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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.
On the occassion of Pandit Anindo Chatterjee's birthday, Ustad Zakir Hussain was invited to perform a tabla solo at the Ramakrishna Mission in Kolkota. In this solo, Zakir-ji plays many...
Zakir Hussain voted the 2023 DownBeat Critics Poll “Percussionist of the Year”
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 Berklee” incorporated a myriad of...
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.
