Ustad Zakir Hussain will be on tour for the next month on the Masters of Percussion tour. He was very kind to spend some time talking to us about the forthcoming series, his collaborations and reminiscing about old times. Below is Live is better’s interview with Zakirji
LiB: Hello Zakirji, How are you?
ZH: I’m doing [...]
The concert series will feature the traditional repertoire from both Hindustani (North Indian) and Carnatic (South Indian) classical traditions, Ustad Zakir Hussain’s masterful tabla solo, as well as excursions exploring the frontier between traditional and contemporary, folk and classical
Ustad Zakir Hussain is today appreciated both in the field of percussion and in the music world [...]
Wah Ustad! A phrase synonymous with the one and only, Zakir Hussain.
Ustad meaning Master which he truly is. A child prodigy who began touring the world by the age of twelve! He went to the United States in 1970, embarking on an international career which includes more than 160 concert dates ayear.
A youngest recipient [...]
