| Music Facts | - Belongs to the sixth generation of musicians of the Bangash lineage
- Started training under his father at the age of six
- Family claims to have invented the instrument sarod
- Has performed at various prestigious international venues
- Represented India at the first World Arts Summit in Venice
- Changed the way the sarod is played by creating expressive techniques such as ekhara taans
- Composed new ragas
- Visiting professor at Stanford University, Indiana University, York University, Washington University, Stony Brook, North Eastern and New Mexico University
- Made landmark appearance at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1971, becoming the first sarod player to perform at the venue
- Composed new ragas including Kiran Ranjani, Haripriya Kanada, Shivanjali, Shyam Shri, Suhag Bhairav, Lalit Dhwani, Amiri Todi, Jawahar Manjari and Bapukauns
- Plays the sarod with fingernails instead of fingertips, a difficult technique that produces a clear ringing sound
- Collaborated with Scottish Chamber Orchestra on a sarod concerto
- Presented sarod concerto 'Samaagam' with Taipei Chinese Orchestra (2009)
- Released 'STRINGS FOR PEACE: Premieres for Guitar & Sarod' on Zoho Music (2020) with sons Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash and guitarist Sharon Isbin, which debuted at number three on Amazon Hot New Releases/World Music bestseller list and rose to number two in its first week
- Toured extensively in India and abroad from the 1970s onward
- Performed at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo
- April 20th, 1984 was declared as Amjad Ali Khan Day in Boston, Massachusetts
- Career has lasted more than 60 years
- Widely credited with reinventing the technique of playing the sarod
- Ancestral home has been donated to a trust and converted into a museum (Sarod Ghar) housing four generations of sarod players
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