His collaborators included John McLaughlin, Béla Fleck, Ravi Shankar, Herbie Hancock, Yo-Yo Ma and members of the Grateful Dead.

The Grammy-award-winning musician helped bring Indian classical music to a global audience and collaborated with musicians like Yo-Yo Ma and George Harrison

Tabla Maestro Zakir Hussain, who has got everyone impressed with his rhythm, breathed his last in San Francisco on5

Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain has been admitted to the ICU of a San Francisco hospital with heart-related problems, his friend and flautist Rakesh Chaurasia said on Sunday. The 73-year-old US-based musician,

Hussain died due to complications arising out of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Varsha Agarwal Updated : Dec 16, 2024, 06:33 AM IST Zakir Hussain, the tabla maestro, took his last breath in a San Francisco hospital,

Flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and other luminaries mourn the passing of legendary tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain, who died at 73. He was celebrated for his global influence on Indian classical music.

Zakir Hussain, whose "dancing fingers" made him one of the greatest players of the tabla or Indian drums and who became a major force in contemporary world music, has died.

Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain was admitted in the ICU in a San Francisco hospital for last two weeks due to heart and lung-related ailments.

Hussain was the most recognizable exponent of tabla, a pair of hand drums that is the main percussion instrument in Indian classical music.

Renowned tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain passed away at the age of 73 on 15 after facing serious health issues. He breathed his last at a hospital in San Francisco suffering from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.