About Ustad Mohammad Omar
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 18 November 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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Keliwali in the melodic mode of kastori
Tabla solo in the rhythmic cycle of jhaptal (10-beat cycle)
Shakal and naghma in the melodic mode of emen (yeman)
Shakal and naghma in the melodic mode of bopali (bhupali)
Shakal and naghma based on the melodic mode of pelo (pilu)
Rebab and Dhol
Tabla solo
Shakal and Naghma in the melod
Keliwali
Shakal and Naghma in the melodic mode of Emen
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