Music has no religion

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan stated how he belongs to “every religion of theworld”. He said, “Music does not belong to any religion like air,flowers, water, fire, fragrance. So it is a special gift, and seeing the flavours and the problems of the world, I have learnt so much from the role of flowers, role of music and I feel like saying that I belong to every religion of the world.

I belong to every religion of India.”Ustad Amjad Ali Khan talked about how classical music exists all over the world and how it bridges distances and brings compassion. He emphasised that classical music has no boundaries and no religion.

Speaking about its global appeal, especially in the Western world,Ustad Amjad Ali Khan said, “Classical music is all over the world,most ancient music, the western world also – they still listen to Beethoven, Bach, Mozart – all the great composers – Tchaikovsky of Russia. Classical music will always be there till the time we have sun and moon.

The seven musical notes – Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Da Ni, in Western world,they say – Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti. The seven notes have connected the whole world. Music has connected the world and unfortunately, language creates barriers.”