Amjad Ali Khan – review

Wigmore Hall, LondonOne of the delights of Indian classical music is that it can be such an easy-going affair. Amjad Ali Khan may not enjoy quite the status of Ravi Shankar among western audiences, but he is rightly regarded as a major celebrity at home in India, and as the finest living exponent of the sarod – the wonderfully versatile instrument that looks like a cross between guitar and thick-necked banjo, but constructed from wood and goat skin.Khan, himself resembling a laid-back academic...

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