Lahore · Punjab Gharana
Asher Shehzad
Twenty years at the tabla, sixteen of them on the professional stage — from Radio Pakistan and PTV studios to eighteen concerts across ten European countries.
The lineage
A tradition carried by hand, from teacher to student
Asher Shehzad took his taleem from Ustad Haroon Samuel of the Punjab gharana — the old guru–shishya training, learned in Lahore across years rather than terms.
He has performed professionally since 2010, as a soloist and as an accompanist, on Pakistan's principal concert platforms and in the studios of Pakistan Television and Radio Pakistan. He has taught the instrument, and the theory of laya and taal beneath it, for over a decade.
7 June – 17 July 2026
Europe Tour 2026
Tabla accompanist in the trio of Muslim Shaggan — Gwalior gharana vocalist and grandson of Ustad Ghulam Hassan Shaggan — with Daniyal Ahmed on flute, presented by the Pakistani independent label honiunhoni.
- Humboldt Forum, Berlin
- Rudolstadt Festival
- Copenhagen Jazz Festival
- Respect Festival, Prague
- Festival Oerol, Netherlands
- Magyar Zene Háza, Budapest
Live
Upcoming performances
Watch
Recordings & performances
Performances on YouTube
A published catalogue of solo and accompaniment recordings — some 769,000 views and 7,000 subscribers — kept as an open teaching and listening resource.
Study
Lessons in tabla, online and in Lahore
A graded syllabus from the first bol to advanced accompaniment — theka, kaida, rela and tukra, taught alongside the systems of laya and taal that hold them together.
Asher has taught at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, the Hast o Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts, and Lahore Grammar School, and now teaches privately at Teen Taal Studio.
On the road
Europe, summer 2026
Enquiries
Invite Asher to play
Concerts, festivals, private baithaks, studio sessions and broadcast work — solo or in accompaniment. Write with the date and the setting, and he will reply himself.