“According to a popular legend, the poet-musician Amir Khusrau (1253-1325) invented the tabla by cutting a. pakhavaj in half to form the two-piece instrument that has become the most popular and ...

Zakir Hussain, virtuoso of the tabla instrument and a towering figure in Indian classical music, died on Dec. 15 of chronic lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, at a hospital in San Francisco.

New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Zakir Hussain, the exuberant maestro of tabla who once called the instrument his "mate, brother and friend" and embodied the universality of music in his 60-year career ...

In tune with technology, over the years, he experimented with frequencies to highlight the subtle shades of the instrument to establish that tabla is not just a rhythmic instrument but also a ...