Ashveta Budhrani / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
Indian Percussionist, Composer, Actor, and Music Producer • Born 1951
Fast Facts
- Master tabla player who fuses Indian music with other international musical genres
- Born in Mumbai, India (Bombay)
- His father Allah Rakha was also a famous tabla player
- Attended both Islamic madrassas and Catholic school as a child
- Started to perform at age 12 and was also interested in Rock-and-roll music in his youth
- Received doctorate degree from the University of Washington
- Actively tours throughout the world, giving as many as 150 concerts per year
- Has collaborated with the Grateful Dead and George Harrison and was part of the band Shakti
- Has composed music for many films and has won numerous music awards, including a Grammy
- Married to Italian-American Kathak dancer, Antonia Minnecola, and has two daughters and a grandchild
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