Ustad Ahmedjan Thirakwa

Artist: Ustad Ahmedjan Thirakwa

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Vocal music lessons were begun at an early age in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh State where Ahmed Jan Thirakwa was born into a musical family in 1892. His father trained him on the sarangi while his uncles - Sher Khan, Faiyaz Khan, and Bashwa Khan - gave early tabla lessons. Ahmed Jan was drawn to the art of tabla playing after hearing a live performance by Ustad Munir Khan; who he became a student of when he reached the age of twelve. With barely six hours of sleep between practices and a strict but rich diet of nutritious food and milk, Thirakw...read more

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