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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Composer and tabla player Zakir Hussain, who’s credited with being pivotal in introducing Indian music to the world, has died. He ...

The three-day festival will feature performances curated by three of his closest musical collaborators - tabla player Pt ...

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 ...

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 ...

In many ways, Anisa Qureshi has spent her life at the intersection of rhythm and storytelling — two worlds shaped profoundly ...

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 ...

Zakir Hussain’s departure does not mark an irreparable loss, for his greatest creations had long been gifted to the world, etched in the timeless grooves of rhythm and melody. In his later years, his ...

George Harrison of The Beatles was a fan and collaborator of Indian tabla drum marvel Zakir Hussain, who performs Saturday at San Diego’s Balboa Theater. So are guitar legend John McLaughlin, Grateful ...

George Harrison offered some life-changing advice when a young Zakir Hussain told the former Beatle he wanted to become the world’s first great rock drummer from India. In a word — well, two — ...

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 ...