Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain dies at 73

Ustad Zakir Hussain performs in the course of the a hundredth start anniversary of his father Ustad Alla Rakha, in Ahmedabad.
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Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain died at a hospital in San Francisco, his household stated on Monday (December 16, 2024).

Hussain died because of issues arising out of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, in accordance with his household. He was 73.

He had been hospitalised for the final two weeks and was later taken to the ICU as his situation deteriorated.

Hussain has acquired 4 Grammy Awards in his profession, together with three on the 66th Grammy Awards earlier this yr.

In his profession spanning six a long time, the musician labored with a number of famend worldwide and Indian artistes, however it was his 1973 musical mission with English guitarist John McLaughlin, violinist L Shankar, and percussionist TH ‘Vikku’ Vinayakram that introduced collectively Indian classical and parts of jazz in a fusion hitherto unknown.

The percussionist, one among India’s most celebrated classical musicians, acquired the Padma Shri in 1988, the Padma Bhushan in 2002, and the Padma Vibhushan in 2023.