Aashish Khan

Aashish Khan is an sarangi artist. born in 1939 at Maihar. His mother Zubeida Begum was Ustad Ali Akbar Khan's first wife. He was initiated into Hindustani music at the age of five by his grandfather Ust Allauddin Khan Baba. His training continued under the guidance of his father Ust Ali Akbar Khan and aunt Annapurna Devi.

He gave his debut public performance at the age of 13, with his grandfather, on the All India Radio "National Program", New Delhi and in the same year, performed with his father and his grandfather at the "Tansen Music Conference", Calcutta. Since then he has performed at major venues of classical music and world music both in the Indian subcontinent and abroad.

Aashish Khan founded the Indo-American musical group "Shanti" with tabla player Ustad Zakir Hussain in 1969 and fusion group "The Third Eye".

Under Pandit Ravi Shankar, he has worked as a background artist on musical products for both film and stage, including Oscar Winner Satyajit Ray's Apur Sansar, Parash Pathar, Jalsha Ghar, and Gandhi. He has also worked as a background artist with Maurice Jarre on John Huston's film The Man Who Would be King, David Lean's A Passage to India, and composed the music for Tapan Sinha's films, Joturgriha (he received Best Film Score Award for Jotugriha) and Aadmi Aurat.