Maestro Amjad Ali Khan receiving the Crystal Award from the
World Economic Forum in Davos, 1997

1960-70 1970-80 1980-90 1990-2000 2000-till date

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.

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