This year marks 58 years of the AACM in the Bay Area 🙌🏽 That’s a LOT of history, memories, and incredible music. Along with our classes and concerts, we are also a school deeply rooted in the art of preservation. We don’t take our heritage lightly, and know that a huge aspect of our mission is to keep the history of this ancient tradition safe, secure, and accessible to all future generations. A donation to the AACM, big or small, is another step towards this dream of our founder, Maestro Ali Akbar Khan. Please consider checking out our Ways to Support page (in bio) for our Spring Fundraiser, or sharing the link with your friends! It means the world to us. Here’s to another 58 years 🙏🏽 . . . . #aliakbarcollegeofmusic #aacm #aliakbarkhan #ustadaliakbarkhan #indianclassicalmusic #bayarea #traditionalmusic #musicschool #familytradition #sarod #instrumental #raga #classes #donate #fundraiser #nonprofit (fb)

Join the AACM for an all-day musical celebration in honor of the life and work of our founder, legendary sarod Maestro Ali Akbar Khan. This year, our event will include special musical performances celebrating the lives of our dear friends, Ustad Aashish Khan & Ustad Zakir Hussain. The afternoon performances will begin with honoring Maestro Khan’s oldest son, sarodiya Ustad Aashish Khan, and will feature musicians Mallar Bhattacharya on sarod, John Stephens on sarod, Dave Cipriani on slide guitar, Will Marsh on sitar, and William Rossel on tabla After this will feature a tabla ensemble paying their respects to the world-renowned tabla artists and percussionist, Ustad Zakir Hussain. This will feature tabla players Salar Nader, Rohan Singh Bhogal, Karan Minhas, Kiran Morarji, Tejas Tope, and Vikas Yendluri, with harmonium accompaniment by Hardeep Chana. After a break, we will return with an evening portion that will feature a performance by Maestro Khan’s two youngest sons, Alam and Manik Khan, both on sarod, with his long-time tabla accompanist, the esteemed Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri. We love this event each year and the feeling of community and joy it brings, and we hope to see you there! Click the link in our bio for tickets and more information about these wonderful artists. @swapanchaudhuriofficial @alamsarode @manikthe8th @mallarbhattacharya @johnstephenssarode @davecipriani @marshstrings @williamrosseltabla @salar_system @3taal @kiran.tabla @mr_chana #aliakbarcollegeofmusic #aacm #aliakbarkhan #ustadaliakbarkhan #indianclassicalmusic #bayarea #traditionalmusic #musicschool #familytradition #sarod #instrumental #tabla #sitar #tribute (fb)