Saturday, November 8, 2014

Zakir Hussain

 Zakir Hussain

 
  • Zakir Hussain (born 9 March 1951) is an Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor and composer.
  • He was born in Mumbai, India to the legendary tabla player Alla Rakha.
  • He was a child prodigy, and was touring by the age of eleven.
  • He was awarded the Padma Shri (1988), and the Padma Bhushan (2002), by the Government of India. In 1999, he was awarded the United States National Endowment for the Arts's National Heritage Fellowship, the highest award given to traditional artists and musicians.
  • In 2009, he won the Grammy in the Contemporary World Music Album category for his collaborative album "Global Drum Project" along with Mickey Hart, Sikiru Adepoju & Giovanni Hidalgo.
  • www.zakirhussain.com

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