Sarod Recital by Shiraz Ali Khan

About Shiraz Ali Khan

Shiraz Ali Khan is an eminent Sarod Player and one of the finest exponents of North Indian Classical Music. His lineage needs no introduction. He is the Great Grandson of Baba Allauddin Khan, Grandson of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan & Son of Prof. Dhyanesh Khan. In the current time, Shiraz Ali Khan is the torchbearer of ‘Maihar Senia Gharana'.

About Pandit Hindole Majumdar 

Pandit Hindole Majumdar holds a commendable position amongst the tabla players of his generation. Inspired by his maternal grandfather, Late Sri Chittaranjan Roy, an ardent music lover, and his mother, Late Smt. Sunanda Majumdar, a teacher by profession and a Kathak dancer and disciple of Pandit Ramgopal Mishra of the Jaipur gharana, Hindole started learning tabla at the tender age of 5. In his very first performance at the age of 10, he completely enthralled the audience. He received his first formal training from Shri Shibshankar Karmakar, a disciple of Ustad KaramatullahKhan of Farukkhabad Gharana. He continues to receive training from the great tabla maestro Pandit Sankha Chatterjee of the Punjab and Farukkhabad Gharana in a guru-shishya parampara. He has also had the opportunity to learn South Indian Rhythmic Style from the Mridangam Exponent Pandit S Shekhar. Shri Hindole now performs all over the globe accompanying senior musicians like Ustad Shahid Parvez, Dr. N. Rajam, Ustad Shujaat Khan, Pandit Vishwamohan Bhatt, Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya, Pandit Rupak Kulkarni, Pandit Rakesh Chaurasia, Vidwan Shashank Subramanium, Pandit Sanjeev Abhyankar, Pandit Jayteerth Mevundi, Vidwan Lalgudi Krishnan, Vidwan Ganesh Rajgopalan to name a few. He has collaborated with world music percussionists like Doyra player Abbos Kosimov, four time Grammy award winner Glenn Velez, and world renowned Mridangam exponent Legendary Trichy Sankaran. Hindole has founded the Hindole Majumdar School of Music and Dance in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in USA where he teaches Tabla and Indian Rhythm on a regular basis. He has also numerous CD’s audio and video albums released by various record companies including his own record label Sunanda Records.