Ustad Mohammad Omar
50 top tracks
Ustad Mohammad Omar
50 top tracks
Albums

Ustad Mohammad Omar: Virtuoso from Afghanistan
Ustad Mohammad Omar

Virtuoso From Afghanistan
Ustad Mohammad Omar

Afghanistan - Music From Kabul
Ustad Mohammad Omar

Robab - The Soul Of Sound
Ustad Mohammad Omar

Robab: The Soul of Sound, Vol. 2
Ustad Mohammad Omar

Music of Afghanistan
Ustad Mohammad Omar

Virtuoso From Afghanistan [Smi
Ustad Mohammad Omar

Rubab
Ustad Mohammad Omar
![Virtuoso From Afghanistan [Smithsonian Folkways] — cover art by Ustad Mohammad Omar](/frogtoon_logo.png)
Virtuoso From Afghanistan [Smithsonian Folkways]
Ustad Mohammad Omar

Raguna On Rabab
Ustad Mohammad Omar

Afghanistan-Music from Kabul
Ustad Mohammad Omar

Mohammad Omar - Virtuoso from Afghanistan
Ustad Mohammad Omar
Biography
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 h...Read more on Last.fm
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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 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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ustad+Mohammad+Omar">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
