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Article: "The greatest musician in the world": Steve Heilig interviews Ali Akbar Khan.
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- September 22, 2002
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To speak of Ali Akbar Khan is unavoidably to deal in superlatives. Among his fellow musicians--who would seem to be the most qualified to know--the praise is unreserved. Concert violinist and composer Yehudi Menuhin called Khan "An absolute genius ... the greatest musician in the world." Renowned Indian musicians from around the globe gathered to perform for Khan and a sold-out audience of thousands at a recent concert in honor of Khan's 80th birthday. One of the performers, leading Hindustani vocalist Pandit Jasraj said, "I don't think there are words in English to convey the depth of [Khan's] inspiration, but in twenty centuries, there is no parallel." His father, a ...
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