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Ustad Mohammad Omar
12+ albums
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Afghan rebâb virtuoso Ustad Mohammad Omar, who was born sometime in the early 20th century, came to the United States in 1974 to Seattle’s University of Washington as an artist-in residence in the ethnomusicology department. On 18 November 1974, he gave his only U.S. concert, at the university’s Meany Hall. He was accompanied by 24-year-old Zakir Hussain, a budding Indian tabla player. Hussain went on to become a world-renowned tabla virtuoso. Ustad Mohammad Omar returned to Afghanistan after his year in Seattle and died in 1980. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
1
Keliwali in the melodic mode of kastori
3002Tabla solo in the rhythmic cycle of jhaptal (10-beat cycle)
2763Shakal and naghma in the melodic mode of emen (yeman)
2534Shakal and naghma in the melodic mode of bopali (bhupali)
2015Shakal and naghma based on the melodic mode of pelo (pilu)
1756Rebab and Dhol
687Tabla solo
668Shakal and Naghma in the melod
539Keliwali
5210Shakal and Naghma in the melodic mode of Emen
51albums
Ustad Mohammad Omar: Virtuoso from Afghanistan
Virtuoso From Afghanistan
Afghanistan - Music From Kabul
Robab - The Soul Of Sound
Robab: The Soul of Sound, Vol. 2
Music of Afghanistan
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Virtuoso From Afghanistan [Smi
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Rubab
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Virtuoso From Afghanistan [Smithsonian Folkways]
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Raguna On Rabab
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Afghanistan-Music from Kabul
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Mohammad Omar - Virtuoso from Afghanistan