Zakir Hussain

Zakir Hussain is an accomplished Indian tabla player who has gone on to receive international acclaim for his unique take on the instrument. Hussain was born in Mumbai to a well respected tabla player, Alla Rakha, who taught his son the intricacies of the tabla at a young age. Because of his father's tutelage, Hussain would go on to master the instrument--by age nine he was considered a prodigy and by age 12 he was touring. Having since relocated to the United States, Hussain manages to play an astonishing number of concerts a year (typically upwards of 150) in addition to teaching tabla master classes in San Francisco and Mumbai.