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#darbarfestival | “If you don’t give a good treatment to a raga, then the raga can curse you, it can feel unhappy with you…” (Amjad Ali Khan) Learn more about the music Amjad Ali Khan’s illustrious career has lasted almost seven decades since his debut at the age of six. His Bangash lineage ancestors gave shape to the modern sarod, and he first learned it from his father Hafiz Ali Khan, going on to master both the slides of gayaki ang [singing style] and the rapid picking of tantrakari ang [instrumental style]. He made his US debut in 1963, and has since collaborated with choirs, jazz groups, and symphony orchestras alongside a constant schedule of classical performance. Over the years he has devoted himself to expanding the instrument’s physical capabilities: “From the time it was first invented the sarod has been now, I am still redesigning and modifying, making the drum smaller or the bridge higher. I'm always looking for a different kind of resonance”. Widely re
