The legendary tabla virtuoso, Ustad Zakir Hussain, was laid to rest on Thursday at a cemetery near San Francisco. As a heartfelt homage, renowned Indian percussionist A Sivamani, accompanied by ...

Unarguably, the Punjab gharana shaped the foundations of Allah Rakha’s and Zakir Hussain’s oeuvres. Ustad Zakir Hussain on the tabla with Ustad Ali Akbar Khan on sarod and his wife Mary on ...

The first time he saw Ustad Alla Rakha's eldest son, Zakir Hussain, was at an event in 1971 where renowned tabla player Ustad Karamatullah Khan, who was also Acharya's guru, was going to perform.

“I am Zakir Hussain,” he introduced himself ... Groomed in the traditional repertoire of the Punjab gharana by his father, the legendary Ustad Allah Rakha, Hussain was phenomenally talented. He also ...

Read Also Remembering Ustad Zakir Hussain ... of his generation in the death of Zakir Hussain. The tabla maestro, following the footsteps of his father Alla Rakha, not only became a household ...

Born on March 9, 1951, to legendary tabla maestro Ustad Alla Rakha, Zakir Hussain emerged as one of the greatest percussionists of his era. He is survived by his wife, Antonia Minnecola ...

Ustad Zakir Hussain, the legendary tabla virtuoso ... His father, the legendary Ustad Alla Rakha, recognised his extraordinary talent and began his formal training at the age of three.

He was born on March 9, 1951, in Mumbai, Zakir Hussain was the son of the legendary tabla master Ustad Alla Rakha. He showed exceptional talent for the tabla from a young age. By his teenage years ...

As the son of legendary tabla player Ustad Alla Rakha, Zakir Hussain not only carried forward his father’s legacy but also elevated Indian classical music to global heights through his ...

The year registered a great loss in the field of performing arts, as singers Pankaj Udhas, Prabha Atre, Sharda Sinha, Ustad Rashid Khan and tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, among others, bid adieu to ...