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Zakir Hussain, one of India's most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global ...

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

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

He introduced the tabla — a pair of hand drums that is the main percussion instrument in Indian classical music — to global audiences.

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