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Zakir Hussain (born 9 March 1951) is an Indian tabla player, composer, percussionist, music producer and film actor. He is the eldest son of tabla player Alla Rakha. [1] . He is widely considered as one of the greatest tabla players of all time. [2]
Ustad Zakir Hussain is a prominent Indian tabla player of Hindustani classical music style, and a musical producer, and composer.
Zakir Hussain is the 2022 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Arts and Philosophy. Zakir Hussain receives the Aga Khan Music Award in Oman on October 29, 2022. Zakir has received the Downbeat Critics’ Poll Best Percussionist Award for both 2020 and 2021. Latest Releases. ZaRa Zakir Hussain and Rakesh Chaurasia. Planet Drum In the Groove. Is That So?
The foremost disciple of his father, the legendary Ustad Allarakha, Zakir was a child prodigy who began his professional career at the age of twelve, accompanying India’s greatest classical musicians and dancers and touring internationally with great success by the age of eighteen.
For tabla virtuoso Ustad Zakir Hussain, who will turn 73 this month, the decision to attend the Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on February 4th was taken at the last minute. Both he and guitarist John McLaughlin, who had co-founded the Indo-jazz fusion group Shakti in 1973, had other commitments.
Ustad Zakir Hussain, Shankar Mahadevan, V Selvaganesh and Ganesh Rajagopalan of Shakti at the 66th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. (PTI) The 72-year-old was among the winners in the Best...
In 2019, Berklee College of Music had the privilege of presenting Ustad Zakir Hussain with an Honorary Doctorate. The tribute concert “Zakir Hussain Meets Berklee” incorporated a myriad of...
Feb 5, 2024 · Ustad Zakir Hussain has bagged three awards at the 66th Grammy Awards, presented in the US on Monday. The tabla player and music composer picked up the coveted award in 'Best Global Music Performance' category for 'Pashto'.
Dec 10, 2022 · Just after ace percussionist Ustad Zakir Hussain, one of the tallest names in the world of rhythm, drummed up a storm with an intricate rhythm pattern that landed exquisitely on the sam (the first beat of the time cycle in a rhythm structure) at Delhi’s Siri Fort auditorium earlier this week, an elderly man in the audience exclaimed, “Uff ...
Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain credits social network for giving musicians ‘attention and visibility’. He is 73, but still considers himself “a student”.
