Kumar Bahukhandi
World famous tabla player and Padma Vibhushan Ustad Zakir Hussain passed away at the age of 73 on December 15 ,2024 He received many awards and honours on the basis of his talent and art. Let us know with which awards he was honoured?
Tabla player Ustad Zakir Hussain, who spread the magic of music by tapping the tabla with his fingers, died on Sunday at the age of 73. His death sent a wave of mourning in the art world. Zakir Hussain inherited the magic of tabla. His father Allah Rakha Khan was also a famous tabla player. He mesmerised people all over the world with the beats of his tabla. On the strength of his art and talent, he forced his name to resonate all over the world. Let us know when Zakir Hussain did his first concert and with which awards he has been honored.
Also honoured with Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan
Zakir Hussain was honoured with ‘Padma Shri’ in the year 1988 for his incomparable contribution in the field of art. He was honoured with ‘Padma Bhushan’ in the year 2002 and Padma Vibhushan in the year 2023.
Ustad Zakir Hussain always used to travel with the tabla in his lap, he never had money to return home
Received 5 Grammy Awards
Ustad Zakir Hussain has received a total of five Grammy Awards. In the year 1992, his album Planet Drum, co-produced and produced by Mickey Hart, received his first Grammy Award for ‘Best World Music Album’. On 8 February 2009, he won a Grammy in the ‘Contemporary World Music Album Category’ for the ‘Global Drum Project’. Mickey Hart, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo collaborated in this. At the same time, on 4 February 2024, Zakir Hussain received 3 awards at the ’66th Annual Grammy Awards’. He got his first Grammy for ‘Pashto’, which was written and recorded in collaboration with American banjo player Bela Fleck, American bassist Edgar Meyer and Indian flutist Rakesh Chaurasia. Zakir Hussain’s second Grammy was for ‘Best Contemporary Instrumental Album’, which he won for the eclectic classical-meets-jazz album ‘As We Speak’ with Fleck, Mayer and Chaurasia. His third Grammy was for the album ‘This Moment’, a collaboration with world-fusion band Shakti.
Zakir Hussain was born on 9 March 1951 in Mumbai. He did his first concert in America at the age of 11. From here he started establishing himself in the field of art. His first album ‘Living in the Material World’ came in 1973. After this, he earned fame all over the world on the basis of his art and talent. Zakir Hussain:
Zakir Hussain used to wake up at three in the morning to practice on the tabla, the struggle started at the age of seven
Zakir Hussain: Musician Ustad Tabla player Zakir Hussain had said that as soon as he was born, his father Allah Rakha had blown the tune and rhythm of the Tabla into his ears.
Musician Ustad Tabla player Zakir Hussain is no more among us today. He said goodbye to this world at the age of 73. Zakir Hussain was admitted to a hospital in San Francisco today due to health problems. He was admitted to the ICU, where he died. Today people all over the world know Zakir Hussain as an Ustad Tabla player, but it was not easy for him to make this identity, for this he did hard penance day and night since childhood and achieved this position after a lot of hard work and struggle. Let us make you aware of his struggles today…
When the notes and rhythm of the tabla were blown into his ears
Once tabla player Zakir Hussain had told that as soon as he was born, his father Allah Rakha had blown the notes and rhythm of the tabla into his ears. He had told Zakir’s mother that music is my sadhana and this note and rhythm is my prayer for my son. As he grew up, Zakir Hussain’s passion to become a tabla player was clearly visible and seeing his passion for the tabla, his father started his practice at the age of just seven
Zakir also learnt Saraswati and Ganesh Vandana
Zakir Hussain used to practice with his father from 3:00 am to 6:00 am, in which, along with sur, laya and taal, Zakir was also taught many shlokas and mantras. He was also taught Saraswati and Ganesh Vandana. On one hand, Zakir was working hard day and night to become a tabla player, on the other hand, his mother Baavi Begum did not want Zakir to play the tabla. She wanted to see Zakir become a doctor or an engineer. In such a situation, to keep Zakir away from the tabla, he was sent away to study during the last two years of school, but tabla and Zakir were made for each other.
Zakir could not work with Madhubala
When Zakir’s father Allah Rakha was composing music for the film ‘Mughal-e-Azam’, the film’s director K. Asif offered Zakir the role of Salim. Dilip Kumar also agreed to this, but Zakir’s father refused and said that acting would spoil his son’s mind. In such a situation, Zakir missed working with Madhubala. Even though he did not work with Madhubala in the film, later he tried his hand at acting as well. Zakir was not only an expert on the tabla, but he also composed music. Along with this, he also acted. He has also acted in documentaries like ‘Zakir and His Friends’, ‘Hit and Dust’, ‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’. In the film ‘Saaz’, Zakir has not only composed music but also acted.
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