Fusing tradition with innovation, AIMREC brings you the best in Indian classical and world music.
Aimrec is a premiere independent Indian Classical Music record label based in Baltimore, MD, USA.
Here is a behind the scenes look from our recent recording with Hidayat Khan (sitar), Sabir Khan (sarangi),Rakesh Chaurasia (bansuri), and Enayet Hossain (tabla). Album is forthcoming.
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Santoor Maestro Pt Tarun Bhattacharya has been a pioneering and revolutionary musician who has changed the face of Indian classical music, he has been truly an unparalleled music ambassador of India. One of the most celebrated torch bearers of Indian classical music he has virtually traversed the globe many times over performing in some of most awe inspiring venues and cities as Royal Albert Hall, Palace-de-beaux (Brussels), Theater- De-La-Viile (France), Apollo Theatre (Spain), Jubilee Auditorium (Canada), Kremlin (Russia).
In this album, Pt. Tarun Bhattacharya renders a beautiful alaap, jor, jhalla, and gats in vilambit and drut teentaal accompanied by Enayet Hossain on tabla in Raga Rageshree. The album concludes with live recordings of two folk melodies (one in Raga Pahadi and one in Raga Kirwani) accompanied by Saleiman Azizi on tabla.
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Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan is privileged with both belonging to an illustrious musical family, and for achieving success in not only preserving the tradition but in pushing its boundaries to even greater heights of aesthetic beauty. He is one of the most brilliant musical gems of the famous Etawah Gharana and belongs to the seventh generation of this musical lineage.
Few instrumentalists have enjoyed so much of love and admiration as Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan has, from the music loving fraternity worldwide. He is a Top Grade artist of A.I.R. and a recipient of numerous national and international awards including the 'Padma Shri', 'Sur Shringaar', the 'Kumar Gandharva Samman', the "M.L. Koser Award', etc. He is also a recipient of the prestigious "Sangeet Natak Academy Award" of 2006. He has performed in all major musical festivals in India and abroad including the Festival of India held in the US, Europe, USSR, Canada, Middle East, Africa and Australia, enthralling the audience everywhere. With numerous LP records, audio and video cassettes, CDs and DVDs, numerous awards and accolades, and a distinguished performance career in India and around the world, he is widely recognized as one of the greatest sitar-players of the world. Ustad Shahid Parvez, the future of Sitar is still bright after Pandit Ravi Shankarji."
Ustad Shaid Parvez is gracefully accompanied by Enayet Hossain on Tabla as he unfolds a beautiful rendition of Raga Bihag.
Shakir Khan is one of the most promising young exponents of the legendary Etawah Gharana, energetically following in the musical footsteps of his prodigious father and guru - the sitar maestro Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan. Expertly accompanied by Enayet Hossain on Tabla, Shakir reveals the majesty of the sitar with his rendition of Raga Bageshree and Raga Desh.
