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Being born to an acclaimed local teacher and musician who would eventually become a player in the court of the Maharaja probably had at least a little to do with the fact that Ali Akbar Khan become one of the most well known proponents if Indian classical music in the world. Watching his father, and witnessing the respect that he no doubt garnered, Khan would begin vocal training at a young age. And after moving through a series of different instruments, including percussion, he decided that he was most comfortable on the sarod – a string instrument mostly used in Northern Indian classical music. Read more