PM releases "Sarod Symphony" by Amjad Ali Khan, sons

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh releasing a music album by Sarod Maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, in New Delhi on August 09, 2010.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today released "Sarod Symphony", a music album featuring sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and his sons Aman and Ayan with a full-fledged orchestra conducted by Stephen Devassy.

Dr Singh released the album at his office in Parliament House at a brief function at which Khan and his sons were present.

The maestro told the media later that the symphony was an effort to take the sarod to international audiences. It is the first recording the father and sons have done with a Western orchestra.

In the past, sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar has produced two sitar concertos - No. 1 with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andre Previn and No. 2 with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Zubin Mehta.

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