One of the world’s great maestros of the sarod will be on the main stage of the Surrey Arts Centre on Saturday (July 12) evening. Alam Khan, son of the legendary Ali Akbar Khan, will be there as part of the Indian Summer Festival.
He grew up steeped in the sarod, beginning initial training into the Maihar Seni Gharana at the age of seven. Khan performed with his father from 1996 to 2006 as he developed his solo career.
“As an internationally celebrated virtuoso, Alam Khan stands today as the head of one of the world’s most influential and revered lineages of Indian classical music,” the Indian Summer Festival website states. “He has graced many of the world’s most prestigious stages, including Royal Jodhpur Palace, the Dover Lane Music Festival in Calcutta, and New York’s Lincoln Center Jazz festival, as well as highly acclaimed concerts all over the United States, Canada, Europe and India, in addition to his teaching work with CalArts.”
In Surrey, he will be accompanied by Eman Hashimi on tabla in a performance entitled “Ragas That Colour the Mind”.
Indian Summer Festival presents Alam Khan with Eman Hashimi at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday (July 12) at the Surrey Arts Centre. Tickets are available through Surrey Civic Theatres.
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