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Ali Akbar Khan's family traces its Gharana (ancestral tradition) to Tansen , a 16th century musical genius and court musician of Emperor Akbar . Ali Akbar Khan's father, the late Padma Vibhushan Acharya Allauddin Khan , was acknowledged as one of the greatest Hindustani musicians of the 20th century. Born on 14 April 1922 in Shibpur , Bengal , British India (now in Bangladesh ). Ali Akbar Khan began his studies in music at the age of three. He studied vocal music from his father and drums from his uncle, Fakir Aftabuddin. His father also trained him on several other instruments, but decided finally that he must concentrate on sarod and vocal. In 1956 , he founded the 1967 the Ali Akbar College Of Music in Calcutta . In 1967 , he founded another school of the same name in Berkeley, California ; it moved to its present location in San Rafael, California a year later. In 1985 he founded another school in Basel , Switzerland . In 1997 he received the National Endowment For The Arts ' prestigious National Heritage Fellowship , the United States' highest honor in the traditional arts. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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