Navaz Vasi Ahmed Khan

Vasi Ahmed Khan is a talented young artist from the western coast of North India, the Maharashtra. As most of the well-known artists, Vasi Ahmed Khan started his music career when he was about seven under the famous guru Ustad Nawab Ali Khan. Progressing as if he were born for the tabla, little Vasi gave his first solo performance on the All India Radio when he was ten, revealing his incomparable abilities to the whole country. Recognising the young pupil's enthusiasm, talents, and motivation for studying the classical music, Guru Nawab Ali Khan took the young Vasi under his wing, devoting considerable time to special instruction with the hope of producing the future maestro of tabla music. For the next 20 years Vasi Ahmed Khan had to follow painstakingly the lessons and practice of Hindustani classical musical rhythms on the tabla. Today, Navaz Vasi Ahmed Kahn is considered one of the top tabla players in India. He has accompanied a number of famous artists in their instrumental, vocal, or dancing performances. Many times he has traveled the foreign shores, performing Indian classical music with other artists, and has even participated in special projects with American jazz musicians. At present, he has shouldered the responsibility of teaching and training the young students of tabla and proudly carries the honorary title of the teacher as his own guru did.