Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa

Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa or Rashid Mustafa (born 1964) is a noted tabla player from India.[1]

He was empanelled in the Indian Council for Cultural Relations in 2010 under the category Tabla for Hindustani classical music.[2][3]

Awards and recognition

Mustafa was awarded the Thirakwa Award[4] by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in 1984 and also received the Crystal Award from Yehudi Menuhin in Davos, Switzerland.[5]

Early life and classical music training

Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa was born in 1964.[1] He was initiated into playing tabla at the age of four just like his famous uncle Ahmed Jan Thirakwa, a Padma Bhushan award recipient in 1970. He received initial training in tabla under his father Mohammad Jan Thirakwa and then, received intensive training until age 12, from his uncle Ustad Ahmed Jan Thirakwa from Farukhabad Gharana of Hindustani music who died in 1976.[1] Rashid Mustafa is the fifth generation in the family of musicians and tabla players.[2]

Over the years, Rashid Mustafa has developed his own style of tabla playing which include the tabla gharanas of Farukhabad gharana, Delhi gharana, Lucknow gharana, Ajrada gharana, Punjab gharana and Benaras gharana.[1][2]

Since 1995, Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa has given tabla-playing performances at the death anniversaries of his tabla-guru and uncle Ustad Ahmed Jan Thirakwa (1892 - 13 January 1976).[1]

Live Performances

Discography

  • Lehren = लेहरें-Talat Aziz (LP, Album) Music India, 1983
  • The Maestro's Musings -Amjad Ali Khan(LP) CBS, 1986
  • The Album-Amjad Ali Khan(CD, Comp) Sirocco 2, CBS, 1988
  • Sarod-Amjad Ali Khan Music today, 19991
  • Swar Sameer-Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (CD, Album) Super Cassettes Industries Ltd., T-Series, 1991
  • Music Of The Sitar-Pandit Partho Das JVC, 1992
  • Moods 'N' Melodies-Rachna Subhalakshmi and Rashid Mustafa and various other artists, T-Series, SCI, 1992
  • Raga Bahar - Instrumental Wizards (3xCD) -with Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Sony Music, 2015

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Anjana Rajan (8 January 2015). "Home is where the art is (Profile and interview of Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa)". The Hindu newspaper. Archived from the original on 25 December 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Jayashree Narayanan (14 June 2016). "'Pressure to perform is always there'". Deccan Herald newspaper. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "Empanelment of Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa on the Indian Council for Cultural Relations". Indian Council For Cultural Relations, Government of India website. 11 September 2019. Archived from the original on 16 November 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Artistesdetails - Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa". underscorerecords.com website. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "Soorya to present an evening of Indian classical sarod music". Times of Oman newspaper. 20 November 2010. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Parampara by Padma Vibhushan Guru Hariprasad Chaurasia Ji with Ustad Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa". Delhi Events website. 6 September 2019. Archived from the original on 20 November 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
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