Renowned Indian tabla maestro and composer Ustad Zakir Hussain passed away this day (15 December) at the age of 73.
He modified into present process remedy at a clinical institution in San Francisco, USA, for coronary heart-linked problems, reports Filmfare.
Earlier, journalist Pervaiz Alam had shared news of the maestro’s hospitalisation, revealing that Hussain modified into combating severe ailments.
He wrote on social media, “Ustad Zakir Hussain, tabla player, percussionist, composer, historical actor, and the son of legendary tabla player Ustad Allah Rakha, is now not successfully. He is being handled for severe ailments in a San Francisco clinical institution, USA, told his brother-in-law, Ayub Aulia… Aulia sahab has requested Zakir’s followers to wish for his instant recovery.”
Born in 1951 to the legendary Ustad Allah Rakha, Zakir Hussain modified into broadly notion to be one of the vital ideal tabla gamers of all time.
His infamous profession earned him a range of accolades, collectively with India’s Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Vibhushan. In 2009, he won a Grammy in the Contemporary World Tune Album category for World Drum Mission, a collaboration with Mickey Hart and Giovanni Hidalgo.
