Tribute to a Legend

Ustad Ali Akbar Khansahab whom I respected and admired was not only a great musician but he was also a most loving and adorable person. Words are not enough to go into the depth of his greatness as he was an ocean of a musician.

His music is always there when I listen to any music and with all the musical imaginations he is always floating in the musical atmosphere.

Some of the most memorable performances I have been blessed to hear were when he played with my elder brother Ustad Vilayat Khan. They were like two wings of an angel enlightening and uplifting me and the entire audience with the true vision of heaven.

Although he has gone to his heavenly abode his music and the memory of his charming personality will always live in my heart and soul. Actually we live in a very wonderful and blessed musical period where we can glimpse some of his beautiful music from his recordings. But definitely blessed are those who heard him and experienced his memorable presence. More than this I will only be able to write with my tears.

May Allaah keep the torch of his Khandaan glowing.

Sincerest Condolences, Imrat Khan

Khansahib is honored Artist of the month on The Sangeet Research Academy (ITC SRA) website based in Kolkata India. Below is the link so you can read the article and listen to the archived music of Ustad Imrat Khan.

http://www.itcsra.org/aom/artist_ofthe_month.asp?aomid=84

Ustad Imrat Khan Sahib is enjoying the modern technology of the internet and is now offering his teaching online Live! for his students.

If you would like to have the rare opportunity to learn from a legendary master online, then please email to set up an appointment for your online lesson of Indian classical music.

To have a live online music lesson with Ustad-Ji, please first contact us by email at: Overtones@imratkhan.com

For 17 years Professor Khan had the opportunity to share his musical and cultural knowledge to his students at Washington University. He offered a lecture course whereby he described the transference of music and culture in and out of the subcontinent of India. The students were given the rare opportunity to learn the values of India and Indian classical music from the perspective of a heritage musician.

Read below to share the experiences of Ustad-Ji's students and their reflections on his teaching at Washington University, St. Louis Missouri USA.
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“Professor Khan taught us that instead of listening to music that seems to fit your current mood, try instead to listen to music that fits the mood you wish to be in.”
—Asa Reed (Spring ’05)

“ . . . as Imrat emphasized, an individual must first attain the heart, eyes, and ears to recognize and understand truly the value of music; with time, practice, and learning, one must learn to love her own voice and the voices of nature. Within this self-realization lies the ability to share oneself through music, which, as an art of self-expression, transcends time and convention and unwraps imagination and individuality.”
--Susanne Katus (Fall ’05)

Here is a link to a video of Imrat Khan's uncle, Ustad Wahid Khan, playing Surbahar in a very famous film, The Music Room (Jalsaghar). There are beautiful audio recordings of Imrat Khansahib's forefathers but this is the only video representation.
Click on link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVznvC8pZxs

Enjoy the video of Ustad Wahid Khan

See a memorable performance of Ustad Imrat Khan playing Raag Yaman Kalyan on Surbahar. See the link below.
Click on link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCtjrsu4dFk

Enjoy his music video.