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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 voted the 2023 DownBeat Critics Poll “Percussionist of the Year”
Popularly known as the Tabla Maestro, Ustad Zakir Hussain is arguably the most famous Tabla player of our country in the post-independence era. Over the years, he has performed with many talented musicians not just in India but also across the world.
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.
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...
Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain made history at the Grammy Awards on Monday, becoming the first Indian to win three of these trophies in a single night. Hussain now has five of these awards in all.
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...
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.
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.
Zakir Hussain, a leading tabla player of Hindustani (North Indian classical) music since the late 20th century, opened up a new musical world beyond the framework of traditional Indian music by collaborating with musicians of various genres worldwide.
