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Zakir Hussain’s Death Brings Me Immense Pain: Sudha Murty’s Tribute

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Zakir Hussain’s Death Brings Me Immense Pain: Sudha Murty’s Tribute

Throughout his career, Zakir Hussain collaborated with many iconic names. New Delhi: The world of music is mourning Ustad Zakir Hussain, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential tabla players of all time. The legendary musician died due to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a chronic lung disease. The news was confirmed by Jon…

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Zakir Hussain, 4-Time Grammy Winner Who Gave Tabla A New Identity

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Zakir Hussain, 4-Time Grammy Winner Who Gave Tabla A New Identity

Zakir Hussain was 73. New Delhi: His fingers flew, fluttered and floated in quicksilver changes of raga and rhythm, drumming up music and magic. Zakir Hussain was the maestro of tabla, percussionist, composer and even actor – a legend who was India’s very own and yet belonged to the world. Hussain died from ‘idiopathic pulmonary…

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Tabla Maestro Zakir Hussain Dies At 73

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Tabla Maestro Zakir Hussain Dies At 73

Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, battling heart-related problems, died at a US hospital today. He was 73.  His manager, Nirmala Bachani, said he was admitted to a hospital in San Francisco.  “Zakir Hussain, the peerless North Indian tabla player, favors an impish strain of virtuosity. He’s a fearsome technician but also a whimsical inventor, devoted to…

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Tabla Legend Zakir Hussain Critical, “Pray For Him”, Says Family

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Tabla Maestro Zakir Hussain Dies At 73

Zakir Hussain, the peerless tabla player and multiple Grammy award winner, is critical and in a US hospital over serious heart-related ailments, his family said on Sunday. His manager, Nirmala Bachani, said the artist he has been in a San Francisco hospital for the last two weeks. “My brother is deeply ill at this time….

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