“Aesthetically spellbinding”—Indian Express
When Alam Khan moves across the sarod’s steel strings, time dilates. As the Khalifa of the Maihar Gharana, son of the legendary Swara Samrat Ali Akbar Khan and grandson of Ustad Allauddin Khan, Alam Khan offers not just performance, but transmission.
As an internationally celebrated virtuoso, Alam Khan stands today as the head of one of the world's most influential and revered lineages of Indian classical music. He has graced many of the world’s most prestigious stages, including Royal Jodhpur Palace, the Dover Lane Music Festival in Calcutta, and New York’s Lincoln Center Jazz festival, as well as highly acclaimed concerts all over the United States, Canada, Europe and India, in addition to his teaching work with CalArts.
Accompanied by tabla maestro Eman Hashimi, this intimate evening unspools the emotional grammar of Indian classical music—pathos, ecstasy, longing, stillness. At once rooted and searching, traditional and improvisational, their concert is a meditation on continuity and change, an invitation to listen beyond the noise. A rare night where the future awakens the past and asks: shall we play?
Date: Saturday, July 12th, 2025
Doors: 7:00 p.m
Show: 7:30 p.m
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MUSIC SERIES PARTNER
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
A special thank you to consultant Nina Buddhdev for creating the Surrey Civic Theatres and Indian Summer Festival partnership model and catalyzing this presentation.
Funded in part with the support of a City of Surrey Cultural Grant.
Accessibility Info
This venue is wheelchair accessible. The programming is auditory and low vision friendly. There are gender neutral, accessible, single stall bathrooms onsite. For more comprehensive accessibility information see the our Surrey Arts Centre venue accessibility information.