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Zakir Hussain
Actor, Composer, Additional Credits
Born March 9, 1951Died December 15, 2024 (73 years)
Zakir Hussain Qureshi (9 March 1951 – 15 December 2024) was an Indian tabla player, composer, arranger, percussionist, music producer and film actor. The eldest son of esteemed tabla player Alla Rakha, Zakir Hussain was widely regarded as the greatest tabla player of his generation and one of its finest percussionists. He produced music across multiple genres and contributed to popularizing Indian classical music to a global audience.
Often prefixed by the honorific title of 'Ustad', Hussain was awarded the United States National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship, the highest award given to traditional artists and musicians. He was also given the Government of India's Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1990 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, Ratna Sadsya, in 2018.
Hussain received seven Grammy Award nominations, winning four times, including three in 2024. He was described as the most recognizable exponent of the tabla by The Guardian. The New York Times marveled that the "blur of his fingers rivals the beat of a hummingbird's wings."
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Often prefixed by the honorific title of 'Ustad', Hussain was awarded the United States National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship, the highest award given to traditional artists and musicians. He was also given the Government of India's Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1990 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, Ratna Sadsya, in 2018.
Hussain received seven Grammy Award nominations, winning four times, including three in 2024. He was described as the most recognizable exponent of the tabla by The Guardian. The New York Times marveled that the "blur of his fingers rivals the beat of a hummingbird's wings."
Description above from the Wikipedia article Zakir Hussain, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Zakir Hussain Filmography
| 2024 | Monkey Man · as Tabla Maestro |
| 2019 | Bombers (TV Series) · as Somu Da |
| 2018 | |
| 2012 | Chaalis Chauraasi · as Toby |
| 1998 | |
| 1994 | In Ismail's Custody · as Composer, Musician And Actor |
| 1983 | Heat and Dust · as Inder Lal, Anne's Landlord |
| 1999 |
| 2017 | Kaagaz Ki Kashti · as Self |
| 2015 | International Jazz Day · as Self |
| 2012 | Charles Lloyd: Arrows Into Infinity · as Self |
| 2009 | NPR Music Tiny Desk Concerts (TV Series) · as Self - Tabla |
| 2003 | Soundstage (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1964 | Midlands Today (TV Series) · as Self - Tabla Maestro |
| 1964 | Die Drehscheibe (TV Series) · as Self - Musician |
| 2005 | Parzania · as Original Music Composer |
| 2004 | One Dollar Curry · as Composer |
| 2002 | Mr. and Mrs. Iyer · as Original Music Composer |
| 2001 | The Mystic Masseur · as Original Music Composer |
| 2001 | Everybody Says I'm Fine! · as Composer |
| 1998 | Melody · as Composer |
| 1994 | In Custody · as Original Music Composer |
| 1983 | Heat and Dust · as Music Director |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now · as Musician |