Long before sitars and tablas ruled the stage, India resonated with the haunting melodies of the Ravanahatha and the deep ...

Rimpa Siva is a tabla maestro who has changed the way people see women in Indian percussion. Trained by her father, pandit ...

Zakir Hussain, virtuoso of the tabla instrument and a towering figure in Indian classical music, died on Dec. 15 of chronic lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, at a hospital in San Francisco.

The Rudra Veena, an ancient and almost forgotten Indian musical instrument, is believed to ... One of them featured Zakir Hussain playing the tabla. I was stunned by his speed — it seemed ...

Sarangi has traditionally not been acknowledged as a solo instrument. The tabla too was in a similar position, but in the last 75 years, great maestros established its status as a solo instrument.

Legendary Indian tabla maestro Zakir Hussain has died at ... 1951 in Mumbai and was taught how to play the instrument by his father at the age of seven. A child prodigy, he began performing ...

When Bismillah Khan played Raag Kafi at the Red Fort on August 15, 1947, it was a momentous breakthrough for the shehnai that was till then mainly confined to temples, wedding venues or religious ...