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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, Tabla; Kala Ramnath, Hindustani Violin; Jayanthi Kumaresh, Carnatic Veena.
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...
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.
He has composed three concertos, and his third, the first-ever concerto for tabla and orchestra, was premiered in India in September, 2015, by the Symphony Orchestra of India, premiered in Europe and the UK in 2016, and in the USA in April, 2017, by the National Symphony Orchestra at Kennedy Center.
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.
Mar 20, 2014 · Zakir Hussain earned worldwide and cross-genre acclaim as a virtuoso on the tabla, the Indian percussion instrument on which his father, the late Ustad Alla Rakha, accompanied the late sitar master Ravi Shankar on world tours.
This culture icon is renowned for developing his unique style of tabla playing. He masterfully combines Indian classical and western styles to create his trad ...more. Ustad, as he is rightfully...
Jan 8, 2015 · Zakir Hussain stuck with the tabla and built a career, playing classical music but also experimenting with the instrument.
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.
