‘A Celebration of the Life and Music of Zakir Hussain’ takes place on Saturday, Feb. 28, at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.
Heartfelt condolences to his loved ones," Vijayan said. Zakir Hussain was born on March 9, 1951 in Mumbai's Mahim to legendary tabla master Ustad Allarakha, who was Ravi Shankar's longtime ...
“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 ...
The tabla master Zakir Hussain died yesterday. He shaped modern world music with the Indian hand drum that has a unique sound that dating back centuries. Hussain's talents bridged cultures and ...
Zakir Hussain, a prolific Indian musician known ... The son of Ustad Allarakha, a tabla master himself, Hussain learned to play from his father at a young age. Described in the statement as ...
Join us as we celebrate the extraordinary life and timeless legacy of the legendary tabla virtuoso and composer Ustad Zakir ...
Zakir Hussain, a percussionist and composer who was both a master of North Indian classical ... His main instrument was the tabla, the tuned drums that accompany Indian classical ragas, but ...
Tabla master Zakir Hussain died yesterday. He shaped modern world music with the Indian hand drum that has a unique sound that dates back hundreds of years. NPR's Ryland Barton reports Hussain's ...
Kamal Haasan shared a personal memory, posting an image of himself playing tabla with Hussain. “Zakir Bhai! He left too soon. Yet we are grateful for the times he gave us and what he left behind ...