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Mohammad Hashem Cheshti | |
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Origin | Kabul, Afghanistan |
Died | 1994 Germany |
Genres | Klasik |
Instrument(s) | Tabla |
Mohammad Hashem Cheshti, also known with surname Chishti and as Ustad Hashem ( Persian: استاد هاشم), was a contemporary classical musician and composer born in Kharabat area of Kabul, [1] Afghanistan, who died in 1994 in Germany under unclear circumstances. [1]
Ustad Hashem was born and raised in a musical family, which originally came from Kasur in Punjab, but settled in the 19th century in Kabul as court musicians. [2] [3] Several of his close family members, including his brothers and his father are/were also famous musicians in their own right. [2] [3] Both he and his brothers appeared regularly on Afghan Television and Radio prior to the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and the subsequent wars. [2] [4] [5] He accompanied regularly other famous Afghan musicians like Ahmad Zahir and Ustad Mahwash on his tabla. [2] [6]
He was the teacher and mentor of Ustad Mahwash, [2] [7] [8] the first Afghan female master musician and Zuleikha, a US American dancer and artist. [2] [9] [10] [11] He mastered many different traditional Afghan instruments, but his greatest passion was for the tabla, his mastership of which was supreme. [1] [2] [12] [13] Following the Russian invasion of Afghanistan he had to flee his home country [1] [2] and emigrated to Germany where he died in 1994, [2] killed by one of his former students for reasons unknown. [1]
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Mohammad Hashem Cheshti | |
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Origin | Kabul, Afghanistan |
Died | 1994 Germany |
Genres | Klasik |
Instrument(s) | Tabla |
Mohammad Hashem Cheshti, also known with surname Chishti and as Ustad Hashem ( Persian: استاد هاشم), was a contemporary classical musician and composer born in Kharabat area of Kabul, [1] Afghanistan, who died in 1994 in Germany under unclear circumstances. [1]
Ustad Hashem was born and raised in a musical family, which originally came from Kasur in Punjab, but settled in the 19th century in Kabul as court musicians. [2] [3] Several of his close family members, including his brothers and his father are/were also famous musicians in their own right. [2] [3] Both he and his brothers appeared regularly on Afghan Television and Radio prior to the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and the subsequent wars. [2] [4] [5] He accompanied regularly other famous Afghan musicians like Ahmad Zahir and Ustad Mahwash on his tabla. [2] [6]
He was the teacher and mentor of Ustad Mahwash, [2] [7] [8] the first Afghan female master musician and Zuleikha, a US American dancer and artist. [2] [9] [10] [11] He mastered many different traditional Afghan instruments, but his greatest passion was for the tabla, his mastership of which was supreme. [1] [2] [12] [13] Following the Russian invasion of Afghanistan he had to flee his home country [1] [2] and emigrated to Germany where he died in 1994, [2] killed by one of his former students for reasons unknown. [1]
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