Multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire, Amir Azhar, has been gracing the Coke Studio platform since Season 4. Proficient at the bass guitar, mandolin, rubab and nylon stringed acoustic guitar, Azhar has been training since the age of 7. He performed his first ever concert with the legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan as a bass guitarist when he was only 14.

Growing up in a musical family of Tafoo Brothers, who have greatly contributed to the film industry of Pakistan, Azhar has recorded with a range of artists himself, such as Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shazia Manzoor, Rahim Shah and Fariha Pervez. He has also played the bass guitar with Mekaal Hasan Band on their albums, ‘Sab Tak’ and ‘Andholan’ and continues to play as a session musician with various musicians.

Amir Azhar’s first appearance on Coke Studio was in Season 4, where he played the mandolin on ‘Pyaar Naal’ by Attaullah Esakhelvi and his stellar body of work from Season 9 leave us excited to see what lovely sonic nuances he will be adding on as a guest musician in Season 10.