Annapurna Devi (born 1926) is a reclusive surbahar (bass sitar) player and music teacher in the North Indian classical tradition. She is the daughter of Allauddin Khan and ex-wife of his student, Ravi Shankar. 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The surbahar, also known as a bass Sitar, is a traditional stringed musical instrument from India. ... Timeline and Samples Genres Classical (Carnatic and Hindustani) - Rock - Pop - Hip hop Awards Bollywood Music Awards - Punjabi Music Awards Charts Festivals Sangeet Natak Akademi – Thyagaraja Aradhana – Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana Media Sruti, The Music Magazine National anthem Jana Gana Mana, also national song Vande Mataram States Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Andhra... Allauddin Khan (Bangla: ওস্তাদ আলাউদ্দীন খান, also known as Baba Allauddin Khan) (1862-1972) was an Indian classical musician and one of the greatest music teachers of the twentieth century. ... Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar Maestro © www. ...

When Allauddin's first daughter, Sharija, got married, and a jealous mother-in-law burnt her tanpura, Allauddin decided not to train his other daughters. One day, however, he came home to discover Annapurna teaching her brother Ali Akbar Khan, and her talent made him change his mind. The tambura is a musical instrument used in various places around the world. ... Ali Akbar Khan (born April 14, 1922) is one of todays most accomplished Indian classical musicians and known for his mastery of the sarod, a beautiful, 25-stringed Indian instrument. ...

Annapurna became a very accomplished surbahar player of the Maihar gharana (school). She married her father's sitar student, Ravi Shankar; she was 14, he 21. The marriage lasted some twenty years, and produced a son, Shubhendra Shankar (1942–1992). Early on, the couple would give duet concerts, but Annapurna's performances were soon to end. Rumour has it Ravi was jealous of her playing and made her vow never to perform in public again – in an authorised biography^[1], Annapurna has said it was "worse than that", but declined to comment further. Be that as it may, the marriage started to break down when Ravi fell in love with the 13-year-old sister of their next-door neighbor, classical singer Laxmi Shankar, and ended some years later in divorce. Maihar is a town in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. ... This article is about the year. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Since then, Annapurna has lived in an upper-class Mumbai neighbourhood, rarely leaving her flat. The doorbell carries instructions that "1) The door will not be opened on Mondays and Fridays. 2) Please ring the bell only thrice. 3) If no one opens, please leave your name and address. Thank you very much. Inconvenience is regretted." Here, she has taught a select few students in late-night sessions, some famous, some not: Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pradeep Kumar, Basant Kabra, her younger gurubhai Nikhil Banerjee. She is married to her student Rooshikumar Pandya. Though her music may not be heard, she continues to be thought of as a classical instrumentalists of the highest caliber. Mumbai (Hindi / Marathi: मुंबई) (pronounced ), formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the state of Maharashtra, and the most populous city of India, with an estimated metropolitan population of about 12 million (2005). ... Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia is known internationally as the greatest living master of bansuri, the North Indian bamboo flute. ... Nikhil Banerjee (Bangla: নিখিল ব্যানার্জী) (1 October 1931–27 January 1986) was one of Indias most prominent sitar players of the second half of the 20th Century. ...

Footnote

^ Swapan Kumar Bondyopadhyay: An Unheard Melody: Annapurna Devi – an Authorised Biography, Roli, New Delhi, 2005. ISBN 81-7436-399-8. The Humayuns Tomb, situated in New Delhi, has an architectural design similar to the Taj Mahal. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The International Standard Book Number, or ISBN (sometimes pronounced is-ben), is a unique identifier for books, intended to be used commercially. ...

External link

• The Viyaja Parrikar Library of Indian Classical Music has some old amateur recordings of Annapurna Devi's surbahar playing on-line.