Al Gromer Khan

Al Gromer Khan (born April 8, 1946) is a German sitar player and composer whose music spans the multiple genres of ambient, new age, world and electronica. He is author of four novels and author of National-Radio documentaries and features about music for more than 25 years and works as a visual artist.

Al Gromer Khan was awarded the Rabindranath Tagore Cultural Prize 2015 for his lifetime achievement as musician/performer on sitar and surbahar of the highest order, composer, writer and visual artist by the Indo-German Society.

Early influences Al Gromer Khan was born Alois Gromer on April 8, 1946, at Frauenzell in the alpine foothills of Bavaria between Lake Constance and Munich. Ambient Religion, 2022 Rasa Music A Gentle Aspect, 2021 Rasa Music SINGING BACK TO ZIRYAB, 2021 Rasa Music Silent Gold Keeps My Forehead Hidden, Single 2021 Rasa Music ONCE AGAIN THE NIGHT, 2020 Rasa Music SILENCE in a BLUE ROOM, 2019 Rasa Music IN HIGH PLACES, 2019 Rasa Music DURGA AVENUE, 2018 Rasa Music SKY WORSHIP, 2018 Rasa Music THE GOD PERFUME, 2017 Rasa Music After the Crash, Single 2017 Rasa Music CHAKRA NOIR, 2016 Rasa Music Day of the Beloved, 2016 Rasa Music LALITA-The Eternal Feminine, 2015 Rasa Music Tibet Shakti, 2015 Rasa Music Inner Witness, 2014 Rasa Music FAR GO, 2013 Rasa Music KULA JAZZ ‘Tantric Miniatures’, 2012 Zustand Foret Diplomatique, 2011 Zustand Future Song, 2010 Zustand, Rasa Music AGK with Thomas Kagermann Sitar Secrets 2009 Rasa Music Lanoiah, 2008 Zustand, Rasa Music Negus, 2008 RASA Music Indian Music II, 2008 RASA Music, NER 2009 Another Kind Of Silence, 2007 RASA Music Radio Yoga 2007 RASA Music Turya 2006 RASA Music The Alchemy of Happiness 2005 RASA Music AGK with Klaus Wiese Chai & Roses 2004 RASA Music Al Gromer Khan Savoy Tea Time 2004 RASA Music with Sébastien Illiano, Raed Khoshaba, Kai Taschner Tantra Electronica 2004 Rasa Music with Emin Corrado Indian Music 2002 RASA Music Future Lounge 2002 Rasa Music Lexus 2001 Intuition Wergo Sufi 2000 – New Age Voice Music Award 2001 - Rasa Music Almond Blossom Day 1999 Rasa Music Kamasutra Experience 1999 New Earth Records – Crossroads Music Awards/Gold Star Tantra Drums 1998 New Earth Records Marco Polo/ Tan Dun 1997 Sony/ Opera Al Gromer Khan/Soloist Space Hotel 1997 New Earth Records – New Age Voice Music Award 1999 - Rasa Music Black Marble and Sweet Fire 1996 Hearts of Space Records with Kai Taschner Monsoon Point 1995 New Earth Records with Amelia Cuni Konya 1994 Bluestar Music Attar – Musik als Parfüm 1994 Wergo Beautiful Marva 1993 Aquarius Utopia 1992 Rasa Music The God Perfume II 1992 Rasa Music Tabris 1991 Musicolor/ Araba Mahogany Nights 1990 Hearts of Space Records Kama Sutra II 1989 Musicolor/ Araba Music from an Eastern Rosegarden 1989 Rasa Music The God Perfume 1987 Rasa Music Chai and Roses 1987 Rasa Music Kama Sutra 1986 Eversongs with Jörg Evers The Neuschwanstein Tapes 1986 Rasa Music with Kai Taschner In High Places 1985 Rasa Music with Klaus Wiese Hymns of Secret Glory 1984 Rasa Music with Klaus Wiese Divan I Khas 1984 Isis with Mario Strack Zuban 1981 Major Music/Isis with Mario Strack Uranus Venus 1980 Warner Bros. with Mario Strack, Ute Lenz, Jörg Evers Yoga Popol Vuh 1976 High Tide 1993 with Florian Fricke Hesse Between Music 1974 Wergo CD with P.M. Hamel, J.E. Berendt Cat Stevens 1970 Studioalbum Mona Bone Jakon Olympic Studio in Barnes - Fill My Eyes - Chorus: Al Gromer & Paul Simon Napier-Bell

Audio books Idries Shah - Die Weisheit der Narren, Zustand Verlag, Musik Al Gromer Khan - Surbahar Jazzweihnacht Rasa Music 2007 Der Lehrer, sein Schüler und der weiße Mogul, Rasa Music 2006 Der Tigerbericht 1990 Sheema Medien Dietrich Wild/Al Gromer Khan Neuauflage 2004

Books Jimi of Silence, Zustand Verlag 2009 - language German Der weiße Mogul, Zustand Verlag 2009 Jazz Christmas“, Zustand Verlag, 2011 e-book The White Mogul“ English, Zustand Verlag 2015, ebook, Goodreads *****Readers‘ Favorite Kurt and Bongo and the Hippies, English, Zustand Verlag 2017, book and e-book

Soundtracks on Coer de Vere Herz aus Glas 1977 Werner Herzog Popol Vuh/Al Gromer Khan Nosferatu 1979 Werner Herzog Popol Vuh/Al Gromer Khan (participation) Un Divan A New York 1996 Chantal Akerman Sublime 2006 Tony Krantz Highway World 2008 Martin Hans Schmitt (Al Gromer Khan Soundtrack)

Collaboration with Popol Vuh Das Hohelied Salomos 1975 Letzte Tage – Letzte Nächte 1976 Brüder des Schattens – Söhne des Lichts 1978 Die Nacht der Seele 1979

Exhibitions Kunstpavillon München ‚The Malakosha Ambience’ 1993 Gasteig München ‚Friedensprozess’ 2001 khan art Galerie ‚Tantric Miniatures’ 2011 München khan art ambient ‚Tantric Miniatures’ 2012 Berlin khanart Munich since 2012 yearly exhibitions with works/music by AGK & Ute Gromer