Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to a global audience, has died.

Zakir Hussain, considered one of the greatest players of the tabla or Indian drums and known for his "dancing fingers", has died. Hussain, 73, died in a San Francisco hospital from complications of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis - a chronic lung disease,

The son of tabla maestro Ustad Alla Rakha Khan, Hussain was a child prodigy who performed his first concert at the age of seven. Tributes have started pouring in from across the world.