Third Coast Percussion gives the L.A. premiere of Zakir Hussain's last major work, "Murmurs of Time," at the Nimoy, a final ...

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 ...

He introduced the tabla — a pair of hand drums that is the main percussion instrument in Indian classical music — to global audiences. Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical ...

“It was a conspiracy,” the virtuosic Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain joked, when asked by the BBC to explain his genesis as a percussionist. “I was not at all a part of it.” It began when Hussain ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A tuned right-hand drum. Round body, ...

“Before Dada says anything, let me say, he is my hero” — that’s how the panel discussion at the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival (AKLF) began, with a touching tribute from Bickram Ghosh to his senior ...