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Amaan is considered as one of the finest young Sarod
players and has attained a very special place for
himself to all music enthusiasts. Amaan has been a
regular performer at Palais
beaux-arts in Brussels,
ESPLANADE in Singapore, Chicago Symphony
Center, Carnegie Hall and Kennedy
Center in USA, Royal
Festival Hall and Barbican
Center in UK. In addition he has performed
for the Temenos academy
at St. James Palace
in London for HRH Prince of Wales in 1995, 1997 and
2003. In 2001 Amaan took partat the Summer Arts
Festival in Seattle and the Edinburgh Festival
in UK in 2002. Amaan’s Australian Tour in 2003
included his performances at the World
Beat Festival in Brisbane, Opera House in Sydney
and the WOMAD Festival
in New Plymouth and Adelaide. Amaan performed with
Cellist Matthew Barley
and the National Youth
Orchestra of Great Britain in July 2002 along
with a series of workshops.
Awards and accolades came his way early in life yet
Amaan steadfastly pursued his family's inheritance
and legacy. His personal belief being that 'his
work will speak for itself'. In October 2002,
he received Provogue Society’s
Young Acheivers Award for performing Arts.
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In November 2002, Amaan co-authored a book with his brother,
Ayaan titled Abba-God’s
greatest gift to us on his father’s life. Roli
Books, Lustre Publications under the family pride series,
published the book.
Amaan, beyond playing the Sarod, also anchored Top
Drive, the all new television series on Star World
that was aired from January end 2003 for five episodes and
also took part in the relay for the 2004
Athens Olympics in New Delhi in June 2004. The Songlines
World music magazine on reviewing his latest solo recording
titled ‘Amaan’ stated “worthy
heir to his father’s crown.” In 2005
Amaan composed for the music for the film American
Daylight by academy award winner Rodger Christian..
The spring of 2005 saw collaboration at the Savannah
Music Festival in Georgia with the Derek
Trucks Band. Same year, he featured with his father
in Real World Record’s much-acclaimed album Moksha
in May 2005.
July 2006 Amaan collaborated with Evelyn Glennie at Queen
Elisabeth Hall and also appeared at the WOMAD
Rivermead Festival. 2007 saw the release of the next
electronica lounge album called Truth.
A recipient of the MTV’s
Lycra Award for the Most
Stylish person in Music in 2006, Amaan was honoured
recently by the Mayor of the
City of Tulsa, Oklahoma with the Keys to the City
along with an Honorary Citizenship
and the Bharat Shiromani Award
for Instrumental music in 2007.
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