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Ahmed Jan later known as 'Ahmed Jan Thirakwa' was born to a family of musicians in 1892 in Moradabad in the North-Western Provinces of British India. [5] Although his early musical training was in Hindustani vocals and the sarangi, his interest in tabla was aroused when he first heard tabla player Munir Khan. He became Munir Khan's disciple at ...
Ustad Alla Rakha Qureshi [1] (29 April 1919 – 3 February 2000) was an Indian tabla player who specialised in Hindustani classical music.Widely revered as one of history's most iconic players of the tabla, [2] he was a frequent accompanist of sitar player Pandit Ravi Shankar and was largely responsible for introducing tabla to the Western audience.
A tabla [nb 1] is a pair of hand drums from the Indian subcontinent. Since the 18th century, it has been the principal percussion instrument in Hindustani classical music , [ 3 ] where it may be played solo, as an accompaniment with other instruments and vocals, or as a part of larger ensembles.
In 2018, she led 217 tabla players on stage in a tribute to her teacher Alla Rakha in celebration of his birth centenary. [2] [citation needed] In January 2018, she was awarded the Ministry of WCD First Ladies Award by the President of India for being the first and youngest female Indian musician to perform at the WOMAD and Przystanek Woodstock ...
Phonics Song with Two Words from children's channel ChuChu TV is the most viewed video in India and is the 7th most viewed YouTube video in the world. "Why This Kolaveri Di" become the first Indian music video to cross 100 million views. [1] [2] "Swag Se Swagat" became the first Indian music video to cross 500 million views on YouTube.
Pandit Shankar Ghosh (10 October 1935 – 22 January 2016) was an Indian Tabla player from the Farukhabad gharana of Hindustani classical music. He has revolutionized both the art of Tabla solo playing as well as Tabla accompaniment. His many compositions have become an intrinsic part of the contemporary Tabla repertoire. [1]
The Farrukhabad Gharana of Tabla was created in the 11th Century by a Rajput Court musician Akaasa who later had to convert to Islam and became a Muslim (Dastaan-e-akasa). He also changed his name from Akaasa to Mir Akaasa. He was the first to introduce bols into tabla playing. The first bols introduced in tabla were "tat-dhit-thun-nan".
His first tabla solo broadcast was at the age of 4, in 1960. [ 5 ] As an accompanist too, he has supported Pandit Ravi Shankar , Ustad Vilayat Khan , Pandit Nikhil Banerjee , Pandit Jasraj , Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma , Ustad Amjad Ali Khan , Ustad Rais Khan , Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta , Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, Ustad Munnawar Ali Khan and many ...