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A Tabla Solo and Violin Recital featuring ![]() Ustad Shabbir Nisar (Tabla Solo) This concert is co-sponsored by KFAI "Fresh Air" Radio (90.3 FM in Minneapolis and 106.7FM in Saint Paul). Venue: Pangea World Theater Studio Tickets:
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concerts. Venue: Pangea
World Theater Studio Fee: $100 for workshop participation, payable at registration
(prior to or on the first day of workshop) Auditing is permitted (that is, you may observe class without an instrument and audio-tape and take notes) with permission and prior registration. No video-taping will be allowed. Workshop Dates and times:
Requirements: The workshop is for beginners and intermediate level students. You are expected, however, to have a good foundation in the basic strokes and sound production and to have the ability to comprehend basic Theka, Kayda, Tihaai, and Tukda (compositional forms). You need to bring your own Tabla set. Audio taping is allowed, but no video taping is permitted. Participants are expected to attend all four sessions. There is no pro-rated fee for partial attendance. The workshop will be in small groups during the said times and dates. |
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About the artists: Ustad
Shabbir Nisar is the son of the legendary Tabla maestro Ustad Shaikh Dawood Khan
of Hyderabad, India. Under his illustrious father's tutelage, Shabbir inherited a vast
wealth of tabla compositions from Delhi, Purab, and Farukkabad schools of percussion. He
is one of the rare masters who has kept the art of tabla alive in its original form. Ustad Shabbir Nisar has accompanied most of the eminent musicians of Indian Classical music including Ustad Vilayat Khan, Ustad Abdul Haleem Jaffer Khan, Pandit Jasraj, Ustad Munawar Ali Khan, Ustad Sultan Khan, Ustad Shahid Parvez, Smt. Malini Rajurkar, Smt. Laxmi Shankar, Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee, Ustad Nishad Khan, Irshad Khan, Pandit Uma Shankar Mishra etc. His tabla solo performance is a mirror onto the bygone days of the renaissance of tabla whose outstanding exponents included Ustad Siddhar Khan of Delhi, Miyan Bakhshu Khan, Ustad Modu Khan, Haji Vilayat Hussain Khan etc. His style is indicative of his constant efforts to maintain an effortless technique, an appreciation of tonal quality and exposition of rare and authentic compositions from the treasuries of the great tabla and pakhawaj masters of yesteryears. His solo performances have enraptured connoisseurs and music lovers alike wherever he has performed. Since 1997 he has visited the United States every year. His style of teaching is to nurture tabla players who will be adept at accompanying all styles of music as well as playing tabla solo in the grand tradition of tabla. Today, he has about 100 disciples all over the world, many of whom are established professional tabla players. Ustad Shabbir Nisar's vast repertoire of compositions from Delhi, Purab (Lucknow and Farrukhabad), Ajrada and Punjab gharanas, as well as his mastery over some difficult and rare "Gats" make him one of the foremost tabaliyas of the present time. His playing of the 'dugga', or bayan, is traditional and full of flashes of brilliance and reminiscent of his late father who was known for his expressive and powerful bayan playing. He is the
founder of 'Ustad Shaik Dawood Academy of Music' in Hyderabad, India. It is an ambitious
project devoted to research, preservation and promotion of the rich tradition of tabla
that he has inherited from his great legendary father Ustad Shaik Dawood. Directions and parking:
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