Zakir Hussain, a prolific Indian musician known for playing the tabla, died Sunday from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Hussain is one of the most celebrated performers in the history of Indian classical music. He also found success in Western ...

Legendary table virtuoso Zakir Hussain breathes his last on Monday. Hussain, who is regarded as the greatest tabla player of his generation, is survived by his wife, Antonia Minnecola and his ...

Zakir Hussain, who has died aged 73, was a master tabla player whose virtuosity carried his fame beyond his Indian homeland; ...

The tabla master Zakir Hussain died yesterday. He shaped modern world music with the Indian hand drum that has a unique sound ...

that the first sounds Zakir Hussain heard when he was born, one distant March in Bombay, were not words of faith, but tabla rhythms whispered by his father, Ustad Alla Rakha, himself a master of ...

The soulful and inspired virtuosity of an artist like Ustad Alla Rakha Khan Saheb, his lineage and legacy, has also brought ...

Zakir Hussain, one of India's most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences ... an Urdu word that means master. Hussain would move to the ...

The tabla master Zakir Hussain died yesterday. He shaped modern world music with the Indian hand drum that has a unique sound that dating back centuries. Hussain's talents bridged cultures and ...

Zakir Hussain, a prolific Indian musician known ... The son of Ustad Allarakha, a tabla master himself, Hussain learned to play from his father at a young age. Described in the statement as ...