RAHIM ZULLAH
Rahim is presently teaching music and is performing in many different
community concerts and cultural events in Australia including the
Queensland Premier’s department. He is based in
Brisbane, Australia.
His first stage performance was at the age of nine.
Rahim migrated to Australia in 1989.
He has released four CDs..
In 2001, Rahim met up with classical music maestro Ustad Ghulam
Sadiq Khan, Senior Lecturer in Vocal Music at Delhi University. Rahim
was invited to Delhi University to further develop his classical music training.
Rahim still receives guidance in singing and teaching advice from Ustad
Ghulam Sadiq Khan. He established the SaReGaMa School of Indian
Music in 2003.
Performances
Performances – Solo concerts in various overseas countries
including India, Singapore, Bangladesh and inter-state in
Australia.
He has also been invited to perform in USA and Canada. He has
also
performed in all major music and multicultural festivals in
Queensland.
Rahim has had the pleasure of performing with the following international artists:
Huib Schippers, Saikat Bhattacharya – classical vocal duets with sitar
Vinod Parsana – classical vocal duet with flute
Raka Mukerjee, Gauri Pathare and Pandit Vinayak Torvi
– harmonium accompaniments
Sangeet Mishra – classical vocal with sarangi
Rahim was specially invited to perform devotional songs (bhajans) on a
personal invitation of the Director of Yoga in Daily Life during the visit
of His Holiness Vishwaguru Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans
Swami Maheshwaranda of Rajastan, India.
As a concert organiser, some very well-known artists have
performed in
Brisbane under his banner, namely: Jagjit Singh, Penaaz Masani,
Mehdi
Hassan, Ghulam Ali, Talat Aziz, Gundecha Brothers, Ghulam Abbas,
Ustad
Ghulam Sadiq Khan, Pandit Vinayak Torvi, Swami Chaitanya Swarup
and
Gulfam Sabri.
His vocal music teachers were:
Dr D.V. Paketar – Varanasi, India
Dr B.K. Chatterji – Calcutta, India
Dr Minakshi Biswas – Mumbai, India
Ustad Ghulam Sadiq Khan – New Delhi, India
Swami Chatainya Swarup – Mumbai, India
Ustad Mehdi Hassan – Pakistan
Pandit Sunil Mukerjee, New Delhi
Students
Rahim is
proud of the following students who are now successfully
performing in Brisbane – Nisha Rao, Asad Basit, Peer Tareen,
Rubina Smith, Sandra Kovac, Brian Dean, Francis Gilfeder
(flute),
Prashilta Naidu, Vivek Narotam, Sourab Naidu , Wahid Popil and
Farzan Ehsan.
Rahim has been awarded many certificates of appreciation from
various charity organisations, music festival organisers and
councils.
For tuition or performances, please contact Rahim on
0414-988-907 or email
rzullah@hotmail.com
He takes teaching classes in Annerley in Brisbane and at his
home.
He is also able to assist with bringing in high quality musical
instruments
from India.



