The world mourns the loss of Ustad Zakir Hussain, who passed away in San Francisco on Monday at the age of 73 due to complications from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. A pioneer of Indian classical ...
Zakir Hussain was married to Antonia Minnecola. Hussain and Minnecola’s paths first crossed over four decades ago. In 1978, they eventually tied the knot in an intimate ceremony.
Zakir Hussain was the eldest son of legendary tabla maestro Ustad Alla Rakha. Zakir Hussain, born on March 9, 1951, in Mumbai, was a virtuoso tabla player who made a mark on the global level.
“Zakir Hussain, one of the world’s most transcendent ... If his hands delivered the rhythms, his smiling face and humble persona conveyed a melody - always respectful to everyone around ...
My happiness radiated on my face and words suddenly deserted me. I stood up with folded hands. Ustad Zakir Hussain shook my hand. This is how the conversation then went. Me: "Ustadji, why are you ...
Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain has been admitted to the ICU of ... I feel so bad watching all this misinformation on Facebook, which is very wrong," she added. Earlier, Indian ministers, state ...
“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 ...
Hussain, son of Ustad Alla Rakha, received numerous awards, including four Grammys and the Padma Bhushan. (Picture Courtesy: Facebook) Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain passed away at the age of ...
Zakir Hussain, one of India's most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73. The Indian classical music icon died from ...
He can play so fast that it’s a blur’ Zakir Hussain, who has died aged 73, was a master tabla player whose virtuosity carried his fame beyond his Indian homeland; to Western audiences he was ...