Arvind Tiwari’s report

San Francisco (USA) – Famous tabla player Zakir Hussain (73 years old), one of the most famous classical musicians of India and one of the outstanding musicians of the world who played an important role in giving tabla prestige at the international level, said goodbye to the world today. Gave. He breathed his last during treatment in a hospital in San Francisco, USA, he was admitted to the hospital due to heart problems. He was admitted to the hospital for about fifteen days but later due to worsening of his health, he was admitted to the ICU. On the demise of Zakir Hussain, many other celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan, Ranveer Singh, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sonali Bendre and many politicians including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh expressed their condolences on social media and paid tribute to the great tabla player. Gave. Let us tell you that Ustad Zakir Hussain, born on 09 March 1951 in Mumbai, father’s name was Ustad Allarakha Qureshi and mother’s name was Bavi Begum. Ustad Allarakha was a very famous tabla player of his time, it was he who gave the initial training in music to Zakir. The personality of Ustad Zakir Hussain can be gauged from the fact that he performed his first concert in America at the age of just eleven. He not only carried forward the legacy of his father Ustad Allah Rakha Khan’s Punjab Gharana (Punjab Baaz), but also took the classical playing of tabla to the international level. Ustad Zakir Hussain always tried to connect tabla with the common people. This was the reason that in between the presentations in the classical genre, he used to make different types of sounds from his tabla like sometimes drum, sometimes conch and sometimes rain drops. Zakir Hussain’s primary education was from St. Michael’s School in Mahim, Mumbai and he did his graduation from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. In the year 1973, he launched his first album ‘Living in the Material World’. In his career spanning six decades, composer Zakir Hussain has worked with many renowned international and Indian artists. In the year 1978, Zakir Hussain married Kathak dancer Antonia Minicola, they have two daughters, Anisa Qureshi and Isabella Qureshi. In the year 1983, Zakir Hussain entered the field of acting with the film ‘Heat and Dust’. After this, he also acted in the films ‘The Perfect Murder’ in the year 1988, ‘Miss Betty’s Childers’ in the year 1992 and ‘Saaz’ in the year 1998. Ustad Zakir Hussain was awarded Padma Vibhushan in the year 2023, Padma Shri in the year 1988, Padma Bhushan in the year 2002 and Padma Vibhushan in the year 2023. He received his first Grammy Award in the year 2009 and in the year 2024 he also won three Grammys for three different albums, thus Zakir Hussain had won a total of four Grammy Awards.

consigned to ashes

According to information received from reliable sources, tabla player Zakir Hussain, who breathed his last in San Francisco, America, will not be brought to India and probably he will be laid to rest in San Francisco on Wednesday. According to sources, Zakir Hussain had told his Italian wife Antonia Minnecola that he wanted to be with her always and even after death he would like to be around her, thus he planned to be cremated in America itself. Had expressed the wish. Zakir’s brother Fazal Qureshi has reached America from India and sister Khurshid Auliya has also left for America from London.