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Bookmark or Share- Alla Rakha - WikipediaUstad Alla Rakha Qureshi (29 April 1919 – 3 February 2000), mononymously known as Alla Rakha, was an Indian tabla player who specialised in Hindustani classical music. He was a frequent accompanist of sitar player Pandit Ravi Shankar and was largely responsible for introducing tabla to the Western audience.
- FROM SAMBA NEAR JAMMU, ALLA RAKHA BECAME A TABLA LEGENDBorn on April 29, 1919, in this small border village on the Indian side of Jammu and Kashmir, Alla Rakha, as he is popularly known, became a world-renowned tabla player. During his concert performances in India and abroad, he was a frequent accompanist of sitar maestro Ravi Shanker.
- The enduring charm of Abbaji - The HinduOne of the most iconic musicians of our times, Ustad Alla Rakha took the art of accompaniment to a new level, and in a sense was the first to give tabla the visibility and status it has...
- The genius of Alla Rakha Qureshi and how he brought the tabla ...Alla Rakha Qureshi, one of the greatest tabla players of the century, would have turned 100 on April 29 this year. Tribute concerts spread over two days — April 28 and 29 — at NCPA, Nariman Point, by his three percussionist sons Zakir, Fazal and Taufiq, and a number of his students from across the world will be held to commemorate the occasion.
- Alla Rakha | Indian Tabla Player, Music Composer & Teacher ...Alla Rakha was an Indian tabla player, widely acknowledged in his day as one of the finest in India. As a regular accompanist of Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar in the 1960s and ’70s, he was largely responsible for developing interest in the tabla among non-Indian audiences.
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