A gifted up and coming shining star in the world of music, a brilliant performer, singer and all around artist, Jeffrey Iqbal began his musical career at the very young age of 10. Born in the United States Jeffrey’s parents quickly recognized his affinity for music and immediately put him under the tutelage of Ustad Hamid Hossain, and Ustad Shafiqur Rahman. Quickly Jeffrey garnered for himself a keen understanding of North Indian Classical vocal as well as instrumental, becoming very skilled with the harmonium and dexterous on Tabla. But Jeffrey’s ardor clearly laid in vocal and therefore he was able to quickly expand his classical training to include Ghazals, Qawali’s, as well as Bollywood music into his repertoire.

In 2007 Jeffrey, still continuing his pursuit in the endeavor of constantly learning and growing in his art, was recognized by one of India’s most well known music directors. A Golden Globe award winner and two time Academy award winner in 2009 for Slum Dog Millionaire, AR Rahman. After a televised talent hunt on Sahara One, Jeffrey was selected to sing with Rahman on his 3rd Dimensional tour where he also shared the stage with some of the biggest names in the South Asian music industry such as Hariharan, Sukhwinder Singh, Chitra and SujataMadhushree, just to name a few.