Hameed Khan Kawa

Hameed Khan Kawa is a percussionist(Tabla)& artistic director inherited from a long musical lineage of Rajasthan(North India)exhibiting Indian folk & classical music & now sharing his life between Paris & Jaipur. Over the last twenty years he has played with artists of different percussions, such as Erik Marchand Trio, a subtle fusion of traditions of French Brittany, Arabia & Rajasthani, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Lakshmi Shankar, Chico Bouchiki(Gypsy King)Najat Aatabou, Natasha Atlas, Henri Texier, Lo'Jo, Thierry Robin, Henri Agnel, Gulabi Sapera, Carolyn Carlson, choreographer. Original Western & Oriental fusions encourage him to explore new but familiar horizons in the development of traditional North Indian music, with Musafir(Rajasthan Gypsies)& Jaipur Kawa Brass Band self-founded & also Sufi influence by introducing a Sufi Kathak Dancer with Musafir (Rajasthan Gypsies)Qawwali group of young emerging generation & lighting the land of captivating magic with a circus of street performers