Zakir Hussain (1951-2024): In-depth coverage-OxBig News Network

Ustad Zakir Hussain performs during the 100th birth anniversary of his father Ustad Alla Rakha, in Ahmedabad on December 10, 2019. File.
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Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain died at a hospital in San Francisco, his family said on Monday (December 16, 2024).

Hussain has received four Grammy Awards in his career, including three at the 66th Grammy Awards earlier this year.

The percussionist, one of India’s most celebrated classical musicians, received the Padma Shri in 1988, the Padma Bhushan in 2002, and the Padma Vibhushan in 2023.

A collection of stories on the tabla maestro