His 80th birthday is being celebrated tomorrow with a daylong tribute from teachers and students of his Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael. For 35 years, he's shared with them the beauty and ...

Legendary Indian musician and former UC Santa Cruz Distinguished Adjunct Professor Ali Akbar Khan died on June 18 at his home in San Anselmo, Calif. He was 87. One of the world’s most accomplished ...

Award-winning Play Like a Lion travels India to explore the origins and legacy of iconic Indian sarodist Ali Akbar Khan’s music—through the eyes of his son Alam. Carlos Santana, Grateful Dead’s Mickey ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Ali Akbar Khan, who helped introduce North Indian classical music to the United States, has died. He was 87. His death Thursday at his home in the San Francisco Bay area was ...

Violinist Sisirkana Dhar Chowdhury--a disciple of renowned master musician Ali Akbar Khan for over 30 years--will kick off the UC Santa Cruz Music Department's 2003-04 Indian Classical Music series ...

April 14 marked the 80th birthday of Indian classical music master Ali Akbar Khan. Khan was the first Indian classical musician to perform at a major concert in the U.S. when he appeared at “The ...

SAN ANSELMO, California (Reuters) - Of the many thousands of concerts Indian master musician Ali Akbar Khan has performed, he particularly disliked a famous 1971 benefit show organized by Beatle ...