How Zakir Hussain 'auditioned' for Mughal-e-Azam Zakir ... Mughal-e-Azam for what was almost an audition for the role of the young Prince Salim. Hussain recalled in Nasreen Munni Kabir's book ...

‘A Celebration of the Life and Music of Zakir Hussain’ takes place on Saturday, Feb. 28, at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.

Born on March 9, 1951, in Mumbai, Zakir Hussain inherited his talent and passion for tabla from his father, the iconic Ustad Alla Rakha. Demonstrating exceptional promise from a young age ...

The tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain left for the heavenly abode on December 15, leaving a huge void in India's music. With his excellence and humility, the Ustad touched many lives, young and ...

Zakir Hussain was both, which is why this pioneer ... Violin doyenne Dr N Rajam recalled her first encounter with a young Zakir, then just eight years old. She had visited the home of Zakir ...

Zakir Hussain, one of the world's greatest tabla players, has died at the age of 73. The Indian classical music icon died of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease, at a hospital in San ...

(Zakir Hussain: A Life in Music, 2018 ... “The most important fact was that we, the Shakti team, were young enough to allow for musical ‘sacrilege’, and so we could ignore the restrictions imposed on ...

Join us as we celebrate the extraordinary life and timeless legacy of the legendary tabla virtuoso and composer Ustad Zakir ...

Zakir Hussain was the son of the iconic tabla master Ustad Alla Rakha. From a young age, he displayed a remarkable affinity for the tabla, quickly gaining recognition for his exceptional talent.

MUMBAI (Reuters) -Zakir Hussain, whose "dancing fingers" made him one of the greatest players of the tabla or Indian drums and who became a major force in contemporary world music, has died.

“It was a conspiracy,” the virtuosic Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain joked, when asked by the BBC to explain his genesis as a percussionist. “I was not at all a part of it.” It began ...