Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to a global audience, has died.
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FILE - Indian drum maestro Zakir Hussain performs at the"Living Dream Concert" in New Delhi, India, on Feb. 16, 2009. FILE - Indian Tabla expert Zakir Hussain laughs during a press conference to announce a musical concert in Mumbai, India, on Dec 8, 2006. – Zakir Hussain, one of India's most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73.
Hussain was the most recognizable exponent of tabla, a pair of hand drums that is the main percussion instrument in Indian classical music. The son of legendary tabla artist Ustad Alla Rakha, Hussain was born in 1951 in Mumbai and was taught how to play the instrument by his father at the age of 7. A child prodigy, he began performing alongside India’s classical music legends during his teens.
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