Early Life and Education Ustad Zakir Hussain was born on March 9, 1951, in Mumbai, India. He is the son of the legendary tabla maestro Ustad Alla Rakha. His musical career began at a tender age ...

Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain — who united musicians from diverse cultures and by doing so, shaped modern world music — died on Sunday in San Francisco. He was 73. In a statement ...

Zakir Hussain’s innovation didn’t stop at mastering the tabla; he was a pioneer in fusion music. In the 1970s, he began ...

Zakir Hussain, an internationally renowned tabla player and composer who helped integrate Indian classical sound into Western music, has died at age 73. Hussain died Sunday afternoon in San ...

Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced the tabla to global audiences, died Dec. 15 at a hospital in San Francisco. He was 73.

The 73-year-old, amongst India’s most celebrated musicians, died in a San Francisco hospital early on Monday. In an interview with PTI earlier this year, Hussain quoted sitarist Ravi Shankar as ...

Ustad Zakir Hussain is a renowned Indian tabla player, composer, and percussionist, famous for his contributions to Hindustani classical music and for his role in spreading Indian music across the ...