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'''Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa''' or '''Rashid Mustafa''' (born 1993) is a [[Tabla]] player empanelled in the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]] in 2010 under the category Tabla for Hindustani classical music.<ref name=DH/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iccr.gov.in/index.php/cultural/list-of-empanelment-artist/shri-rashid-mustafa-thirakwa|title=Empanelment of Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa on the Indian Council for Cultural Relations|website=Indian Council For Cultural Relations, Government of India website|date=11 September 2019|access-date=2024-11-15}}</ref><br />
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==Awards and recognition==<br />
Mustafa was awarded the Thirakwa Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://underscorerecords.com/artistes/detail/115/Rashid-Mustafa-Thirakwa|title=Artistesdetails - Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa|website=underscorerecords.com website|access-date=2024-11-15}}</ref> by [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]] in 1984 and also received the Crystal Award from [[Yehudi Menuhin]] in [[Davos]], Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite news |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810093446/https://www.pressreader.com/oman/times-of-oman/20101120/281981783982099 |url=https://www.pressreader.com/oman/times-of-oman/20101120/281981783982099 |title=Soorya to present an evening of Indian classical sarod music |date=2010-11-20 |publisher=Times of Oman newspaper |language=en |access-date=15 November 2024|via=[[PressReader]]}}</ref><br />
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==Classical music training==<br />
Rashid Mustafa was initiated into playing tabla at the age of four just like his famous uncle Ahmed Jan Thirakwa, a [[Padma Bhushan]] award recipient. He received early training in tabla under his father Mohammad Jan Thirakwa and then under his uncle Ustaad [[Ahmed Jan Thirakwa]] from [[Farukhabad Gharana]] of Hindustani music. Rashid Mustafa is the fifth generation in the family of musicians and tabla players.<ref name=DH/><ref>{{cite web |title=:: Delhi Celebrates :: |url=https://delhitourism.gov.in//delhitourism/delhi_celebrates/oct9.jsp |website=delhitourism.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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Over the years, Rashid Mustafa has developed his own style of tabla playing which include the tabla gharanas of [[Delhi gharana]], [[Lucknow gharana]], [[Ajrada gharana]], [[Punjab gharana]] and [[Benaras gharana]].<ref name=DH/> <br />
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==Live Performances==<br />
* '[[Parampara]]' presented by Parichay Foundation with performances from Padma Vibhushan Guru Hariprasad Chaurasia Ji With Ustad Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa at Sri Sathya Sai International Centre, Pragati Vihar, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.delhievents.com/2019/09/parampara-padma-vibhushan-guru-hariprasad-chaurasia-parichay-foundation-sathya-sai-centre.html|title=Parampara by Padma Vibhushan Guru Hariprasad Chaurasia Ji with Ustad Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa|website=Delhi Events|date=6 September 2019 |access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref><br />
*[[Commonwealth Games]] 2010, New Delhi<ref name=DH>{{cite news|title='Pressure to perform is always there' |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/552301/pressure-perform-always-there.html |website=Deccan Herald newspaper |language=en |date=2016-06-14|author=Jayashree Narayanan|archive-date=13 June 2021|url-status=dead|access-date=15 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613135323/https://www.deccanherald.com/content/552301/pressure-perform-always-there.html}}</ref><br />
*[[London Jazz Festival]] 2015<ref name=DH/><br />
*[[India Habitat Centre]] 2016<ref name=DH/><br />
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==Discography==<br />
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*''Lehren = लेहरें''-[[Talat Aziz]] (LP, Album) Music India, 1983<br />
*''The Maestro's Musings ''-[[Amjad Ali Khan]](LP) CBS, 1986<br />
*''The Album''-[[Amjad Ali Khan]](CD, Comp) Sirocco 2, CBS, 1988<br />
*''Sarod''-[[Amjad Ali Khan]] Music today, 19991<br />
*''Swar Sameer''-[[Ustad Amjad Ali Khan]] (CD, Album) Super Cassettes Industries Ltd., T-Series , 1991<br />
*''Music Of The Sitar''-Pandit Partho Das JVC, 1992<br />
*''Moods 'N' Melodies''-Rachna Subhalakshmi and Rashid Mustafa and various other artists, T-Series, SCI, 1992<br />
*''Raga Bahar - Instrumental Wizards (3xCD)'' -with Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Sony Music, 2015<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Hindustani musicians]]<br />
[[Category:Tabla players]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Farrukhabad gharana]]<br />
[[Category:1993 births]]<br />
[[Category:Musicians from Delhi]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian musicians]]<br />
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