Ustad Zakir Hussain

Ustad Zakir Hussain: The Tabla Maestro

Zakir Hussain, born on 9th March 1951 in Mumbai is the son of another Tabla expert Ustad Allah Rakha. With Tabla playing skills running through his veins there was no doubt that Zakir Hussain will make big in his future, but the unknown fact about Hussain Sahab is that in his childhood he was considered an unlucky child because of his fathers' ill health at his birth time. But later things changed as Zakir grew up. Since the age of 3, Zakir’s father used to wake him up at 3 am and vocally teach him many rhythms. Since the very young age, Zakir accompanied the Hindustani classical m | Click Here...