Saturday, August 24, 2013
TAUFIQ QURESHI (born 1965) is
an Indian classical musician. He is a percussionist and a
composer.
Born in Mumbai, to legendary tabla player, Ustad Alla
Rakha. His eldest brother is tabla player, Ustad Zakir Hussain. He
received guidance from Ghatam Vidhwan, Pandit Vikku Vinayakram.
Taufiq Quereshi started his career early. His stint with live
performances began with the creation of his own world music band, ‘Surya’ way
back in 1986-87. He has been featured as a performing artiste on the 2009-
Grammy award winning album Global Drum Project, Remember Shakti, Masters
of Percussions and Summi. He collaborates with various classical
artists for fusion concerts.
He plays a variety of percussion instruments like djembe, duff, bongos, batajon.
His performance on drums with a soft beat of a muffled drum and the very next
moment ups the tempo and demonstration of different sounds - like breath,
rhythm, breaking a champagne bottle, the sound of the train and the arrival of
people, horses and others on arrival at the palace on the drums are quite
popular.
He also Rendered background score and music for movies like Damini, Ghatak, Black, Dil
Chahta Hai, Sawariya, Dhoom 2, Bhool Bhulaiya, Parzania (2007), Jab
We Met etc.
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