When Ustad Zakir Hussain looked back at his father Ustad Alla Rakha's tutelage "I was brought home and handed over to my father. He held me in his arms. The tradition was to whisper a prayer in ...

the legendary Ustad Alla Rakha. READ ALSO: When Ustad Zakir Hussain was born, his father did not murmur prayers but THIS beautiful thing in his ears According to an incident narrated by Zakir ...

To say that music was instilled in Ustad Zakir Hussain right from the moment he was born, won't be wrong. And credit goes to his father, tabla icon Ustad Alla Rakha Qureshi, popularly known as ...

He was 73. Hussain was the son of all-time tabla great Ustad Alla Rakha. "We generally say that tabla starts from 'A' for Alla Rakha and ends at 'Z' for Zakir Hussain. I think everybody in the ...

Alam tweeted, “Ustad Zakir Hussain, Tabla player, percussionist, composer, former actor, and the son of legendary Tabla player, Ustad Allah Rakha is not well. He’s being treated for serious ...

On the 74th birth anniversary of Zakir Hussain, fans and celebrities, including Shankar Mahadevan, paid heartfelt tributes to ...

It is to be noted that the arrival of Zakir Hussain was met with an unconventional welcome from his father, the legendary Ustad Alla Rakha. Eschewing traditional blessings, he cradled the infant ...

"The goal of the festival is to put percussion centrestage, which is what Zakir Hussain did his entire life. Zakir bhai ...