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Anuradha Pal on guru Ustad Zakir Hussain's death: I am still in shock; he helped me shine in a male-dominated space
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Anuradha Pal on guru Ustad Zakir Hussain's death: I am still in shock; he helped me shine in a male-dominated space

Hindustan Times  

For Anuradha Pal, tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain’s death is a personal loss. The Limca Book of Records holder for being the world’s first professional female tabla player, Pal trained under Hussain and is still in shock. Anuradha Pal with Ustad Zakir Hussain She goes on to recall the “lifetime of wonderful memories with him”. He would listen to them …

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Did you know Zakir Hussain could have been young Salim in Dilip Kumar-Madhubala starrer 'Mughal-e-Azam'?
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Did you know Zakir Hussain could have been young Salim in Dilip Kumar-Madhubala starrer 'Mughal-e-Azam'?

Firstpost  

Hussain died at a San Francisco hospital on Monday due to complications arising from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease. It was around the same time that he met director K Asif on the sets of “Mughal-e-Azam” for what was almost an audition for the role of the young Prince Salim. The tabla maestro recalled his early brush with the …

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Did you know Zakir Hussain beat Amitabh Bachchan at ‘sexiest man’ title in 1994?
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Did you know Zakir Hussain beat Amitabh Bachchan at ‘sexiest man’ title in 1994?

Hindustan Times  

Zakir Hussain, to the world, will always be known as the tabla maestro with a big smile on his face. Zakir's title of sexiest man Zakir was voted the “sexiest man” by women readers of the Indian magazine Gentleman in 1994 in a competition against the likes of Amitabh Bachchan. I think they were equally shocked and surprised that I …

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Tabla Legend Zakir Hussain Dies: Grammy Winner, Global Music Pioneer Was 73
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Tabla Legend Zakir Hussain Dies: Grammy Winner, Global Music Pioneer Was 73

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 16, 2024 08:19 IST - 5 MINS READ His fingers flew, fluttered and floated in quicksilver changes of raga and rhythm, drumming up music and magic. “The mindset as I was growing up tuned itself to the idea that music is music, it’s not Indian music or that music, so when I actually started working with musicians …

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'Wah, Ustad!': Zakir Hussain gave tabla new identity, fused music to make magic
3 weeks, 5 days ago

'Wah, Ustad!': Zakir Hussain gave tabla new identity, fused music to make magic

New Indian Express  

At the 2024 Grammys, Hussain earned his first honour for best global music album for 'This Moment' as part of the fusion music group Shakti, which includes founding member British guitarist John McLaughlin, as well as vocalist Shankar Mahadevan, violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan and percussionist Selvaganesh Vinayakram. He later won two other awards for the best global music performance for 'Pashto' …

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Greek man who sings ‘Bhajagovindam’ and ‘Vaishnava janatho’ with gusto
1 year, 6 months ago

Greek man who sings ‘Bhajagovindam’ and ‘Vaishnava janatho’ with gusto

The Hindu  

Greek researcher and Indophile Konstantinos Kalaitzis has visited India 45 times in the last three decades. Titled Indian Music, the nearly 500-page coffee table book on Indian classical and folk music, composers, poets and instruments has 700 rare photographs by Kalaitzis as well as 181 sound samples of the instruments embedded. I thought it was an interesting coincidence that although …

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Read about Ustad Zakir Hussain’s childhood in author Sandhya Rao’s new book for children
4 years, 9 months ago

Read about Ustad Zakir Hussain’s childhood in author Sandhya Rao’s new book for children

The Hindu  

After Bavi Begum brought her baby boy home from the hospital in 1951, she placed the day-and-a-half-old into his father’s arms. Though born to maestro Allarakha Qureshi, the world then did not know this baby would grow up to be a tabla virtuoso: Ustad Zakir Hussain. In her new book for children, Zakir and His Tabla, Chennai-based author Sandhya Rao …

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