Aashish Khan

Aashish Khan
Khan in 2013
Background information
Born(1939-12-05)5 December 1939
Maihar, Bundelkhand Agency, British India
Died14 November 2024(2024-11-14) (aged 84)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
InstrumentSarode
Years active1970–2024

Aashish Khan (5 December 1939 – 14 November 2024) was an Indian classical musician and player of the sarod. He was also nominated for a Grammy Award in 2006 in the 'Best Traditional World Music Album' category for his album "Golden Strings of the Sarode". He was 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.