Ustad Zakir Hussain admitted to ICU in San Francisco
The HinduTabla maestro Zakir Hussain has been admitted to the ICU of a San Francisco hospital after experiencing heart related problems, his friend and flautist Rakesh Chaurasia told PTI on Sunday. “He has been admitted to a hospital in San Francisco for a heart related problem for the last two weeks,” Ms. Bachani said. An update or official confirmation from family, hospital or the consulate in San Fransisco December 15, 2024 Hussain’s publicist confirmed to PTI that the percussionist is being treated at the San Francisco hospital and “has not passed”. In his career spanning six decades, the musician has worked with several renowned international and Indian artistes, but it was his 1973 musical project with English guitarist John McLaughlin, violinist L Shankar, and percussionist TH ‘Vikku’ Vinayakram that brought together Indian classical and elements of jazz in a fusion hitherto unknown.