Maestro Ali Akbar Khan - Rest in Peace/ Turkey-Morocco Tangents Event This Sunday [1 Attachment]

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Sarode Maestro Ali Akbar Khan, a giant among giants, passed away last night. Khansahib's talent and artistry were only surpassed by his dedication to teaching and sweet and loving soul.

The following statement appears at the Ali Akbar College of Music website (aacm.org):
 
Swara Samrat Maestro Ali Akbar Khan
April 14, 1922 – June 18, 2009

 
Our most beloved Khansahib passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family on Thursday evening.  Khansahib had been a dialysis patient since 2004, and had been enduring numerous health issues ever since.  The great Maestro had continued his music teachings publicly at the Ali Akbar College until just weeks ago, and continued to teach music at home until the day he died.  

The memorial service and burial will be held at Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery (2500 5th Ave, San Rafael, CA 94901), Sunday, June 21st at noon, followed by a gathering at the AACM.  Due to the overwhelming amount of phone calls, please send all correspondence via email to inmemoryofaak@... .  
All messages will be received and as many as possible will be responded to.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to AACM for the Ali Akbar Khan Library.  
www.aacm.org
 

A few weeks ago Ali Akbar Khan's son Alam, appeared on Tangents and performed live with Jim Santi Owen. Alam spoke passionately about his father's most beloved project: the Ali Akbar College of Music Audio Project which is referenced above. The goal of this work is to create a digitized database containing the written notation and recordings of 3400 classes and 913 concerts by Ali Akbar Khan. This public library will be a gift to the world, accessible to students, scholars, researchers, and music lovers. The project will take about 4 years to complete but only has funding for the next few months.

View this informative 5 minute video about this remarkable project.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSv8HrYHaw4

Consider making a donation if it is within your means.
(info at aacm.org)

Here is a link that includes a fascinating profile of Maestro Khan:

http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=c036d4d208115d20067ffac892389469

Khansahib was trained by his father and Guru Baba Allauddin Khan.
 
The following is a wonderful snippet from the above link:

"Baba was a musical wizard who could play 200 instruments. However he told his son to concentrate on one and chose the sarode. "At that time no one knew of the sarode," remembers Ali Akbar Khan. "I would go to play in places like Bombay and all they seemed to know was the sarangi." But he felt, "if you want to learn 100 instruments for 100 different qualities you will get it all in one—the sarod. Then why do you need to go to a 100 places?"

Below is an informative link including a short video of Ali Akbar Khan as a young man (thanks to Gregg Butensky for sending the link):

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/6/19/744411/-Ali-Akbar-Khan,-1922-2009.-R.I.P
 
 
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Music, Stories and Poetry from Turkey and Morocco
featuring Gari Hegedus, Clara Hsu and Dore Stein
Sunday, June 21 2p-4p (free)
Bird & Beckett
653 Chenery St San Francisco
(415) 586-3733 www.bird-beckett.com

Multi-instrumentalist Gari Hegedus (baglama, oud, lauoto, violin, viola, hand drum...), writer and poet Clara Hsu and myself will combine stories, music and poetry from our travels in Turkey and Morocco.

We'll have an verview of the fall Tangents Turkey and Morocco tours. I'll also do some dj'ing; including artists from past Turkey music tours as well as a variety of Moroccan music.Turkish and Maroc cd samplers compiled by me will be given out. (quantity limited)

Tour info is at tangents.com. Note that a $600 couples/bring a friend discount for the Turkey music tour expires July 1st.

Gari will perform a 30+ minute live set mostly on oud and baglama. He may also accompany Clara during her readings. In addition to playing instruments from Turkey, Greece, Afghanistan, Iran, and throughout the Middle East, Gari has a bold, cross-pollinating music vision. He is co-leader of Teslim with violinist Kaila Flexer and also co-founder of Stellamara. He has studied with oud master Naseer Shamma and has recorded and performed with Ross Daly. Gari has also toured with the Mevlevi Dervish (Sufi) Order of America and continues to participate in Turkish ceremonial and devotional gatherings around the country.

Clara Hsu will read from her book "Babouche Impromptu and other Moroccan Sketches". These short stories chronicle her solo adventures in Morocco. Clara will also recite poems inspired by her travels in Turkey.

peace through travel and music,

Dore

P.S. This word from Tangents cat lover and long time listener Sandi Covell:

There is currently  a recall of a popular dry cat food that hasn't gotten much publicity.  It turns out that I have a bag from one of the tainted batches so I stopped feeding it to my guys immediately, of course, and will be returning it to Pet Club.
The brands are Nutro: Natural Choice Complete Care and Nutro: Max Cat.  A total of 7 flavors are affected.
You can get specific information and find out whether you have a tainted bag at:
http://www.nutroproducts.com/press-recall/affected-Products.html
Please pass this on to other cat owners.
 

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Fall 2009 Turkey and Morocco Tours
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