Talk:Ali Akbar Khan

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the statement "greatest instrumnetalist of his age" is unverified. This is a subjective opinion.

[edit] Widely regarded as the greatest living instrumentalist????

Please provide source!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.166.14.2 (talk) 22:14, 8 January 2007 (UTC).

come on now!!! wikipedia is not a hagiography for individuals!!! All the praise for his playing is subjective!!!!! And terms like "greatest living musician" are ridiculous. Ravi Shankar, and Hariprasad can say the same thing, hey when i sing in the bathroom my girlfriend says im the greatest singer.

"Greatest living instrumentalist" is actually from a quote about Khan-Sahib, by the late Sir Yehudi Menuhin. Unfortunately, I don't know when Sir Yehudi said it. It may be from an album liner note? gar in Oakland (talk) 06:05, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Subjective?

Maybe. I don't know what your girlfriend thinks of Ali Akbar Khan, but this is what violinist Yehudi Menuhin said of him: "an absolute genius, the greatest musician in the world." Of course there's no way to prove a statement like "the greatest". But considering who his teacher is, a true ambassador of the incredibly rich musical tradition of North India (dating back 5,000 years or so), that he was his son (and therefore more the focus of attention than other students) is a good foundation. Having studied with him and been to many of his performances, I have personally experienced the amazing genius of both the Indian musical tradition and Ali Akbar's profound grasp of it. You can call this subjective or anecdotal. Spend some time hanging out with him and I doubt you'd be disappointed. His music transcends all musical genres and is just music. 67.112.120.4 08:24, 5 May 2007 (UTC)jg

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