Ayaan Ali Khan represents the seventh generation of a musical lineage known as the Senia Bangash School. The younger son and disciple of the Sarod titan Maestro Amjad Ali Khan, Ayaan stepped into the world of music and the Sarod with confidence, clarity, consistency and technical mastery that he learnt at his father's knee.

After giving his solo debut at eight, Ayaan has been performing concerts world wide ever since. He has given many solo performances and also assisted his illustrious father at concerts all over the world.

Ayaan has won the hearts of music lovers both in India and around the globe. He made his UK Debut in 1989 and the US Debut in 1991 at the Asia Society in New York. Ayaan performed at St. James Palace in July 1997 for the Temenos Academy.

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From 1997 onwards Ayaan was making appearances at Carnegie Hall, Smith Sonian, Palais Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Chicago Symphony Center, ESPLANADE in Singapore, Summer Arts Festival in Seattle, Edinburgh Music Festival and the Royal Festival Hall in London. Ayaan made his debut tour in Australia early this year. Concerts included the WOMAD Festival in Adelaide and New Plymouth, World Beat Festival in Brisbane WOMAD Rivermead Festival in UK, and the Opera House in Sydney. Ayaan performed with the noted Cellist Mathew Barley of UK at the Royal Festival Hall in 2002. In July 2002, Ayaan conducted a workshop for the National Youth Orchestra of UK with Matthew Barley. They also performed at the end of the workshop with the Orchestra.

In November 2002, Ayaan co-authored a book with his brother, Amaan titled Abba-God’s greatest gift to us on his father’s life published by Roli Books, Lustre Publications under the family pride series, published the book. Ayaan joined his father in 2000 at the Dalai Lama’s Sacred Music Festival inauguration.
Ayaan has over seven recordings that include three solos. His recent recordings include Sarod for Harmony, live at Carnegie Hall and Strings Attached with Cellist Matthew Barley recorded at Royal Festival Hall.

In May 2003, Ayaan performed for Prince Charles one again at his Highgrove estate for Temenos Academy. In 2005 Ayaan composed the music score for Roger Christian’s film American Daylight. In June 2004, Ayaan took part for the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Torch Relay in New Delhi and the same year he performed at the Symphony Hall in Fukuoka and New York’s Town Hall in the fall of 2004.

2005 saw collaboration with Guitarist Dereck Truks of the Allman Brother’s band at the Savannah Festival and Ayaan’s venture into electronica music with the release of his album Reincarnation. The album had been on the charts for over thirteen weeks and had three music videos on constant rotation. Ayaan also recorded with Real World Records and featured in one solo track in his father’s album Moksha the same year.

In July 2006 Ayaan 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.

Bestowed with the MTV’s Lycra Award for the Most Stylish person in Music in 2006, Ayaan 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. Ayaan performed at the Central Hall of the Indian Parliament on the commemoration of India's 60th year of Independence in 2007.

2010 saw Ayaan release his second book coauthored with his brother Amaan, titled 50 Maestros 50 Recordings published by Harper Collins and also released an album titled The Music Room and Sarod Symphony with his father and guru. Recently, the Khans collaborated with American Folk artist Carrie Newcomer at Lotus Arts Festival in Bloomington.


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