Zakir Hussain composed music for the opening ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. His work with Western artists like Yo-Yo Ma, Charles Lloyd, Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, an

Zakir Hussain, virtuoso of the tabla instrument and a towering figure in Indian classical music, died on Dec. 15 of chronic lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, at a hospital in San Francisco.

Tabla maestro and four-time Grammy award winner, Zakir Hussain who was the most timeless musician passed away on the 15th of December at the age of 73. He was getting treatment in a hospital in San Francisco and the cause of his illness was idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

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

Late Zakir Hussain accepting the ‘Global Music Performance’ award for ‘Pashto’ on stage during the 66th Annual Grammy Awards pre-telecast show at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on 4 February 2024 (AFP via ) Indian tabla maestro Zakir Hussain died at a hospital in San Francisco on Sunday,

Renowned tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain passed away at the age of 73 on 15 after facing serious health issues. He breathed his last at a hospital in San Francisco suffering from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Born in Mumbai in 1951, he began learning music at an early age from his father and great tabla player, Ustad Alla Rakha. Zakir is survived by his wife, Antonia Minnecola, and dau