Zakir Hussain, virtuoso of the tabla instrument and a towering figure in Indian classical music, died on Dec. 15 of chronic lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, at a hospital in San Francisco.

Zakir Hussain, a prolific Indian musician known for playing the tabla, died on Sunday in San Francisco, his management company confirmed.He was 73. Tabla, a percussion instrument, is one of the ...

Zakir Hussain, star of Indian classical music, dies at 73. He introduced the tabla — a pair of hand drums that is the main percussion instrument in Indian classical music — to global audiences.

In many ways Masters of Percussion expands on a cross-cultural dialogue started by Hussain’s legendary father, Ustad Allarakha, the tabla pioneer who introduced Hindustani classical music to ...