He is the father of Ali Akbar Khan and teacher of many great musicians including Ravi Shankar and Pannalal Ghosh. A renowned composer of the 20th century, Baba Alauddin Khan, a sarod maestro and a multi-instrumentalist was one of the first musicians who laid the seeds of Indian orchestral compositions. On the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary, a tribute concert has been organised by Prasar Bharati, in association with the NCPA, on October 20.

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia