Zakir Hussain, virtuoso of the tabla instrument and a towering figure in Indian classical music, died on Dec. 15 of chronic ...

Renowned tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, 73, died in San Francisco. Tributes poured in from artists like Zoya Akhtar, Manoj ...

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

Zakir Hussain, the tabla maestro ... Padma Bhushan (2002) - Grammy Award for Best World Music Album (1992) for collaboration with Mickey Hart, National Heritage Fellowship (2015).

Zakir Hussain ... the first musician from India to win three Grammy Awards in the same year. Mr. Hussain’s Shakti won best global music album, and his collaboration with Edgar Meyer, Béla ...

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

Zakir Hussain ... of the contemporary world music movement.” For his efforts, Hussain has been awarded with accolades including the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, India’s most elite honor ...

Zakir Hussain, virtuoso of the tabla instrument and a towering figure in Indian classical music ... Grammy Awards over the course of his career. His first Grammy came in 2009 for Best World ...

Indian tabla maestro Zakir Hussain died at ... 4pm San Francisco time,” she said. Hussain received several state awards for his contribution to Indian music. He was given the prestigious Padma ...

Late Zakir Hussain accepting the ‘Global Music Performance’ award for ‘Pashto’ on stage ... Along with being the best himself, Zakir ji was known for...being responsible for the careers ...