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Alla Rakha
Indian tabla player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ustad Alla Rakha Qureshi (29 April 1919 ā 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.[1]
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Born | Alla Rakha Qureshi (1919-04-29)29 April 1919 Ghagwal, Jammu Province, Kingdom of Jammu and Kashmir, British Raj (now in Jammu and Kashmir, India) |
Died | 3 February 2000(2000-02-03) (aged 80) |
Occupation(s) | Tabla, Pakhawaj player |
Known for | Hindustani classical music |
Notable credit(s) | Performed with Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussain, Aditya Kalyanpur |
Awards | Padma Shri Award by the Government of India in 1977 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1982 |
Website | www |
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