Ali Akbar Khan

Ali Akbar Khan passed away last week. He was a master of the sarode, and played 18 + hours a day for many years (this apparently is nothing compared to what his father - who lived to be 110 yrs old - did - playing "sometimes 23 hours a day"). I enjoy the music because it is so mesmerizing, although I don't know enough about the form to tell very much of it apart. Kind of like a person hearing jazz for the first time. As crazy as it sounds, I can see how playing this music non-stop is possible.


He presided over this school in California, which offers intensive 3 day beginner master classes...