Aashish Khan

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Aashish Khan Debsharma
Khan in 2013
Background information
Born	(1939-12-05)5 December 1939 Maihar, Bundelkhand Agency, British India
Died	14 November 2024(2024-11-14) (aged 84) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Indian classical pop disco
Occupation(s)	Sarodiya, composer, educator
Instrument	Sarode
Years active	1970–2024

Aashish Khan Debsharma (5 December 1939 – 14 November 2024) was an Indian classical musician and a player of the sarod. He was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2006 for the 'Best Traditional World Music Album' category for his album "Golden Strings of the Sarode".^[1] He is also a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. Besides being a performer, composer, and conductor, he was also an adjunct professor of Indian classical music at the California Institute of the Arts, and the University of California at Santa Cruz, in the United States.

As the grandson of Allauddin Khan, he collaborated with musicians such as Ravi Shankar and The Beatles. Beyond Indian classical music, he and his brother Pranesh Khan also composed disco music for the album Disco Jazz (1982), sung by Rupa Biswas.