His fingers flew, fluttered and floated in quicksilver changes of raga and rhythm, drumming up music and magic. IMAGE: Tabla Maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain. Photograph: ANI Photo Zakir Hussain was......
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He did India proud by bringing home double Oscars and two Grammies and musician A R Rahman, a practising Muslim, has taken it upon himself to promote love and unity through his music as he believes......
One of the hottest tickets in New York this week is for Ustad Zakir Hussain's Masters of Percussion. On March 12 and 13, the tabla maestro will get together with some of the best in Indian......
As the tabla maestro Zakir Hussain is heading to New York to perform at a Lincoln Center theatre as part of the Zakir Hussain's Masters of Percussion national tour, he says he is thankful to his......