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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.
Zakir Hussain, Tabla; Kala Ramnath, Hindustani Violin; Jayanthi Kumaresh, Carnatic Veena. Noteworthy. Zakir Hussain receives 3 Grammys at the 66th Annual Grammy ...
Zakir Hussain was born famous as he is the son of Ustad Allah Rakha, a renowned tabla player. Quite naturally, he was inclined towards Tabla since a very young age. Zakir was a child prodigy and started touring to perform at concerts by the time he was just twelve.
Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain made history at the 66th Grammy Awards on Monday, becoming the first Indian to win three trophies in a single night. Ustad Zakir Hussain, Shankar Mahadevan, V ...
Zakir. The pre-eminent classical tabla virtuoso of our time, Zakir Hussain is appreciated both in the field of percussion and in the music world at large as an international phenomenon and one of the world’s most esteemed and influential musicians. The foremost disciple of his father, the legendary Ustad Allarakha, Zakir was a child prodigy ...
Jun 22, 2020 · In 2019, Berklee College of Music had the privilege of presenting Ustad Zakir Hussain with an Honorary Doctorate. The tribute concert “Zakir Hussain Meets Be...
Zakir Hussain’s father, Ustad Alla Rakha Qureshi, was a renowned Indian tabla player who passed away on 3 February 2000 after suffering from a heart attack. Zakir’s mother was Bavi Begum. Zakir Hussain has two brothers, Taufiq Qureshi, who is a musician and a composer, and Fazal Qureshi, who is also a tabla player.
India took centre stage at the 66th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, after Zakir Hussain was named the Best Global Music Performance for his work in 'Pashto' al...
Grammy award-winning tabla musician Zakir Hussain is the 2022 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Arts and Philosophy. He has opened new possibilities beyond the framewo...
Movement 1 – Theka. 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.
Feb 9, 2024 · BACK IN 1974, Zakir Hussain, then a 20-something tabla virtuoso, joined the jazz guitarists John McLaughlin, ghatam player Vikku Vinayakram and violinist L Shankar, to form what would be regarded as one of the most iconic fusion groups. The interest in so-called world music hadn’t yet exploded then, and such a collaboration wasn’t viewed as an instant route to success.
Zakir Hussain Selected Discography 1971 SHANTI, Atlantic 1972 ROLLING THUNDER, Grateful Dead Records/Warner Bros. 1975 KARUNA SUPREME, MPS 1975 SHAKTI, Columbia 1976 A HANDFUL OF BEAUTY, SHAKTI, Columbia 1976 DIGA, DIGA RHYTHM BAND, Shout! Factory 1977 NATURAL ELEMENTS, SHAKTI, Columbia 1980 WHO’S TO KNOW, ECM 1985 SONG FOR EVERYONE, ECM 1987 MAKING MUSIC, ECM 1989 VENU, Nimbus 1990 AT THE EDGE, Rykodisc 1991 PLANET DRUM, Rykodisc 1991 ALLA RAKHA AND ZAKIR HUSSAIN, Music Today 1992 USTAD ...
Feb 5, 2024 · Zakir Hussain accepts the award for Best Global Music Performance for Pashto, by Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia during the Premiere ceremony of the 66th Annual ...
The 3 Grammys arrived right on Mother’s Day. Mucho thanks to the Academy, to my Shakti brothers and my As We Speak cd mates for carrying me through these many years to this landmark moment and of course the priceless joy of sharing “This Moment” with my family.
Jan 8, 2015 · Zakir Hussain learned from the best — his father, Allah Rakha, was a tabla legend. But Hussain's career really took off when he started working with the rock musicians he grew up admiring.
Zakir Hussain Allaraka Qureshi was born March 9, 1951, in Bombay, India. He is the son of Ustad Allah Rakha Khan, a well-known Indian tabla player. Zakir started playing the tabla as soon as he could reach across the drums. His study with his father was intensive: "You grow up in the atmosphere of music 24 hours a day," he said, "and you don't have to do anything else." Hussain began playing concerts by age seven and started touring at 12.
Sep 21, 2016 · Ustad Zakir Hussain is a world-renowned tabla virtuoso, producer, film actor and composer. He’s a two-time Grammy winner and a pioneer of world music. In th...
In 2016, Zakir Hussain was amongst few legendary musicians, who were invited by President Obama for the ‘All-Star Global Concert’ at the White House. He is a founding member of ‘World Music Supergroup’ and also a visiting professor at Stanford University in the department of music.
Zakir Hussain made a surprise appearance in the film Monkey Man. Credit: Alamy Stock Photo. In the film, Hussain does not speak and is referred to only as Tabla Maestro, but his visceral, rhythmic ...
Moment! Records was founded in 1991 by Zakir Hussain with a mission to record and present great moments from performances of the classical music of India and contemporary world music. Our extensive catalog of CDs and DVDs showcases the finest of these genres. Indian classical music, which is based on improvisation, spontaneity and a refined ...
