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UPDATE: This just in! Because of weather-related issues, SoNA will perform a modified program Saturday evening with tabla master Sandeep Das and a chamber orchestra. Ticket holders who want to make ...

The tabla, a vital Indian percussion instrument, features two drums played with intricate techniques. Distinct schools, known as gharanas, have emerged, each emphasizing unique techniques and tonal ...

Even if you don’t know him, it’s quite likely you’ve heard the music of Zakir Hussain. Son of the renowned Indian tabla master Alla Rakha — who is credited for popularizing the Indian drums in the ...

Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of ...

Zakir Hussain, one of India's most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73. The Indian classical music icon died from ...

The twin hand drum was developed in its current form about 300 years ago on the Indian subcontinent but the roots of the tabla may date to pre-Muslim, Arabia. The name comes from "tabl," the Arabic ...

Zakir Hussain was credited with bringing India's tabla drum into the mainstream - Copyright AFP Manjunath Kiran Zakir Hussain was credited with bringing India's tabla ...

Indian musician Zakir Hussain, a four-time Grammy award winner credited with turning tabla drums into an instrument loved globally, has died at the age of 73, officials said Monday. Hussain ...

Hussain collaborated with musicians including George Harrison from The Beatles, Mickey Hart from The Grateful Dead and jazz musician John Handy in a career spanning decades. He died of a lung disease ...