Question
Download Solution PDFTabla maestro Ustad Alla Rakha was a musician trained by Mian Kader Baksh of the _________.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Punjab Gharana.
Key Points
- Alla Rakha became a renowned player of Tabla.
- He specialized in Hindustani Classical music and belongs to Punjab Gharana.
- He is often seen accompanying Sitar specialist Pandit Ravi Shankar.
- He played an important role in introducing the Tabla to the West.
- He received the Padma Shri in 1977 and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1982.
- Tabla is a percussion instrument that consists of two drums: the smaller one is called the dayan and the larger one is called the bayan.
| Instrument | Renowned Musicians |
|---|---|
| Veena | Asad Ali Khan, Veena Gayathri, Gopal Shankar Misra, Emani Sankara Sastry, Veena Sheshanna |
| Ghatam | Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram,Ghatam Giridhar Udupa, Umayalpuram K. Narayanaswamy |
| Tabla | Alla Rakha, Zakir Hussain, Anindo Chatterjee, Kishan Maharaj, Shankar Ghosh, Bikram Ghosh |
| Santoor | Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Tarun Bhattacharya, Abhay Sopori, Satish Vyas |
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