bio data
zuheb
ahmed khan
tabla
player
zuheb
KHAN, born on 2nd March 1993,
belongs to the famous Ajrada Gharana. He is the son of ustad naushad ahmed khan who is the fourth generation of musicians
hailing from the gharana. Zuheb took his training from well known tabla player of
ustad akram khan and grand father
ustad hashmat ali khan.
Zuheb started his learning
when he was only 3 years old. His first stage performance was at the tender age
of five at the Russian embassy with his father. Zuheb has performed in various
prestigious festivals all over in India like Harballabh Sangeet Sabha in Jalander
where he stood 1st, kashi Baithak
in Delhi, Darpan music festival, American embassy, Australian embassy to name a
few. He has performed in major cities such as Delhi. Jaipur, kolkata, Raipur and Banaras. He
has performed in a total of 37 concerts organized by spic macay all over India. He was awarded the gold medal at
the tender age of 14 by the great sarod maestro sh. Sharan rani. He has also given solo concerts in Hydrabad
and Jaipur and performed at the all India radio festival. He has performed with
many legendary artists like sitar maestro USTAD NISHAT KHAN, pandit shubendro rao, volin maestro anupriya deotale, Pandit vikas kushalkar and many more artists in
India
and abroad.
The Ajrara
Gharana, categorized as playing in the kinar baj, was founded in the nineteenth
century. Clarity of sound is the hallmark of the gharana’s playing style. The
Ajrara gharana includes bol-patterns that are rather complicated with barabar
and ad laya. zuheb is arguably the finest contemporary performer of this style.
Zuheb is appreciated both in the field of
percussion and music throughout the world as an international phenomenon. A
classical tabla virtuoso of the highest order, his consistently brilliant and
exciting performances have not only established him as a national treasure in
his own country but also abroad. His playing is marked by his uncanny intuition
and masterful improvisational dexterity. Founded in formidable knowledge and
study, he has not let his genius rest there.