11 Facts About Taufiq Qureshi

Ustad Taufiq Qureshi was born on 1962 and is an Indian classical musician.

Taufiq Qureshi's eldest brother was a legendary tabla player, Zakir Hussain.

Taufiq Qureshi received guidance from Ghatam Vidhwan, Pandit Vikku Vinayakram.

Taufiq Qureshi has been featured as a performing artiste on the 2009 Grammy Award-winning album Global Drum Project, Remember Shakti, Masters of Percussion and Summit.

Taufiq Qureshi plays a variety of percussion instruments like djembe, duff, bongos, and batajon.

Taufiq Qureshi is the first artist to have developed a unique rhythmic language to adapt the tabla syllables on the African drum called Djembe.

Taufiq Qureshi has been teaching students for over a decade.

Taufiq Qureshi has been a part of background score and contributed music for movies like Damini, Train To Pakistan, Ghatak, Agnivarsha, Asoka, Mission Kashmir, Black, Dil Chahta Hai, Devdaas, Sawariya, Dhoom 2, Bhool Bhulaiya, Parzania, Tere Naam, Jab We Met, Action Replay, Housefull 2, Tez, ABCD, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.

Fluent in Marathi, Taufiq Qureshi has been a judge on Zee Marathi's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.

Taufiq Qureshi is married to Geetika Varde, a vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana.

Taufiq Qureshi has one son, Shikhar Naad Qureshi, who studied at St Xavier's College, Mumbai.