Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global ...

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 ...

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 ...