Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa

Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa or Rashid Mustafa (born 1964) is a noted tabla player from India.

Awards and recognition Mustafa was awarded the Thirakwa Award by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in 1984 and also received the Crystal Award from Yehudi Menuhin in Davos, Switzerland.

Early life and classical music training Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa was born in 1964. He was initiated into playing tabla at the age of four just like his famous uncle Ahmed Jan Thirakwa, a Padma Bhushan award recipient in 1970. He received initial training in tabla under his father Mohammad Jan Thirakwa and then, received intensive training until age 12, from his uncle Ustad Ahmed Jan Thirakwa from Farukhabad Gharana of Hindustani music who died in 1976. Commonwealth Games 2010, New Delhi London Jazz Festival 2015 India Habitat Centre 2016

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