Nawaz Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan and Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan.
He gave his first performance on a prestigious stage at the age of 12 in an event commemorating Ustad Shakoor Khan in Kolkata. Since then, he has given numerous beguiling performances in India and abroad.
He is the recipient of coveted titles and awards, such as, Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi National Award, Surmani, Rotary Club’s Vocational Award, etc.
He has received scholarship from Sahitya Kala Parishad and the Young and Talented Artist scholarship from Government of India, Department of Culture.
He is empanelled in ICCR as and is “A” grade artist at All India Radio and Doordarshan Delhi.
He gives workshop demonstration on Indian classical music for various esteemed organizations and has been invited to judge upcoming talent in music.
He has composed music for poetry of renowned poets and is much-admired for singing ghazals, tumri, dadra and bhajan with equal adeptness.
He founded Kirana Gharana Music Academy to disseminate true essence of Indian music.

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