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The Ali Akbar College of Music (AACM) is the name of three schools founded by Indian musician Ali Akbar Khan to teach Indian classical music. [1] The first was founded in 1956 in Calcutta , India . The second was founded in 1967 in Berkeley, California , but moved to its current location in San Rafael, California [ 2 ] the next year.
The Kinnara School of Music was a music school founded in Mumbai, India, in 1962 by Indian classical musician Ravi Shankar.With his increased popularity and influence in the West, he opened a second branch of the school at 8718 West 3rd Street in Los Angeles in May 1967.
[2] During 1989–1990, Khan served as the composer and conductor for the National Orchestra of All India Radio, New Delhi, India. Khan was a music teacher, later serving as an adjunct professor at both the Indian Classical Music at the California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, U.S., and at the University of California at Santa Cruz. [3]
In October 1970, Shankar became chair of the Department of Indian Music of the California Institute of the Arts after previously teaching at the City College of New York, the University of California, Los Angeles, and being guest lecturer at other colleges and universities, including the Ali Akbar College of Music.
Waacking has a history steeped in the LGBTQ+ liberation movement and the freedom championed by disco music. The dance style emerged in the gay clubs of Los Angeles in the 1970s, when there was a ...
Zakir Hussain, the legendary tabla virtuoso and global ambassador of Indian classical music who has died aged 73, leaves behind a timeless rhythmic legacy that will inspire generations.
In Concert 1972 is a double live album by sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar and sarodiya Ali Akbar Khan, released in 1973 on Apple Records.It was recorded at the Philharmonic Hall, New York City, in October 1972, and is a noted example of the two Hindustani classical musicians' celebrated jugalbandi (duet) style of playing.
Produced by Taylor Hackford and filmed in Los Angeles in 1975, the show was hosted by Don Ellis, [60] a pioneer in Indo jazz [61] who had studied Indian music under Harihar Rao at UCLA. [15] [nb 2] During the programme, Harrison discussed the Music Festival project and introduced film clips from the orchestra's Royal Albert Hall performance. [37]