Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. India's tabla maestro Zakir Hussain plays tabla during a cultural program in the eastern Indian city of Patna on Dec. 19, 2008.

Composer and tabla player Zakir Hussain, who’s credited with being pivotal in introducing Indian music to the world, has died. He was 73. According to The New York Times, Hussain died in San Francisco ...

Tabla player Salar Nader performs with the Third Coast Percussion ensemble at the Nimoy Theatre in Westwood on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. The group played several pieces, including Zakir Hussain's ...

At Ustad Zakir Hussain's 75th birth anniversary celebrations, Nita Ambani wore a beautiful saree with stunning embroidery.

Zakir Hussain, one of the world's greatest tabla players, has died at the age of 73. The Indian classical music icon died of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease, at a hospital in San ...

On Friday, March 6, a top-tier collective of musicians gathered at Carnegie Hall in New York City to pay tribute to the late tabla master, India’s ...

Zakir Hussain, one of India's most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73. The Indian classical music icon died from ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Zakir Hussain, the legendary tabla maestro who passed away on December 15 at the age of 73, continues to be cherished not only for his profound musical legacy but also for the love ...

Taufiq Qureshi on curating a special musical celebration for Ustad Zakir Hussain's 75th birth anniversary in Mumbai ...

My Musical Journey Would've Been Nothing Without Him. Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) On late tabla maestro Zakir Hussain's 75th birth anniversary on Tuesday, singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan penned a ...

Zakir Hussain turned 70 on March 9th. In an unparalleled career, which began in earnest aged 7, the man widely acclaimed as the world's greatest tabla player has played with the giants of both Indian ...

Zakir Hussain, a prolific Indian musician known for playing the tabla, died on Sunday in San Francisco, his management company confirmed. He was 73. Tabla, a percussion instrument, is one of the ...