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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]
Zakir Hussain has composed music for many movies like ‘In Custody’, ‘The Mystic Masseur’, ‘Heat and Dust’ etc. His composition for the Malayalam movie ‘Vanaprastham’, which was screened at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, earned him accolades.
Zakir Hussain receives the 2023 Jazz Journalists Performance Award for “Percussionist of the Year”
He is the founder and president of Moment Records, an independent record label presenting rare live concert recordings of Indian classical music and world music. Zakir was resident artistic director at SFJazz from 2013 until 2016, and was honored with SF Jazz’s Lifetime Achievement Award on January 18, 2017, in recognition of his ...
The 72-year-old was among the winners in the Best Global Music Performance, Best Contemporary Instrumental Album and Best Global Music Album categories. Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain made...
Jul 7, 2024 · With Triveni, Zakir Hussain returns to Sydney Opera House after more than a decade, this time with two of India’s extraordinary string players, Kala Ramnath (Hindustani Violin) and Jayanthi Kumaresh (Carnatic Veena). Dates and times.
Grammy award-winning tabla musician Zakir Hussain is the 2022 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Arts and Philosophy.
