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Zakir Hussain
Zakir Hussain in Konark Natya Mandap,Odisha, India 2012
Background information
Born	9 March 1951 (age 63)
Origin	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Genres	Hindustani classical music,jazz fusion, world music
Occupation(s)	Tabla Maestro
Instruments	Tabla
Years active	1963–present
Labels	HMV
Associated acts	Remember Shakti
Website	www.zakirhussain.com

Zakir Hussain (born 9 March 1951) is an Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor and composer.

He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1988, and the Padma Bhushan in 2002, by the Government of India. He was also awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1990, given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. 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.

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Zakir Hussain is today appreciated both in the field of percussion and in the
music world at large as an international phenomenon. A classical tabla
virtuoso of the highest order, his consistently brilliant and exciting
performances have not only established him as a national treasure in
his own country, India, but gained him worldwide fame. His playing
is marked by uncanny intuition and masterful improvisational
dexterity, founded in formidable knowledge and study. The favorite
accompanist for many of India’s greatest classical musicians and
dancers, he has not let his genius rest there. Widely considered
a chief architect of the contemporary world music movement,
Zakir’s contribution to world music has been unique, with
many historic collaborations, including Shakti, which he
founded with John McLaughlin and L. Shankar,
Remember Shakti, the Diga Rhythm Band, Making
Music, Planet Drum with Mickey Hart, Tabla Beat
Science, Sangam with Charles Lloyd and Eric Harland and recordings and performances with artists as diverse as George Harrison, YoYo Ma, Joe Henderson, Van Morrison, Airto Moreira, Pharoah Sanders, Billy Cobham, Mark Morris, Rennie Harris, and the Kodo drummers. His music and extraordinary contribution to the music world were honored in April, 2009, with four widely-heralded and sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall’s Artist Perspective series.

http://www.zakirhussain.com/zakir/