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Ustad Mohammad Omar
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Ustad Mohammad Omar (1905-1980) was a Afghan folk musician and virtuoso of the rabab which he helped turn into a respected classical solo instrument. He came from a family of musicians in Kabul where he began musical training at ten years old under his father Ustad Ibrahim who taught him to sing and play the sarad, rabab and dutar. At the age 32 he joined the staff of Radio Afghanistan and eventually rose to become the director of the National Orchestra of Radio Afghanistan for whom he composed over 100 melodies called naghma. In 1974 Omar was awarded a Fulbright-Hays Foreign Scholar Fellowship to teach at the University of Washington in Seattle, becoming the first Afghan musician to teach his music and instrument at a major American university.
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| The Radio Afghanistan Orchestra |
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robab - The Soul of Sound | Ustad Mohammad Omar | 2009 | Album |
| Virtuoso From Afghanistan | Ustad Mohammad Omar featuring Zakir Hussain | 2002 | Album |
| Vocal & Instrumental Music Vol 1 and 2 | Ustad Asad Ali Khan Agrawale, Ustad Mohammad Omar, Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan Beenkar, Malikzada Mohd. Afzal Khan, Malikzada Mohd. Hafiz Khan, Mohammad Sharif Khan Poonchwaley, Ustad Chhote Ghulam Ali Khan, Ustad Hamid Hussain Khan, Ustad Zahid Hussain | 1992 | Album |
| Vocal & Instrumental Music Vol 3 & 4 | Ustad Nabi Baksh, Saeen Marna, Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan Beenkar, Ustad Umeed Ali Khan, Ustad Mohammad Omar, Ustad Wahid Hussain Khan, Ustad Ahmed Ali Khan, Ustad Rehmat Ali Khan | 1992 | Album |
| رباب فلوت/عبزین موئی | Ustad Mohammad Omar, Sarahang, ښاغلی ناله | Album |
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