ShowCase Studio Presents In Conversation With Ustad Fazal Qureshi

Name: ShowCase Studio Presents In Conversation With Ustad Fazal Qureshi
Start: 2020-11-08T13:00:00.000+0000
End: 2020-11-08T14:30:00.000Z
Location: Online

Nov 08 '20 | 06:30 PM (IST)

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Artist: Ustad Fazal Qureshi

Hailing from a background that reverberates with the taal of the tabla, music has been Fazal Qureshi's natural inheritance.

Under the guidance of his Guru and father the legendary tabla maestro, Ustad Alla Rakha, and with the inspiration drawn from his brother, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Fazal has developed a unique style that is distinguished for its fine sense of rhythm, versatility and eloquence.

He performs both as a soloist and as an accompanist with instrumentalists, vocalists at prestigious 'Sammelans' all over India and abroad.

Fazal has expanded his horizons by being involved with other styles of music of the world especially Jazz and Western classical music, and has been associated with Mynta, his world music band based in Sweden.

Besides being a performer he has also composed music for films and various albums.

Today, he has been performing for over 40 yrs, and is in charge of the Tabla Institute (Ustad Allarakha Institute of Music), started by his father.

Host: Narendra Kusnur

Narendra Kusnur has been a journalist for 35 years, specializing in covering of music. His articles have appeared in numerous publications, including Mid-Day, The Hindu, Hindustan Times, Music Plus and Seniors Today.

Kusnur has also had a two year stint with EMI Music India, handling the Indian music and Warner Music repertoire. At Reliance Retail, he headed training for their lifestyle products division, including books and music.

He writes on all forms of Indian and international music, besides appearing in conferences and webinars. Recently, he presented a series on the basics of jazz for NCPA Mumbai.