| 2010 |
“Ode to Peace”
concert at the United Nations on the ninth Anniversary of 9/11 at the United Nations in the presence of the UN Secretary General Ban-Ki-Moon |
| 2009 |
Ancient Sounds
Indian sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan
and Iraqi oud virtuoso Rahim AlHaj
come together to deliver a musical
dialogue of peace for our world.
Released by UR MUSIC 2009 |
| 2008 |
Premiered Samagam, a Sarod Concerto at St Magnus Festival at Kirkwall, Orkney Islands with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. |
| 2008 |
Releases Hope. An album of Christmas Hymns and Carols on the Sarod, released by Phase One Communications. |
| 2008 |
Collaboration with Cellist Claudio Bohorquez. |
| 2008 |
Workshop at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. |
| 2007 |
Releases Romancing the Rains. DVD and Cd recorded Live at the Royal Festival Hall, London by Navras Records. |
| 2007 |
Releases Yaara. A recording of songs composed
by Amjad Ali Khan and sung by Pankaj Udhas. |
| 2007 |
Releases Homage to Mahatma Gandhi. An album
of Gandhi's favourite songs . Released on the occassion of 2nd
October being declared as Non Violence day. |
| 2007 |
Fox Theater, Atlanta |
| 2006 |
Releases My Inspirations by Navras Records.
celebration of the great singing tradition inspired by singers
from five different gharanas: Faiyaz Khan, Abdul Karim Khan,
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Amir Khan, and Kesarbai Kerkar.The great
singers celebrated in the two discs were all leading exponents
of the khyal style of singing, which has been the most prominent
vocal genre of North Indian classical music for nearly three
centuries (and of course its history goes back far beyond that). |
| 2006 |
Releases Potrait of a Legend by Music Today. |
| 2006 |
Carnegie Hall Concert |
| 2005 |
Brussels - Opera
De Munt |
| 2005 |
Vienna - Konzerthaus |
| 2005 |
Manchester - Bridgewater
Hall |
| 2005 |
Newcastle Gateshead
- The Sage |
| 2005 |
London - Royal
Festival Hall |
| 2005 |
Birmingham
- Symphony Hall |
| 2005 |
Madrid- WOMAD
Festival |
| 2005 |
Salisbury-Salisbury
Festival |
| 2005 |
Geneva-Victoria
Hall
|
| 2005 |
Strings from East and
West - Amjad Ali Khan/Victoria Mullova/Matthew Barley/
Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan |
| 2005 |
Manhattan, NY - Summer
School at Stony Brook |
| 2005 |
Toronto-Hummingbird
Center for the Performing Arts |
| 2004 |
Birmingham Symphony
Hall |
| 2004 |
Santa Fe, Lensic
Theater |
| 2003 |
WOMAD, Las Palmas |
| 2003 |
Concert for Price Charles at Highgrove, UK.
Fund Raiser for Temenos Academy |
| 2003 |
WOMAD Rivermead Festival,
Reading, UK |
| 2003 |
Chicago Symphony
Center, USA |
| 2003 |
Special concert for HRH
Prince Charles at Highgrove, UK for the Temenos Academy. |
| 2003 |
WOMAD Festival.
Workshops and two appearances in New Plymouth. |
| 2003 |
WOMAD Festival.
Workshops and two appearances in Adelaide. |
| 2003 |
World Beat Festival. |
| 2002 |
Inaugural concert for Divine
Arts in Los Angeles. Celebrating 50th performing year. |
| 2002 |
Royal Festival Hall Concert. Celebrating 50th
performing year. |
| 2002 |
Edinburgh Music Festival. |
| 2002 |
Released album Sadaayen
by Navras Records. Raag Kafi Kanada. |
| 2002 |
Performs at the ESPLANADE
in Singapore. |
| 2002 |
Conducts Workshop at NorthEastern
University, Illinois. |
| 2002 |
Released album Sarod
for Harmony- Live at Carnegie Hall by Bangash Music.
Raag Behag and Raag Kirwani. Amaan and Ayaan assist their father. |
| 2001 |
USA Tour. |
| 2001 |
Forms Bangash
Music, a record company releasing music from the Amjad
Ali Khan Archives. Releases limited editions of two titles,
Sarod Mantra (Raag Marwa and
Raag Kausi Kanda) and Sarod Trilogy
(Raag Bageshwari). |
| 2001 |
Concert for Chhanda Dhara at Stewart
Theatre, Stuttgart. |
| 2001 |
Fund Raisers for Gujrat Earthquake Victims
Kolkata, Royal Festival Hall, and London. |
| 2001 |
Concert at the Palais
beaux-arts, Brussels. |
| 2000 |
Composed for a music album,
VAADA, written by Gulzar and sung by Roop Kumar Rathod
and Sadhana Sargam. |
| 2000 |
Released Album Tribute
to Mother Teresa by Moment records. |
| 2000 |
Sarod for Harmony
concert at the Bahai Temple, New Delhi. |
| 2000 |
Released Album Sarod
Ghar. A live concert at the Barbican Center with Amaan
and Ayaan. Released by Navras Records, London. |
| 2000 |
Concert for Orrisa Cyclone relief Fund. Performed
with Cellist Mathew Barley at the Royal
Festival Hall on February 11th. The First ever duet of
the Sarod and Cello. |
| 2000 |
Sarod for Harmony
concert at Carnegie Hall New York. |
| 1999 |
US Tour. Conducted workshop and premiered two
compositions with the students of The University of New Mexico,
USA. |
| 1999 |
Launched World Festival
of Sacred Music with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. |
| 1998 |
On the occasion of India's
50th year of Independence, Amjad Ali Khan composed a song
titled Bharat Yeh Desh Pyara.
It was first presented at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in the presence
of the President K.R. Narayanan, President Jacques Chirac
and Lord Yehudi Menuhin. |
| 1998 |
Composed the signature tune for the 48th
International Film Festival. |
| 1998 |
US Tour. |
| 1997 |
India’s 50th year of Independence Concert,
Carnegie Hall, New York. |
| 1997 |
India’s 50th year of Independence Concert,
Barbican Center, London. |
| 1997 |
Talk on music by Lord
Yehudi Menuhin and Amjad Ali Khan
at the World Economic Forum, Davos. |
| 1997 |
Carnegie Hall
Concert. Celebrating India’s 50th year of Independence. |
| 1997 |
US Tour, Europe Tour. |
| 1997 |
Live at Royal Festival
Hall released by Navras records. |
| 1997 |
Performed at the St.
James Palace for the Temenos Academy once again in the
presence of HRH Prince Charles. |
| 1997 |
Released Legendary Lineage
featuring three generations of sarod playing in one album. Released
by Navras Records. |
| 1996 |
Amjad Ali Khan converted
the 300 years old ancestral house (also his birthplace) into
museum of music which is known as Sarod
House in Gwalior to preserve Ancient Indian Classical
Musical Instruments. |
| 1996 |
Special concert for HRH
King of Nepal, Birendra Singh on his 50th Birthday. |
| 1996 |
US Tour. |
| 1996 |
Conducted workshops in National
Center for Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai. |
| 1996 |
Released album for Navras records. Raag
Shree. |
| 1995 |
Released an album for India Archive Music,
New York. Raag Bhimpalasi. |
| 1995 |
50th Birthday Concert in Royal
Festival Hall, London. |
| 1995 |
50th Birthday Concert Series in New Delhi,
Calcutta, Chennai, Mumbai and Los Angeles. |
| 1995 |
Performed Hymns and Carols on the sarod for
the first time at the church of Northern India-New Delhi. |
| 1995 |
Japan Tour. |
| 1995 |
Gave a special performance
for HRH Prince Charles at his
Highgrove Residence. This was the first ever-Indian Concert
at the Royal Residence. |
| 1995 |
Conducted workshops at the University of York,
England (He is the first Indian Visiting professor). |
| 1995 |
Released To my wife Subhalaksmi
by HMV. |
| 1995 |
Mother, Rahat Jehan Khan Passes away. |
| 1995 |
Released album by Navras Records. Raag Brindavani
Sarang and Bilaskhani Todi |
| 1994 |
Concert at Theater De
La Ville in Paris. |
| 1994 |
UK Tour. Concert at Royal
Albert Hall for the BBC Proms. |
| 1994 |
First Indian Visiting professor at the University
of York , England University of Yorkshire, UK. |
| 1994 |
Biographical inclusion in International
Directory of Distinguished Leadership, 5th edition. |
| 1994 |
France Tour. |
| 1994 |
Music for the Play The
Legend of Rama by Welcome theater group. |
| 1992 |
Music for the first ever Ganesh
(the elephant god) ballet, Maharasthtra Govt. |
| 1992 |
Series of Concerts for Singapore Fanta Vision,
Singapore. |
| 1991 |
Released album Music
is Music with Violinist T.N. Krishnan.
Raag Shalaga Bhairavi. HMV. |
| 1991 |
Album released by Moment
records, USA. |
| 1991 |
Series of concerts for Asia
Society, New York. |
| 1991 |
Represented India at the first World
Arts Summit in Venice (Italy) World Arts Forum. |
| 1990 |
Indian Embassy concert by Guitarist
Julian Bream and Amjad Ali Khan,
Logan Hall. |
| 1990 |
Documentary Amjad Ali
Khan made by Mr. Gulzar for Indian Films Division. |
| 1990 |
As a tribute to the unification of East and
West Germany, composed a piece called Tribute
to Germany produced by Chhanda Dhara records. |
| 1990 |
Album Dawn Dreams
awarded Gold Disc by HMV. |
| 1990 |
Released Album Tribute
to Tagore a disc on the compositions of Rabindranath
Tagore. |
| 1990 |
US Tour/Europe Tour. |
| 1990 |
Inaugural Asian Music
Circuit Tour, UK. |
| 1990 |
Composed a piece for
The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
entitled Tribute to Hong Kong
at the request of Hong Kong Asia Trust conducted by Yoshikazu
Fu Ku Mura of Japan. |
| 1989 |
Japan Tour. |
| 1989 |
Album The Great Amjad
Ali Khan released by Chhanda Dhara, Germany. |
| 1989 |
Concert at The House of Commons in United Kingdom. |
| 1989 |
Composed about 40 Ghazals for serial Guftugoo
with the lyrics of Mirza Ghalib, Meer , Amir Khusroo and others,
produced by Nimbus. |
| 1988 |
Organized a historic first ever Sarod
Festival with over 40 Sarod players from all over India. |
| 1988 |
US Tour, Australlian Tour. Included concerts
at the Adelaide Music Festival in Australia and Lincoln Center
in New York. |
| 1987 |
Released album Song of
Hope in aid of UNICEF, released by Polygram. |
| 1987 |
Festival of India, Moscow, and
Russia. |
| 1987 |
Ekta Se Shakti,
a song composed on World Disabled Day, sung by disabled children. |
| 1987 |
Duet with Russian Master violinist Igor Frolov
at the festival of India in Russia. |
| 1986 |
Released album The Album
by CBS Gramophone records. Raag Shree. |
| 1986 |
Released The Maestro’s
Musings by CBS Gramophone records. Raag Bageshwari. |
| 1986 |
Australian Tour. Performs at Opera
House in Sydney and at the Adelaide Music Festival. |
| 1986 |
Released Album Music
for Peace by Nataraj Music, West Germany. |
| 1986 |
Released Album Shanti
by Polygram. India’s first digital recording. |
| 1986 |
Children orchestra titled Ekta
Se Shanti on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of
UNICEF. |
| 1986 |
Guru Shishya Parampara
concert series-New Delhi. |
| 1985 |
Instituted the Haafiz
Ali Khan Awards. The award has been bestowed on outstanding
musicians of India and abroad. Recipients include Anne Suphie
Mutter, Julian Bream, M. S. Subhalakshmi and Nusrat Fateh
Ali Khan. |
| 1985 |
Orchestra titled Priyadarshani,
performed by musicians of All India Radio on the birth anniversary
of Mrs.Indira Gandhi. |
| 1984 |
Released Album Priyadarshani
by HMV. |
| 1984 |
Released an album by HMV. In aid of the Cancer
society. Raag Shuddha Kalyan and Durga. |
| 1984 |
Composed album Amjad's
Sarod sings with children, A record brought out by EMI,
which included the very first Indian birthday song. |
| 1984 |
US Tour. |
| 1984 |
First North Indian musician to play Thyagaraja
Krit on the occasion of the 138th anniversary of saint
musician. |
| 1984 |
Composed signature tune for SPORT
AID on the request of UNICEF. |
| 1983 |
Released album North
Meets South with Lalguddi. G. Jayaraman, by HMV. |
| 1983 |
Released album Guldasta
by HMV. |
| 1982 |
Duet with Chinese Chank
(name unknown)player at Hong Kong Arts festival. |
| 1981 |
Released Afternoon Raags
for Amigo Music, Stockholm, Sweden. |
| 1981 |
Released Live at Teen
Murti by HMV. Raag Shyam Shree. |
| 1981 |
Music for ballet Shan-e-Mughal,
produced by Bhartiya Kala Kendra. |
| 1980 |
International Poets Festival,
Theater Villa Bourgesy, Rome. |
| 1980 |
Released album Prisoner
of Conscience by HMV. |
| 1979 |
Released King of Raags:
Raag of Kings by HMV. Raag Darbari. |
| 1979 |
Haafiz Ali Khan Festival, New Delhi. |
| 1979 |
Ayaan
Ali Khan is born on September 5th. |
| 1978 |
Released Album Music
of Love by HMV. |
| 1978 |
UAE Tour. |
| 1977 |
Haafiz Ali Khan Festival, Kolkata. |
| 1977 |
2nd Solo All night Concert
in Kolkata at Rabindra Sadan. |
| 1977 |
Amaan
Ali Khan is born on July 12th. |
| 1976 |
Released Album Raag Shree
by HMV. |
| 1976 |
Haafiz Ali Khan Festival in Mumbai. |
| 1976 |
Hong Kong Arts Festival, Hong Kong. |
| 1976 |
Marries Subhalakshmi
Borooah in Calcutta. |
| 1975 |
Duet with veteran Guitarist Charley
Byrd in Calcutta, India. |
| 1974 |
Sheraz Festival, Iran. |
| 1974 |
Released an album with HMV. Raag
Rageshwari, Kirwani and
Bihari. |
| 1974 |
Prague Spring Festival. |
| 1973 |
Founded the Haafiz
Ali Khan Memorial Society (Now renamed Haafiz
Ali Khan Memorial Trust) in honour of his father and
for the propagation and popularization of Indian Classical
Music. First Festival of 18 days takes place in Kalamandir,
Kolkata. |
| 1972 |
Ustad
Haafiz Ali Khan passes away in New Delhi. |
| 1972 |
Released an album with HMV. Raag
Jhinjhoti & Sugrai Kanada. |
| 1971 |
Documentary Amjad Ali
Khan by James Breveridge of Canada. |
| 1971 |
First Indian musician to perform a solo nightlong
concert in Calcutta on the occasion of his 26th Birthday. |
| 1971 |
US Tour, Europe Tour. |
| 1970 |
Released an album with HMV. Raag
Durga and Nand Kauns. |
| 1969 |
Music for ballet Taj
Ki Kahani, produced by Bhartiya Kala Kendra. |
| 1967 |
Recorded for the first time with HMV. Raag
Desh, Kiran Ranjani and Bhairavi. |
| 1967 |
Series of concerts in Mauritius
and Afghanistan. |
| 1966 |
Delegation to Afghanistan. |
| 1964 |
Debut record released by
Hindustan records, Raag Kausi Kanada. |
| 1963 |
US Tour. |
| 1958 |
Major solo debut at the Sadarang
Music Conference, Kolkata. |
| 1951 |
Starts performing |
| 1945 |
Born in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. |
