Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa Explained

Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa or Rashid Mustafa (born 1993) is a Tabla player empanelled in the Indian Council for Cultural Relations in 2010 under the category Tabla for Hindustani classical music.^[1]

Awards and recognition

Mustafa was awarded the Thirakwa Award^[2] by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in 1984 and also received the Crystal Award from Yehudi Menuhin in Davos, Switzerland.^[3]

Classical music training

Rashid Mustafa was initiated into playing tabla at the age of four just like his famous uncle Ahmed Jan Thirakwa, a Padma Bhushan award recipient. He received early training in tabla under his father Mohammad Jan Thirakwa and then under his uncle Ustaad Ahmed Jan Thirakwa from Farukhabad Gharana of Hindustani music. Rashid Mustafa is the fifth generation in the family of musicians and tabla players.^[4]

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

Live Performances

• 'Parampara' presented by Parichay Foundation with performances from Padma Vibhushan Guru Hariprasad Chaurasia Ji With Ustad Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa at Sri Sathya Sai International Centre, Pragati Vihar, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003^[5]
• Commonwealth Games 2010, New Delhi^[6]
• London Jazz Festival 2015^[6]
• India Habitat Centre 2016^[6]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Empanelment of Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa on the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. Indian Council For Cultural Relations, Government of India website. 11 September 2019. 2024-11-15.
2. Web site: Artistesdetails - Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa. underscorerecords.com website. 2024-11-15.
3. News: dead . 10 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210810093446/https://www.pressreader.com/oman/times-of-oman/20101120/281981783982099 . Soorya to present an evening of Indian classical sarod music . 2010-11-20 . Times of Oman newspaper . en . 15 November 2024. PressReader.
4. Web site: :: Delhi Celebrates :: . delhitourism.gov.in.
5. Web site: Parampara by Padma Vibhushan Guru Hariprasad Chaurasia Ji with Ustad Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa. Delhi Events. 2020-01-24.
6. News: 'Pressure to perform is always there' . Deccan Herald newspaper . en . 2016-06-14. Jayashree Narayanan. 13 June 2021. dead. 15 November 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20210613135323/https://www.deccanherald.com/content/552301/pressure-perform-always-there.html.