"Ustad Mohammad Omar: Virtuoso from Afghanistan" - Ustad Mohammad Omar

• artist:
  Ustad Mohammad Omar
• featured artist:
  Ustad Mohammad Omar (accompanied by Zakir Hussain)
• region:
  Central Asia
• release year:
  2002
• style(s):
  • Traditional
  • World
• country:
  Afghanistan
• formats:
  • audio file / digital
  • CD (Compact Disc)
• record submitted by:
  Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• label:
  Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• publisher:
  Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
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Afghan rebâb virtuoso Ustad Mohammad Omar, who was born sometime in the early 20th century, came to the United States in 1974 to Seattle's University of Washington as an artist-in-residence in the ethnomusicology department. On November 18th, 1974, he gave his only U.S. concert, at the university's Meany Hall. He was accompanied by 24-year-old Zakir Hussain, a budding Indian tabla player. Hussain went on to become a world-renowned tabla virtuoso. Ustad Mohammad Omar returned to Afghanistan after his year in Seattle and died in 1980.

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